Funding search · EIN 522128875 · Northbrook, IL

Real Clear Foundation

Name: Real Clear Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

13
grants reported: $12.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $450,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

6 grants matching “cleared” · $8.7M

$3.7M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$53,250
Real Clear Media Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$1.8M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$40,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$3.1M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$25,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.

Grant history

All 13 reported grants, largest first.

$3.7M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$3.1M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$1.8M
Real Clear Holdings Llc · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$1.4M
Palladium Pictures Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$1.0M
Palladium Pictures Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$575,000
Palladium Pictures Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$450,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$350,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$100,000
Twenty-First Century Journalism & News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Grant to support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$53,250
Real Clear Media Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$40,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$25,000
Real Clear Media Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.
$25,000
Twenty-First Century Journalism & News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support responsible journalism with the interest of educating the public.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.