The Voluntary 90/10 Model
The institutional profit split and its strict scope.
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The split
| Party | Share of project profit |
|---|---|
| Participant | up to 10% |
| Institution | at least 90% |
The institution then finances additional projects with the returned capital.
Scope — read this before anything else
The 90/10 structure applies only to projects voluntarily entered into under an Intelligentism institutional agreement. It is not a universal claim on independently created private wealth. Independent businesses that accept no institutional capital or resources remain entirely outside the agreement.
Why a founder would accept
A 10% share of a project is worse than 100% of the same project and better than 100% of a project that never happened. The institution must therefore supply substantially more than money — research, facilities, data, engineering, legal capacity, procurement, distribution, and de-risked capital — or the terms fail on their own merits and no one signs.
Open questions
- What disclosure is required before a participant can consent?
- How is "project profit" defined and audited?
- What happens to the split when the participant contributes the core IP?
Tracked in IIP-0005.
Chapter metadata
- Status
- Draft
- Version
- 0.1.0-alpha
- Created
- 2026-08-01
- Last revised
- 2026-08-01
- Last reviewed
- Not yet reviewed
- Authors
- ISILP
- Governing proposals
- IIP-0005
- Source
spec/200-economics/ninety-ten-model.mdx
Cite this page
ISILP. The Voluntary 90/10 Model. The Intelligentism Specification, version 0.1.0-alpha (revised 2026-08-01). https://intelligentism.isilp.org/spec/economics/ninety-ten-model