Mill Valley, CA

RECLAIM THE RECORDS

EIN 81-4985446

Community & Economic Development Technology, Research & Civic Innovation

Mission

Reclaim The Records works to restore public access to government-held genealogical and archival data by obtaining, digitizing, and publishing public records, using Freedom of Information requests and litigation when necessary so that historical records remain freely available to researchers and the general public.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About RECLAIM THE RECORDS

Reclaim The Records is a U.S.-based nonprofit activist organization (EIN 81-4985446) headquartered in Mill Valley, California that focuses on obtaining and publishing government-held vital and archival records for public use. The EIN provided by the user was verified against the organization’s Form 990 filings and nonprofit data listings and matches the organization operating under the Reclaim The Records name.

The group pursues public-access outcomes through Freedom of Information requests, litigation, and data publication. In the last two to three years it secured high-profile legal victories and major dataset publications (including a New York State Court of Appeals ruling in May 2025 ordering release of the New York State death index through 2017, and a federal FOIA release of a large veterans-death dataset announced in December 2024), and has continued to update and publish other state index datasets and searchable public databases.

Notable achievements

New York State Death Index release (Court victory)

Obtained a landmark rulings culminating in a New York Court of Appeals decision (May 2025) requiring release of the New York State death-index files covering 1880–2017; the organization prepared and published an indexed, searchable version of the dataset for public use.

Federal FOIA release of veterans dataset (BIRLS)

Won a federal FOIA action against a federal agency that resulted in publication of a large deceased-veterans dataset (announced December 2024), expanding public access to millions of records for genealogical and research use.

Ongoing state-level record recoveries and publications

Continued to secure and publish additional state vital-index datasets over recent years (including updates to Missouri and other state birth/death index sites) and to maintain public, searchable datasets produced from successful FOIA/FOIL actions.

At a glance

Total assets: $224K
Annual revenue: $307K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 81-4985446
Location: Mill Valley, CA
Website: www.reclaimtherecords.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Regularly referenced in legal reporting and case law summaries for its successful Freedom of Information litigation strategies (including appellate-level decisions).

Maintains public Form 990 disclosures and is listed in nonprofit data aggregators as an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 81-4985446).

Cited and covered by genealogy and local-history media and community forums for its dataset releases and for improving public access to archival records.

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