Privacy Policy

Steuben County Community Foundation (SCCF) is committed to respecting the privacy of our donors. You may choose to remain an anonymous donor at any time.

SCCF subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits.

What information we collect

Personal information identifies you individually, including your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address. We collect and securely store any personally identifiable information you provide us with.

How we collect that information

These are the most common circumstances under which we may collect your information:

1. When you request information from us via one of the email addresses identified on our giving website. We may then collect your name, address, and email address to respond to that request.
2. When you contact us with a question. We may then collect your name, address, and email address to respond to that inquiry.
3. When you contribute. We may then collect your name, email address, billing address, telephone number, and any other information necessary to process your donation.
4. Occasionally, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above.

How we use that information

We use donor information for these purposes only:

1. Processing donations
2. Distributing receipts
3. Thanking donors
4. Communicating with donors about SCCF activities
5. Conducting fundraising
6. Record keeping
7. Reporting to applicable government agencies as required by law
8. Surveys, research, metrics, and other analytical purposes
9. Other activities related to fundraising operations

We will not sell, trade, or share your personal information, with the following exceptions:

1. We will use your information to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law or comply with the legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights, or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of others.
2. We will use your information to protect against potential fraud. We may verify the information collected while processing a donation with third parties. Use a credit or debit card on our website. We may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that your card information and address match the information you supplied and that the card being used has not been reported lost or stolen.

Financial information

Access to donor financial information is strictly limited to SCCF staff and volunteers who must process the data for official SCCF business.

No donor financial information is given to any person, organization, or group without access to those data.

SCCF uses only those online payment processing services provided by merchants who have validated compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and the Payment Application Data Security Standard.

SCCF does not store, nor does it have access to, your credit card information, bank account numbers, or other account data sent to those processing services.

Changes to the Donor Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change the Donor Privacy Policy occasionally. When we do, we will note the most recent revision date at the end of this policy.
Contact us

If you have questions about our Donor Privacy Policy or would like to review the information we have collected about you, please get in touch with us in writing at the following address:

Steuben County Community Foundation
1701 N Wayne St.
Angola, IN 46703