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ClearPath Shield

Continuous compliance, not annual reviews

Real-time compliance monitoring with a tamper-evident record underneath: continuous 90/10 tracking with live alerts, a cryptographically hash-chained audit log, one-click audit evidence packages, refund and chargeback integrity, payout reconciliation, and state reporting — built for the audit you hope never comes.

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90/10 Scholarship RatioCompliant ✓
Scholarships: 94.2%Admin: 5.8%

Recent Activity

Q2 State Report Submitted
Complete
Donor Receipt Audit
0 errors
Q3 Report Due
47 days
The Problem

Compliance failures in an SGO have cascading consequences.

01

The 90/10 line

A spending-ratio breach can trigger loss of approved SGO status — and year-end math discovers it months too late.

02

Receipts carry liability

Improper donor receipts can cost donors their federal tax credits — damaging relationships and inviting regulatory complaints.

03

Deadlines are hard, not aspirational

State reporting deadlines differ by jurisdiction and keep shifting as opt-in rules evolve — and missing one is not a conversation you want to have.

Most organizations discover compliance problems after the fact — at their annual review, or worse, during a regulatory inquiry. By then, the options are limited.

90/10

required scholarship spending ratio, monitored continuously

2026

final IRS rules still being issued

See It Work

The alert arrives before the breach.

Shield watches your 90/10 ratio on every transaction. Push it toward the line and watch the early warning fire while there's still time to act.

Interactive — go ahead, click around.

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90% floor

92.6%

of spending → scholarships

Healthy. Ratio monitored on every transaction — not at year-end.

What ClearPath Shield Does

Why it matters

01

Real-time 90/10 monitoring, not year-end math

The requirement that 90% of expenditures go directly to scholarships isn't reviewed at year-end — it's enforced continuously. ClearPath Shield monitors your ratio in real time and sends alerts before a breach occurs, giving you time to correct course rather than explain it.

02

State reporting prepared and submitted on time

State annual report requirements vary by state, change as opt-in rules evolve, and have hard deadlines. ClearPath Shield prepares your state reports in the required format and manages submission — no scrambling, no missed deadlines, no manually tracking multiple state calendars.

03

Always current with evolving rules

IRS Section 25F final rules are still being issued through 2026. ClearPath Shield monitors regulatory changes and flags anything affecting your SGO's operations — so you're never caught off-guard by a rule change that your compliance posture hadn't accounted for.

04

An audit trail that proves itself

Every compliance-relevant action — donations, awards, disbursements, settings changes — is written to a hash-chained, tamper-evident audit log. The platform can cryptographically verify the record hasn't been altered, and produce a complete date-ranged evidence package in one click.

Audit-Readiness

When the examiner asks, the answer is a button.

Most SGOs assemble audit responses from spreadsheets, inboxes, and institutional memory. ClearPath Shield maintains the evidence continuously — every record provable, every judgment call documented, every dollar reconciled — so a regulatory inquiry is a download, not a fire drill.

Tamper-evident audit log

Integrity

Every donation, award, disbursement, and configuration change is written to a hash-chained log. Any alteration breaks the chain — and the platform verifies the chain on demand.

One-click evidence package

Reporting

A date-ranged PDF bundle: donations and receipts, awards with board votes and resolutions, disbursements with verification, the 90/10 worksheet, methodology records, and an integrity attestation.

Methodology vault

Defensibility

Versioned records of every compliance judgment call — AMI data sources, qualified-expense interpretations, geographic calibrations — with rationale and effective dates. When you're asked “why,” the answer is on file.

Refund & chargeback integrity

Refunds and payment disputes automatically void receipts and claw back credited amounts, so your books and your donors' tax filings never drift apart.

Payout reconciliation

Every bank deposit is matched against processor settlements; unreconciled deposits are flagged for review. Penny-accurate books, continuously — not at year-end.

Fraud detection

Screening

Duplicate students, shared addresses and bank accounts, donor-applicant relationships, and anomalous card spending are flagged for staff review automatically.

Over-award prevention

An awardable-cash forecast blocks award commitments that would exceed funds actually available — before the board votes, not after the checks bounce.

Dual-control disbursements

Governance

Disbursements above your threshold require a second approver. Maker-checker segregation of duties is enforced by the platform, not by a policy memo.

What’s Included

Everything Shield covers

ClearPath Shield is a complete solution — not a module you configure yourself or a feature set you have to maintain. Every item below is included and actively managed.

Ongoing monthly fee. Required for all operating SGOs we support.

  • Real-time 90/10 spending ratio monitoring dashboard with threshold alerts
  • Tamper-evident hash-chained audit log with on-demand integrity verification
  • One-click date-ranged audit evidence package (PDF)
  • Versioned compliance methodology vault
  • Chargeback and refund handling with automatic receipt voiding and credit clawback
  • Payout and bank-deposit reconciliation with unmatched-deposit flagging
  • Fraud detection across applicants, donors, and disbursement spending
  • State compliance reporting preparation and submission by deadline
  • Regulatory change monitoring as IRS finalizes Section 25F rules
  • Annual compliance review with board-level reporting
  • Multi-school distribution requirement tracking
  • State-specific compliance calendar management
Get Started

See the platform live. Then decide.

Tell us about your organization and we’ll set up a live demo — the real product, loaded with sample data — alongside a consultation on your formation path, state, and timeline.

What happens next

1

We review your submission and respond within one business day

2

Live platform demo — the actual product on sample data, typically 45–60 minutes

3

Diagnostic consultation on your formation path, state requirements, and timeline

4

You leave with a clear scope and recommendation — even if the answer is to partner rather than form

We typically respond within one business day.