College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program Donor Privacy Policy

 

College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program (CCB | MGP) is an independent, nonprofit organization. CCB | MGP respects the privacy of its donors and has put in place a Donor Privacy Policy to honor these rights.

Donor Information

CCB | MGP collects and maintains the following types of donor information when it is voluntarily provided to us:

• Contact information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address
• Giving information
• Information on events attended, publications received and special requests for program information
• Information provided by the donor in the form of comments and suggestions
• How often the donor wishes to be contacted by CCB | MGP

This confidential information is kept on file for IRS purposes. It is also used to analyze overall giving patterns in order to make more accurate budget projections, as well as to understand donors’ interests in our mission and to update them on the organization’s plans and activities. This information is shared with staff and board members, only on a confidential and need-to-know basis.

Privacy Policy Statement

College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program (CCB | MGP) values the privacy of our donors. We self-manage and securely maintain donor contact information. Donor records are reviewed and updated on a three-year cycle, based on the most recent year a gift was made. Participation in these updates is entirely optional, and all information shared is kept confidential and used solely for organizational and communication purposes.

List Sharing

CCB | MGP does not sell, rent, trade or share its donor list with any other organization. CCB | MGP never sends out mailings on behalf of other organizations.

If you would like more information, please contact CCB | MGP at 248-792-9438.

Discontinuing Contact Upon Request

It is the policy of CCB | MGP to communicate with donors according to their expressed preferences whenever possible. CCB | MGP will discontinue or change the method used to contact any person upon that person’s oral or written request directed to the organization.

Upon a person’s (or a person’s authorized representative’s) request that CCB | MGP discontinue further contacts, the person’s name and address will be promptly modified in CCB | MGP’s donor database to ensure that no further contact is made with the person.

Security Measures: CCB | MGP takes several precautions to protect Donor information. When you submit sensitive information via to the organization, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar.

All of our servers are kept in a locked secure environment with limited access by authorized personnel.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect donor information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

CCB | MGP uses Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT as our CRM database for donor information. Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT is fully PCI DSS compliant. Blackbaud has been validated as a Level 1 Service Provider and Payment Gateway, the highest certification level under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Donor Bill of Rights Statement

College Career & Beyond | Midnight Golf Program subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights, which was created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits.

Donor Bill of Rights

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

I. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.

II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.

III. To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.

IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.

V. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

VI. To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

VII. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

VIII. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.

X. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.