For trusts, foundations & grant-makers
AI charity assessment built for grant-makers.
cleargiving.io uses a structured evidence pipeline to assess charities against your foundation's own scoring model — surfacing evidence from public registries, grading it for quality, and producing a fully documented funding decision.
Independent · Evidence-graded · Human-reviewed
Two very different things share one phrase.
"AI charity assessment" means different things depending on who is asking. cleargiving.io is built specifically for one of them.
AI charity assessment (grant-maker workflow)
Using AI to evaluate charities on behalf of a funder — scoring evidence, surfacing risks, and structuring the grant decision. This is what cleargiving.io does.
← This is cleargiving.io
AI risk assessment for charities (internal governance)
Charities assessing their own exposure to AI-related risks as part of governance or compliance. A separate discipline, often confused with the above.
How cleargiving.io approaches AI charity assessment.
Structured evidence. Your criteria. Human decisions.
Evidence gathered from public registries
Charity Commission, Companies House, and published accounts — cross-referenced before scoring begins. Nothing assumed.
Scored against your framework
Your foundation's criteria, weights, and mission drive every assessment. Two foundations get different scores for the same charity — by design.
Risks and gaps surfaced automatically
Governance concerns, financial red flags, and missing evidence are flagged for trustee attention, not buried in a generic summary.
Human review at every stage
No funding decision leaves the platform without a documented human judgement. AI assists; trustees decide.
Full audit trail
Every score, rationale, override, and decision is recorded. Board-ready documentation from the first assessment.
Independent. No charity commissions.
cleargiving.io has no commercial relationship with assessed charities. No placement fees, no featured listings.
Common questions about AI charity assessment.
Questions grant-makers, trustees, and advisors ask before using AI in their due diligence process.
What is AI charity assessment?
AI charity assessment is the use of artificial intelligence to help grant-makers evaluate charities before making funding decisions. It involves gathering evidence from public registries and reports, scoring that evidence against a defined framework, and surfacing risks for human review — making due diligence faster, more consistent, and fully documented.
How does AI charity due diligence work?
In cleargiving.io, AI charity due diligence runs a five-stage pipeline: (1) your foundation's scoring criteria and mission are loaded as context, (2) a research pass gathers evidence from Charity Commission filings, Companies House, and published accounts, (3) each criterion is scored independently with a rationale and confidence level, (4) a synthesis produces overall findings and open questions, and (5) trustees review and override before any decision is recorded.
Is AI reliable for charity impact assessment?
AI can reliably surface, organise, and grade evidence — tasks where consistency and speed matter. It is less reliable as a substitute for trustee judgement on whether a charity aligns with your foundation's values. cleargiving.io is designed around this distinction: the AI structures the evidence, trustees make the call. Every AI score is explicitly provisional until a human has reviewed it.
How are charities using AI in grant applications?
Increasingly, charities are using AI tools to draft impact reports and funding applications. This makes human-led, evidence-based assessment more important, not less — grant-makers need a structured process to distinguish strong impact evidence from AI-polished prose. cleargiving.io cross-references primary sources like Charity Commission filings and audited accounts, not just the charity's own narrative.
Is cleargiving.io only for UK charities?
cleargiving.io is primarily built around UK grant-making — the evidence pipeline draws on the Charity Commission register, Companies House, and UK-published accounts. Charities registered in England and Wales get the most complete assessment. Non-UK organisations can be assessed, but evidence quality will typically be lower where Charity Commission data would normally contribute.
Can AI replace charity due diligence entirely?
No — and cleargiving.io is designed to make that explicit. AI can gather and grade evidence faster than manual research, but funding decisions involve strategic alignment, trustee values, and contextual judgement that no AI can replicate. cleargiving.io enforces a human review step for every assessment; it cannot be bypassed.
What data sources does AI charity assessment use?
cleargiving.io draws on the Charity Commission register of charities, annual reports and accounts, Companies House filings, and the charity's own website. Every source used in an assessment is recorded and available for review. The pipeline explicitly surfaces 'Missing' grades where expected data cannot be found, rather than substituting assumptions.
How does AI charity assessment differ from generic AI tools?
Generic AI tools produce generic assessments. cleargiving.io bakes your foundation's specific scoring criteria, weights, and mission into every assessment from the start. The result is a scored, traceable assessment against your framework — not a one-size-fits-all summary that applies the same lens to every charity regardless of your strategic priorities.
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