Icarus Interstellar is a registered Nonprofit Corporation (Alaska Entity #133623) with 501(c)(3) charitable status.
WHY DO WE NEED YOUR HELP?
Icarus represents an open access society physicists, engineers, architects, artists, thinkers, hackers, makers, gamers, game designers and programmers from around the world.
We have been working together since September 2009, contributing our skills, knowledge and excitement for the common goal of advancing interstellar spaceflight.
> 30,000 man-hours have been contributed to date.
> 100 peer reviewed papers and conference presentations.
> 76 members (and growing everyday).
> 7 research projects (and growing everyday).
> Boundless ambition and a refreshing spirit of collaboration.
> ALL DONATIONS GO INTO SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO SPACE EXPLORATION.
The long hours are gladly contributed; our reward is the pleasure of discovery. Our operations are subsidized exclusively by sweat equity, dedication and welcome donor contributions.
Icarus Interstellar is a Tax-Excempt 501(c)3 Non-Profit Scientific Research and Development Organization
Icarus Interstellar is a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is eligible to receive tax deductible charitable contributions under section 170 of the Code. If you have received no goods or services in exchange for your contribution, the full amount of your contribution is deductible as a charitable contribution to the maximum extent permitted by law.
The IRS exemption letter can be found here: Icarus Exemption Letter; 4828-1907-8162, 1
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Should you contribute to our efforts, your name will appear just below, as either a Gold, Silver or Bronze donor. As an additional token of our gratitude, your name will also be acknowledged in our final study report as a permanent record of your contribution.
Icarus Affinity Card
To further support Icarus Interstellar, please consider applying for one of our Icarus Interstellar Visa Platinum cards. With these cards, Capital One donates a small percentage of every dollar spent to Icarus Interstellar. This costs you nothing — just use the card as you would any other credit card. The best part is that you can choose from three amazing starship graphics by our very own Adrian Mann. Open to US residents only.
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Donations will be classified according to the following donation scale:
- Diamond donors have donated $5,000 plus.
- Palladium donors have donated $1000 to $4,999.
- Platinum donors have donated $250 to $999.
- Gold donors have donated $50 and $249.
- Silver donors have donated $10 to $49.99.
- Bronze donors have donated $0 to $9.99.
Disclaimer: Icarus Interstellar is a registered Nonprofit Corporation (Alaska Entity #133623) with 501(c)(3) charitable status.
Palladium Donors
- Pat Galea (USD 2000.00)
- Pat Galea (GBP 1500.00)
Platinum Donors
- Albert Jackson (USD 500.00)
- Graham Symmonds (USD 250.00)
- Robert Grantsynn (USD 250.00)
Gold Donors
- Alex Gurzau (USD 50.00)
- Andreas Tziolas (USD 80.00)
- Danylo Rakowsky (USD 50.00)
- David Holthouse (USD 50.00)
- Eric Storm (USD 50.00)
- Floyd Reed (USD 50.00)
- Geoff Beale (USD 200.00)
- James Deel (USD 100.00)
- James Essig (USD 50.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 100.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 50.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 50.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 50.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 50.00)
- Jim Rohrich (USD 50.00)
- Jonathan Head (USD 50.00)
- Massimo Saviotti (USD 50.00)
- Mike McCulloch (GBP 50.00)
- Natalie Binder (USD 50.00)
- Natalie Sansom (USD 50.00)
- OLEG CHUDAKOV (USD 50.00)
- Paolo Celeste (USD 50.00)
- Paul Gilster (USD 50.00)
- Reginald Venour (USD 100.00)
- Ren de Rooij (USD 67.32)
- Robert Buckley (USD 50.00)
- Ryan Schmitter (USD 100.00)
- Ryan Schmitter (USD 100.00)
- Samuel Green (USD 50.00)
- Sarah Margree (USD 50.00)
- Sergey Alekseychick (USD 100.00)
- Stephen Baxter (USD 50.00)
- Vincent Morin (USD 50.00)
- William Cress (USD 100.00)
- Words to the Wise, Inc. (USD 50.00)
Silver Donors
- Azeem Ansar (USD 10.00)
- Brian Bower (USD 25.00)
- Carson Bizon (USD 10.00)
- Chris Wehner (USD 25.00)
- christopher connell (USD 25.00)
- Daniel Goodman (USD 10.00)
- Donald Bohan (USD 25.00)
- Dustin Deitch (USD 10.00)
- Dylan Brouwers-Morrison (USD 10.00)
- Edward M Llano (USD 10.00)
- Garrett Lance Schull (USD 20.00)
- Giovanni Vulpetti (USD 12.38)
- I. Koniaris (USD 10.00)
- Jerry Lawson (USD 20.00)
- John Summers (USD 25.00)
- Jonathan Wilkinson (USD 10.00)
- Kiel Foreman (USD 25.00)
- Matthew Whyndham (USD 15.54)
- NewYork Botanics, LLC (USD 25.00)
- Osaka Red, LLC (USD 10.00)
- Pat Galea (USD 11.00)
- Petra Weber (USD 25.00)
- Randolph Shelly (USD 10.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 10.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 10.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 10.00)
- Robert Freeland (USD 10.00)
- ryan mercer (USD 25.00)
- Serdar Bahman (USD 10.00)
- Stephen Faust (USD 10.00)
- Steven Tuttle (USD 25.00)
- Vasil Vasilev (USD 10.00)
- William Cress (USD 10.00)
Bronze Donors
- Matthew Efinger (USD 1.00)
- Matthew Holt (USD 1.00)
- Matthew Norman (USD 5.00)
- Pat Galea (USD 5.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 8.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 5.00)
- Richard Obousy (USD 1.00)
- Robert Freeland (USD 5.00)
- Robert Freeland (USD 6.00)
- Thomas Fahmie (USD 5.00)


