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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “clearance”
Where the money went
Clean Slate InitiativeOrlando, FLCharity · may take applications
63 matching grants · $10.9M · through 2024Largest: $495,305 to HOWARD UNIVERSITY — csi funds objective, validated research to evaluate the impacts of clean slate policies and inform eligibility criteria, while examining how record clearance affects economic and s…
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2025Largest: $80,500 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & STROKE — dynamic investigation of lymphatic pathway interconnections for cerebrospinal fluid clearance of the human central nervous system in vivo under physiological conditions of the brai…
Largest: $1.0M to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support the clean slate initiative's work to advance research to understand the impact of record clearance and refine policy choices, and support implementation of clean slate l…
Largest: $825,000 to MAG America — technology and innovation activities and landmine and cluster munition clearance in cambodia 2021-2023
Largest: $225,000 to SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — in support of a biochemical technology to promote the clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
Prytula Foundation USAChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $225,000 · through 2025Largest: $225,000 to UKRAINE RISES — humanitarian demining project to support the testing and evaluation of ukrainian-developed technologies for landmine detection and clearance in real field conditions in the kharkiv…
Cystic Fibrosis Research InstitutePalo Alto, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $70,000 · through 2023Largest: $70,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR UNIVERSITY — new horizons research, improving cf airway mucociliary clearance
Largest: $1.0M to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support the clean slate initiative project, which advocates for and supports implementation of laws that support clearance of criminal records post-sentence in the united states…
Myelin Repair FoundationSaratoga, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to Columbia University — this study will test the diagnostic potential of extracellular vesicles (evs) released by microglia. microglia are resident immune cells in the central nervous system (cns) which p…
Largest: $199,525 to THE HALO TRUST (USA) INC — next-generation detection and the application of machine learning to landmine clearance
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book FundSan Jose, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to THE RECORD CLEARANCE PROJECT AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY — represented 9 additional clients in court
Largest: $20,400 to Copyright Clearance Center — open access publication
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →