Launch an arcade. Keep your cause. Earn trust you can measure.

CHIP gives nonprofits, political campaigns, advocacy groups, and community organizations a gamified micro-donation platform with a public Glass Ledger built in. You bring the mission. We bring the game engine, the compliance plumbing, and a donor-safe path for recurring supporters.

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Your donors are burning out. It's not their fault.

Fundraising today is an arms race of manipulation. Fake countdowns. Fabricated matches. "7th email this week." Donors are tuning out — not because they stopped caring about your cause, but because the tools the sector uses have trained them to distrust every ask.

~70% of first-time donors never give again.
↓ Email fundraising response rates have been declining for a decade.
0 The average donor cannot trace a single dollar to a specific outcome.

You can't fix this with better subject lines. You fix it with a better structure.

Retention, trust, and recurring revenue — on rails.

Retention that isn't manufactured

The Streak, Squads, Badge Vault, and Boss Battles turn giving from a transaction into a habit. Peer-reviewed research shows gamification lifts retention 20–40%. CHIP's mechanics are built on that evidence — not on sending more emails.

Trust that is structural, not rhetorical

Every arcade ships with a public Glass Ledger. Every dollar in, every dollar out, line by line. You don't have to "build trust" with copy — the platform builds it with code. Donors who trust you give more and stay longer.

Launch in under 10 minutes

The fundraiser launch path handles entity type, compliance profile, payout account, and brand setup. Pick your game templates, set your first funding goal, and publish the arcade.

You keep your cause. CHIP is the trust mark.

Your arcade uses your name, your logo, your colors, your voice. CHIP appears as a "Powered by CHIP — Glass Ledger verified" badge in the footer. You own the relationship with your supporters. CHIP is infrastructure, not a landlord.

Recurring micro-revenue

Small-dollar recurring giving has ~2x the donor LTV of one-time giving. CHIP's 1-tap recurring chip-in + The Streak is built to convert one-time supporters into recurring ones — honestly.

Compliance handled at the platform layer

KYC, contribution limits, foreign-national checks, tax-status disclosures, charitable-solicitation compliance. Built in, not bolted on. (Full scope: see Trust & Safety.)

How It Works for Fundraisers

  1. Create your arcade

    Enter your cause name, entity type (501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC, campaign, community group), EIN or FEC ID, and payout account. The Launch Wizard walks you through it. Manual review for eligibility.

  2. Configure your game templates

    Toggle on the game mechanics you want. Start with The Streak and a funding-goal battle (boss battle). Add more as you grow. Every game template, or cabinet, is documented with best practices and evidence.

  3. Set your first funding goal

    A real objective. A real budget. A real deadline. "Fund 200 FOIA requests by June 20." Not "Support our work." CHIP can turn that goal into a boss fight after supporters understand what the money funds.

  4. Publish your Glass Ledger

    Your ledger goes live automatically. Every expenditure you categorize appears as a public line item. Your donors can click any dollar. Your trust becomes measurable.

  5. Supporters chip in, steer, and stick around

    Your donors become players after the goal is clear. They chip in, build streaks, form squads, and help fund visible goals. Retention climbs. Revenue compounds. Your cause grows.

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Flat game-launch fees. No surprises.

CHIP charges fundraisers by the launch shape: a ready game, a custom skin on an existing game, or a fully custom game scoped with sales. Every required fee is named before a fundraiser signs. No hidden charges.

Tier Price What you get
Tier 1: Ready Game Launch $1,500 flat Existing CHIP game/cabinet, standard campaign setup, minimal configuration, supplied campaign assets
Tier 2: Custom Skin Launch $4,500 flat Existing CHIP game/cabinet, custom visual skin/theme, sprite/art overlay, campaign-specific copy, browser/device QA
Tier 3: Custom Game Contact sales for Tier 3 pricing Entirely custom game mechanics, bespoke art direction, production scope, integration review, launch QA

Processing and platform fees: Payment processing is a separate pass-through. If CHIP charges a platform fee on processed volume, that fee is published separately before a fundraiser signs and shown transparently in payout reporting.

What we never charge for: Player data (we don't sell it). Hidden fees (there aren't any). Pay-to-win badges (badges are earned, never bought).

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Who CHIP Is For

CHIP works for any cause that raises small-dollar funds and wants retention + trust. We're launching with a focus on:

  • Pro-democracy / anti-corruption organizations
  • Issue advocacy nonprofits and 501(c)(4)s
  • Political campaigns and PACs (with compliance gating)
  • Community organizers and local grassroots groups
  • Creators and streamers who fundraise for causes

Not every entity type is eligible from day one. Candidate and PAC arcades require hardened compliance. See Trust & Safety for eligibility details.

Be one of the first 20 arcades.

We're recruiting 10–20 Founding Creators to launch the first arcades on CHIP. Founding Creators get:

  • White-glove onboarding and compliance review
  • Prominent placement in the flagship launch
  • Founding Creator badge (earned, permanent, not buyable)
  • Direct input on roadmap priorities

No discounts. No "exclusive" pricing tiers. Founding Creators pay the same published launch fees as everyone else. The value is the partnership, not a fake deal.

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