Founders propose eligible organizations and explain why the work strengthens entrepreneurship.
Mission Giving
1% of Chat goes to causes that strengthen entrepreneurship for everyone.
Founders nominate. Founders vote. Chat funds. Chat reports.
Structural commitment
Structural commitment
Chat commits 1% of annual revenue to founder-mission causes.
This is not discretionary.
This is not marketing.
The dollars are reserved before other decisions.
Founder voting
Founder voting system
This system is opening soon.
Chat reviews each nomination for legitimacy, mission fit, and operational ability to receive funds.
Founders vote across the approved slate after the review window closes.
Funds are distributed according to the published allocation rules after voting closes.
Cause categories
Cause categories
Programs that teach company-building, financial literacy, and execution skills to people who otherwise would not get that training.
View education workOrganizations that reduce the isolation and collapse risk that often comes with building a company under real pressure.
Projects that keep the shared technical base of the internet usable, secure, and available to small teams.
Groups that help displaced people start businesses, create income, and rebuild local economic agency.
A standing category for founder-selected work that does not fit the default buckets but clearly expands who gets to build.
Match program
Customer match program
When you donate, Chat matches your contribution up to $1,000 per year.
Launching soon
Transparency
Annual transparency report
First report publishes after the first full funding cycle.
- Total annual revenue and the reserved 1% commitment amount
- Which organizations received funding and why
- How founder nominations and votes were counted
- Any unallocated reserve carried into the next cycle
The report will document methodology, review standards, and the audit trail behind every distribution.
Cross-surface links
Related surfaces
Entrepreneurship education
Founder mental health surface is not live yet.
Future founder profiles and marketplace participation may surface which causes a founder has supported. That layer is not active yet.