Accelerate CIP

Whether you become a Carbon Accelerator or a Thorium Accelerator, every dollar you give makes a real difference.

• Every new Accelerator is a spiritual shot in the arm to the CIP team.
• Every new dollar CIP receives goes directly to our highest-impact projects–never to overhead.
• Since CIP uses an extensive network of volunteers, every dollar you donate does $5 or $10 worth of work.

(For details on our business organization and tax status, see the details at the bottom of the page.)

For inquiry about higher-level donations, or for any other questions, please contact CIP’s Development Coordinator at support@industrialprogress.net for individualized assistance.

Accelerator by Mail:

Send a check to “Center for Industrial Progress” at our mailing address (below).

Mailing address:
Center for Industrial Progress
25592 La Mirada St
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

Our Funding Model: Combining the Best of For-Profit and Donor-Driven Activities

CIP has a unique funding model designed to maximize our intellectual and political impact. Our activities can be divided roughly into two categories–for-profit and donor/accelerator-driven.

Wherever possible, we seek to make a profit from promoting our ideas; one of the best tests of one’s message is whether and how much people (for example, speaking audiences) are willing to pay for it.

At the same time, some of the Center’s most important activities cannot be profitable even though they are of vital importance. And that is where our far-sighted donors come in.

For example, CIP’s Talent Factory gives extensive, hands-on education and training to talented, aspiring advocates of industrial progress. This training includes writing skills, speaking skills, thinking skills, research skills, as well as vital elements of philosophy, economics, science, and history. The donors who support this program will be making possible a flood of important, influential intellectual work that would not otherwise exist.

Our Tax Status

CIP is proudly not a 501c-3 non-profit. As a result, gifts to CIP are not tax-deductible–but we believe our donors are better off this way.

The number one reason is freedom. 501c-3 status brings with it an enormous amount of government invasiveness, including limitations on involvement in essential policy debates, and on how we can interact with industry.

CIP is committed to continually discovering better ways to make an impact, whatever that may be–not whatever government bureaucrats think is best. A core belief of CIP is that maximum progress requires eliminating the government-created gap between idea and implementation. Our structure enables us to do just that.

Even if we only get half as many gifts, our complete freedom makes us far more effective than we would be as a well-heeled 501c-3. And donor gifts are not taxed on our end, so we make maximum use of every single dollar you contribute.

Maximum Impact, Maximum Transparency

We want the money you give to CIP to be one of the most meaningful expenditures you make all year. Thus, we are committed to sharing as many of our ideas, strategies, and results with donors as possible. We do this through our donor newsletter “CIP Insider” and through offering our donors exclusive access to our internal educational programs and strategy discussions.