Florida · Nonprofit
CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC
CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,121,441 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($56,438,008). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $76M
- Net assets
- $60M
What Clean Slate Initiative Inc does
Mission
The clean slate initiative passes and implements laws that automatically clear eligible records for people who have completed their sentence and remained crime-free, and expands who is eligible for clearance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
State campaign programs -csi's state campaigns program uses strategies, including bringing together coalitions of advocates, experts, and specialists, to promote automated record clearance across the united states. The program also provides targeted guidance and resources to support the advancement of clean slate legislation in states across the country. After laws are passed, we work closely with state agencies to ensure the successful implementation of clean slate policies, making certain that systems fulfill the promise of automatic record sealing. This holistic approach helps unlock opportunities for employment, housing, and education for millions of americans seeking a second chance.
$8,377,621 spentof which $6,731,778 as grants56% of program spendingMarketing and communications program -the marketing and communications program works to shift the narrative around individuals with records, through clean slate public service announcements and by encouraging continuous public engagement. The program also leads its communications table, provides marketing and communications support to state coalitions, and organizes csi's annual convening of key stakeholders. The team also leads the distribution of findings, reports, testimony, research projects, and other outputs that further messaging and support around clean slate automatic record clearance policies.
$2,725,899 spent18% of program spendingResearch program -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 social outcomes. Additionally, csi develops and shares research on the effects of clean slate policies and policy fidelity. Csi also supports narrative research aimed at exploring the messages and messengers that garner public support for clean slate policies, as well as understanding how different audiences perceive clean slate, public safety, and individuals with criminal records.
$2,638,596 spentof which $2,021,156 as grants17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,350,899 spentof which $290,282 as grants$22,423 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,093,015.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $71M to $64M (−10%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
86% of CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sheena Meade
Director & CEO
Board chair
Daryl Atkinson
Director & board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
85% of CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $11M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Clean Slate Now Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC?
- CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,121,441 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($56,438,008). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $76,121,441 in grants to CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC?
- NEW VENTURE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $56,438,008 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing