· Public charity
Clearpath Inc
Clearpath's mission is to accelerate american innovation to reduce global energy emissions.
Read this first · the figures below need context
67% of Clearpath Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Clearpath Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $332k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k1 grant · $10k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE FOUNDATION INC | $150,000 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| FUSION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | $22,500 |
| THE WATERFALL FOUNDATION | $9,625 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCConservative Climate Foundation Inc3× · 2021–2023 · $614k · revenue +289% · 41% of their budget
The Trustees of Princeton University3× · 2021–2023 · $210k · revenue -34%
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES2× · 2020–2024 · $140k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- TCThe Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutionsgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $90k · revenue +517%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…
Educate/advocate for effective corporate governance and public company disclosure, strong shareholder rights and fair capital markets.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Global carbon market utility governing council inc (gcmu governing council inc) is dedicated to dramatically reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and related greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere, thereby helping to preserve and…
The organization is devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate one another. see schedule o for…
To research and develop centrist policy ideas.
The partnership for global security (pgs) is a recognized international leader and innovator in nuclear and transnational security policy developing actionable responses to 21st century security challenges by engaging international,…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 11 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds Conservative Climate Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds The Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions ↗
- Who funds THE WATERFALL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds Fusion Industry Association ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Clearpath Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clearpath Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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