Clean Slate Initiative Inc
Orlando, FL · EIN 92-3898284. Reported 75 grants totalling $11.1M to 59 organizations across tax years 2023-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Clean Slate Initiative Inc, the IRS classifies it under civil rights rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE R20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 59 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 40% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $84,998. Half of what it reported fell between $44,782 and $150,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $1,333,333. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code for America Labs | San Francisco, CA | $1,333,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin, TX | $850,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Search Group Incorporated | Sacramento, CA | $708,043 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $495,305 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | Santa Clara, CA | $424,880 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower Missouri | Jefferson Cty, MO | $390,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Baltimore for Criminal Justice | College Park, MD | $368,217 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Due Process Institute | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association | Cleveland, OH | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Conservative Union | Alexandria, VA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | Boston, MA | $245,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| R Street Institute | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Alternatives | Syracuse, NY | $185,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Workers Center | Kansas City, MO | $170,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shore Legal Access Inc | Easton, MD | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Until We Are All Free Movement | Minneapolis, MN | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Out for Justice Inc | Baltimore, MD | $153,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Legal Services Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation and Social Justice | Trenton, NJ | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic Inc | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Free Chicago | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Center on Law and Policy | Denver, CO | $139,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Alliance of Colorado | Denver, CO | $134,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Healthier United Fund | Denver, CO | $126,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partners for a Healthier Community Inc | Springfield, MA | $124,991 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc | Lawrenceville, GA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream Org | Oakland, CA | $111,427 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice Nfp | Chicago, IL | $110,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Foundation of Delaware Inc | Wilmington, DE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clean Slate Utah | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $98,512 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Expunge Colorado | Denver, CO | $96,998 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $86,455 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Service Society of New York | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop | St Paul, MN | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Justice Reform Foundation II Inc | Irving, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tomorrows Promise Foundation | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education Inc | Prospect, KY | $63,451 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc | Worcester, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alternatives for Community and Enviroment Inc | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Justice Forward Virginia | Earlysville, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | Charlottesvle, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nolef Turns | Richmond, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia New Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ulem-Urban League | Boston, MA | $49,997 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Each One Teach One | Jeffersonville, IN | $47,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forward Justice | Morrisville, NC | $44,782 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delaware Center for Justice Inc | Wilmington, DE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | Baltimore, MD | $27,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition Inc | Hudson, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lioness Justice Impacted Womens Alliance | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc | Louisville, KY | $23,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delaware Family Restoration Services | Middletown, DE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
4 of 59 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Code for America
THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF ITS WORK TOWARD ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. - Right on Crimetexas Public Policy Foundation
THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. - 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 SOCIAL OUTCOMES. - Ohio Transformation Fund
THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO STATE-BASED COALITIONS ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 of 59 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | $2,149,988 | $93,227 |
| 2024 | 65 | $8,998,303 | $80,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
24% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $84,998 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Clean Slate Initiative Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 2 returns (tax years 2023-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 52 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 5728 Major Blvd 705, Orlando, FL, 32819.
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