 ClearPath was founded by Republican entrepreneur and philanthropist Jay Faison in 2013 to change the conservative viewpoint on clean energy.After selling his majority stake in the audio-visual company SnapAV, Faison donated $165 million to start ClearPath, with a mission of "accelerating conservative clean energy solutions"

ClearPath advances its mission through "strategic grant-making, advocacy, and digital platforms", and focuses on energy policy, polling, and analysis.The ClearPath website lists five principles used for analyzing policy.