PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: October 1, 2026 | Last Updated: October 1, 2026
Strong Futures respects the privacy of the people and families we serve, our donors, volunteers, partners, and website visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices available to you.
1. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Strong Futures through its website, online forms, scholarship and program inquiries, applications, events, donations, volunteer or partnership communications, email, text messaging, and other interactions with Strong Futures. It does not apply to third-party websites or services that maintain their own privacy policies.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with Strong Futures, we may collect:
Contact information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and preferred method of contact.
Program and scholarship information, including information submitted in inquiries or applications about a participant, parent or guardian, household circumstances, eligibility, goals, attendance, transportation needs, or other information relevant to program participation or financial assistance.
Information about minors when a parent, legal guardian, or other authorized adult submits information on a child’s behalf.
Donation and transaction information, such as donation amount, billing details, transaction records, and related correspondence. Payment card information may be processed directly by a third-party payment processor rather than stored by Strong Futures.
Volunteer, mentor, employment, contractor, or partnership information, including qualifications, availability, background-screening information, and related communications when applicable.
Communications you send to us, including form submissions, emails, text messages, feedback, requests, and other correspondence.
Website and device information that may be collected automatically, such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, referring pages, dates and times of visits, and cookie or similar technology data.
3. How We Use Information
Strong Futures may use personal information to:
Respond to inquiries and communicate with applicants, participants, families, donors, volunteers, mentors, partners, and community members.
Review scholarship or program eligibility, administer applications, manage participation, and evaluate program effectiveness.
Process donations, issue acknowledgments or receipts, maintain financial records, and support donor stewardship.
Coordinate events, volunteer activities, mentorship, partnerships, services, and other nonprofit operations.
Send operational messages, requested updates, newsletters, fundraising communications, or promotional communications, subject to applicable law and your communication preferences.
Maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our website, forms, programs, services, and internal operations.
Prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or other unlawful activity and comply with legal, accounting, tax, reporting, insurance, or regulatory obligations.
4. Information About Children and Minors
Strong Futures may serve children and may therefore receive personal information about minors. We seek to collect information about a minor from a parent, legal guardian, or other authorized adult when consent is required. We do not knowingly use our website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information directly to Strong Futures without appropriate consent, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
5. How We May Share Information
Strong Futures does not sell or rent personal information. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to operate our organization, including:
To service providers that support website hosting, forms, communications, payment processing, data storage, analytics, background screening, accounting, or other operational functions, subject to appropriate contractual or confidentiality protections where applicable.
To program partners, grantors, sponsors, schools, community organizations, or other collaborators when needed to deliver a program or service, when authorized, or when information has been aggregated or de-identified as appropriate.
To professional advisers, insurers, auditors, accountants, or legal counsel as reasonably necessary.
When required by law, subpoena, court order, governmental request, or other legal process, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Strong Futures or others.
In connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer of operations, or similar organizational transaction, subject to applicable law.
6. Donor Privacy
Strong Futures respects donor privacy. We do not sell, rent, or trade donor names or personal contact information for commercial marketing by unrelated third parties. We may use donor information for gift processing, acknowledgments, receipts, reporting, donor communications, stewardship, and other legitimate nonprofit purposes. Where legally required or authorized by the donor, certain donation information may be publicly disclosed.
7. Cookies, Analytics, and Website Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, understand website traffic, improve performance, and support website functionality. Third-party services used on our website may also collect information according to their own privacy practices. You can typically control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
8. Email and Text Messages
If you provide your email address or mobile number, Strong Futures may use it to respond to you and, where permitted, send program, event, fundraising, or organizational communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe option included in the message. For recurring promotional text messages, you may reply STOP to opt out where that functionality is available. Message and data rates may apply. Transactional or service-related communications may still be sent when necessary.
9. Data Security
Strong Futures uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including program administration, donor and financial recordkeeping, legal compliance, dispute resolution, safeguarding, insurance, and legitimate organizational needs. Retention periods may vary based on the type of information and applicable requirements.
11. Your Privacy Choices and Requests
You may contact Strong Futures to request that we review, correct, update, or delete personal information we maintain about you, subject to legal, contractual, recordkeeping, safeguarding, or operational requirements. We may need to verify your identity or authority before fulfilling a request. You may also update your communication preferences at any time.
12. Third-Party Links and Services
Our website or communications may contain links to websites, platforms, payment processors, social media services, or other third-party services. Strong Futures is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Strong Futures may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our programs, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices. The revised Policy will identify the date it was last updated. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or another appropriate method.
14. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be submitted through the Strong Futures website or through the organization’s published contact information. To help us respond efficiently, please include your name, contact information, and a brief description of your request.
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