Nonprofit Connect values the privacy of our members, customers, and visitors. We collect information only to help us better serve our members and the nonprofit sector. It is our policy to collect and store only personal information that is knowingly provided to us. We do not share personal information. Nonprofit Connect also collects organizational information for research and member services.
This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection of information from this website that can personally identify you and/or your organization, and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
Personal Information Collected
Through Nonprofit Connect's member database, we collect and store contact information from individuals as it is knowingly provided to us, including email addresses. We do not distribute personal information or email addresses to third parties. We use this information to contact individuals via email and mail with additional resources that might be of interest, including upcoming programs or other resources. You may choose at any time not to provide personally identifiable information, although this may restrict our ability to provide requested services or information.
The following are examples of personally identifiable information that you may volunteer to provide and examples of how we use such information.
- Email Addresses - Nonprofit Connect collects email addresses from those that create online accounts, subscribe to emails, register for events. We may use your email address to send you emails from Nonprofit Connect, including marketing emails, member updates, or email newsletters. To edit your email preferences or unsubscribe, log in to the Member Information Center, or contact us. Nonprofit Connect does not distribute email addresses to third parties.
- Mailing Addresses - Nonprofit Connect collects mailing addresses of those that register for events or purchase items from our eLearning Center. We only distribute publicly available organizational addresses, and in doing so does not associate individual names, except main contacts, to third parties.
- Cookies - Many websites, including this one, use cookies - pieces of numeric data stored on your computer so that we can identify when you return to our website. Nonprofit Connect can only "read" cookies that are placed on your computer from our own website. Usage of cookies is not linked to any personally identifiable information. You can select to disable cookies by changing your browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you will not be able to access portions of our website content.
Organizational Information Collected
Nonprofit Connect makes organizational contact information available through our online Member Directory. We also occasionally make mailing lists of nonprofit organizations available to third parties. These lists are limited to organization names and postal addresses.
Any organization may request their information be omitted from lists provided to third parties by contacting us and expressing its preference not to have its information shared.
Financial Data Security
Nonprofit Connect does not disclose credit card account information provided by its members and customers. When members and customers choose to pay by credit card, we submit this information directly to a secure credit card processor.
Third Party Uses
Nonprofit Connect makes available only organizational information that is already publicly available or knowingly provided to us, including organizational mailing address and website. This information is provided with Nonprofit Connect's Member Directory, a searchable online tool.
Mailing lists of organizations are also made available to third parties upon request to Nonprofit Connect. That information includes only already publicly available mailing address.
We do not make email addresses available to third parties. Members have the option to list representative emails on their public Member Profile in the Member Directory, and this can be managed by logging into the Member Information Center.
Analytics
Nonprofit Connect collects data through Google analytics to track the location and number of visitors to our website. Learn about how Google uses this information.
Photographs & Videos
Nonprofit Connect takes photographs and video during public events, solicits photographs and video from our members of their work, and occasionally selects quality photos or videos for distribution via this website, social media, or other means. Photos and videos are taken in public settings during public events. If you are included in a photograph or video and would prefer that it not be distributed, please contact us and let us know what photo or video and where you saw it. We will do our best to remove it from circulation.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data Retention
For users that create an account through our website, we store the personal information they provide in our database indefinitely. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information. See below for instructions on how to request removal of your data from Nonprofit Connect's database.
Choice to Opt Out
Nonprofit Connect provides all individuals and customers the opportunity to opt out of having your personal information used for certain purposes. If you are a member of Nonprofit Connect, have registered for an event, no longer wish to receive promotional communications, or would like Nonprofit Connect to erase any personal data we hold about you, you may opt out of receiving communications by logging into the Member Information Center and selecting Groups/Interests, or by contacting us. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Disclaimer
Throughout this website, Nonprofit Connect links to third-party websites. In the event you choose to access such links, please note that they are not covered by this Privacy Policy. When you follow a link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website.
