This space holds copies of official records of The Clear Fund aka GiveWell. Consistent with our principle of extreme transparency, everything relevant—including our budget and the minutes, presentation materials, and audio recording for each Board meeting—is available; if there is something you believe should be added to this site, please let us know.
Table of Contents
Board Meetings
This is a full list of current board members.
Click a meeting for audio and other details. GiveWell also holds more informal conference calls and public research discussions to discuss GiveWell's research, progress, and plans.
- June 22, 2007
- December 17, 2007
- January 3, 2008
- March 4, 2008
- April 23, 2008
- September 8, 2008
- November 10, 2008
- December 15, 2008
- March 31, 2009
- July 27, 2009
- December 29, 2009
- March 3, 2010
- July 14, 2010
- December 14, 2010
- April 11, 2011
- August 17, 2011
- December 20, 2011
- March 28, 2012
- July 2, 2012
- August 9, 2012
- January 24, 2013
- April 29, 2013
- May 6, 2013
- August 14, 2013
- December 16, 2013
- April 30, 2014
- August 18, 2014
- December 16, 2014
- March 12, 2015
- June 17, 2015
- October 15, 2015
- March 21, 2016
- June 14, 2016
- November 7, 2016
- March 27, 2017
- April 25, 2017
- June 6, 2017
- October 30, 2017
- March 22, 2018
- June 18, 2018
- Changes in Board Membership (April 2019)
- April 30, 2019
- July 29, 2019
- November 11, 2019
Financials
- Clear Fund 2007 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2007 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2008 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2008 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2009 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2009 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2010 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2010 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2011 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2011 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2012 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2012 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2013 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2013 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2014 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2014 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2015 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2015 Management Letter (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2015 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2016 audited financial statements (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2016 report to the audit committee (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2016 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2017 audited financial statements (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2017 report to the audit committee (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2017 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2018 audited financial statements (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2018 report to the audit committee (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2018 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
Policies
- Whistleblower Policy (DOC)
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Harassment Policies (DOC)
- Document Retention and Destruction Policy (DOC)
- Privacy policy
- "Excess assets" policy
- Relationship disclosures
- Policy on accepting gifts from potential top charities
- Conflict of Interest Policy for Board Members, Officers, and Key Persons
- Subcommittee authorization and adoption of updated conflict of interest policy
IRS-Related Materials
- Certificate of Incorporation of The Clear Fund, Inc.
- Adopted Bylaws of The Clear Fund, Inc.
- Clear Fund Form 1023 (application for tax exempt status) (PDF)
- IRS Letter of Determination Advance Ruling (notification of tax exempt status)
- IRS Determination Affirmation Letter
- Assumed name certificate for "GiveWell"
Conference Calls
We hold periodic conference calls on our research, progress, and plans, and publish audio recordings and written transcripts from past calls.
