Find a cause. Chip in. Watch it work.

Micro-gifts that add up to real outcomes. Streaks that build habits. Bosses you help bring down. A Glass Ledger that shows you exactly where your money went — because you deserve to know.

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Giving shouldn't feel like a scam.

You've gotten the emails. "Only 3 hours left!" "Triple match — act now!" "We tried 7 times to reach you." Most of it isn't true. The deadlines are invented. The matches are fake. And after you give, you never hear where the money actually went — just more urgent emails.

That's not fundraising. That's extraction.

CHIP exists because there's a different way to do this. One where the numbers are real, the deadlines are real, and you can click any dollar you've given and follow it to the outcome it funded.

"We will never lie to a player." — CHIP Constitution, Article 1

How CHIP Works for Players

  1. Find a cause that matters to you.

    Browse arcades by cause type, issue area, or community. Each arcade shows its active bosses, its Glass Ledger, and its tax status — clearly, before you give a dollar.

  2. Take one free action.

    Before you chip in, you can join, follow, or squad up for free. See how the arcade feels. No credit card required to start. Action before dollar — because trust is earned.

  3. Chip in. Set your own terms.

    Pick an amount. Pick a boss or objective to earmark it toward. Set a monthly cap — a hard ceiling CHIP enforces. One tap and it's recurring. Change it or cancel anytime.

  4. Build your streak.

    Daily, weekly, monthly — you set the cadence. The Streak tracks your habit. Earn freeze tokens so life doesn't break your chain. Hit milestones at 7, 30, 100, and 365 days.

  5. Fight bosses with your squad.

    Join a squad of up to 5 players. Watch the boss HP bar move as you chip in. Win together. If the boss doesn't fund — that's public too. Real outcomes, honestly reported.

  6. Follow every dollar.

    Your personal Impact Receipt shows every chip-in and what it funded. Click any line. The Glass Ledger shows the full trail — amount, date, purpose, outcome. No dark lines. No "trust us."

  7. Earn badges. Never buy them.

    Badges mark your journey — Founding Player, 30-day Streak, Boss Slayer, Squad Captain. Earned through action, never purchased. No pay-to-win. No gambling. No cash value.

The structural promise.

These aren't aspirations. They're product rules, enforced in code:

  • ▸ No fake deadlines. Every boss deadline is real. If it says "June 20," that's the actual date.
  • ▸ No fake matches. "Your gift will be matched" only appears when there is a real, named, verifiable match.
  • ▸ No hidden fees. CHIP's platform fee is public. Every line item shows the breakdown.
  • ▸ No cap overrides. You set a monthly limit. The platform enforces it. No "just this once."
  • ▸ No spam. You set your contact cadence. Unsubscribe is one click and permanent.
  • ▸ No data sales. Your giving history and identity are yours. CHIP never sells, rents, or trades player data.
  • ▸ No gambling. Badges are achievement-only. No cash value. No prizes-of-value for money. The "win" is a funded objective, not a payout.
  • ▸ No dark patterns. Every flow is designed to inform, not manipulate.

The Player Experience

Your Arcade Home

When you join a cause's arcade, you get a home screen: active bosses with live HP bars, your streak counter, your squad roster, your badge vault, and a 1-tap chip-in button. The Glass Ledger is one click away.

Your Impact Receipt

A personal, line-item report: "Your $36 this month funded Line #4412 (FOIA request, $47), 12% of a district ad campaign ($210), and part of a legal review ($85)." Every line links into the Glass Ledger. Real money, real outcomes, real receipts.

Your Badge Vault

Earned collectibles that mark your journey. No purchases. No loot boxes. Just the record of what you've done: streaks, bosses beaten, squads led, causes founded.

Your Settings, Your Control

Monthly cap. Contact cadence per channel (email, push, SMS). Payment methods. Privacy. All in one place. All yours.

Joy retains. Honesty retains. Caps retain.

Most giving platforms treat retention as an email frequency problem. CHIP treats it as a product problem:

  • Joy retains. The game layer — streaks, bosses, squads, badges — makes giving feel good. Not manipulative. Fun.
  • Honesty retains. When you know exactly where your money went, you're more likely to give again. The Glass Ledger makes trust a product feature.
  • Caps retain. When you know you can't be pushed past your limit, you're more likely to set up recurring giving in the first place. The cap is the safety that enables generosity.
~80% Recurring donor retention vs. ~32% for one-time. CHIP is built to make every player a recurring one — without lying to them.

Ready to Play?

  • Take one free action. See how it feels.
  • No credit card. No commitment.
  • Join the flagship arcade, follow a boss fight, see the Glass Ledger.
  • If it feels right, chip in.
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Want to learn more?

  • See the full flywheel.
  • Understand the Glass Ledger.
  • Read the Constitution.
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