Privacy policy.

Effective 07/06/2020

At the VillageChild, we value your support and your privacy is very important to us. Our site is a secure environment for anyone who visits or makes a donation. The purpose of this statement is to share with you our policy concerning the collection of data and personal information while ensuring the highest level of confidentiality, security, and privacy for our supporters.

Normal Browsing

When you visit our site, we collect some non-identifying basic information. This includes the total number of visitors, pages viewed, and other non-identifying information. We use this aggregate information to improve our site and to make your experience on our website as smooth as possible.

Cookies are small text files that a site transfers to a site visitor’s hard disk or browser for added functionality, or tracking site usage. The VillageChild uses cookies in a limited capacity. VillageChild’s cookies “expire” at the end of your user session. Our cookies do not capture or store any personally identifying information about you, or any data about your past usage of our site. We use information captured by cookies only for blind statistical analysis, and to tailor our communications with the public.

Online Donation Forms

We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. When you request information or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, subject of inquiry, and payment information. If you complete the Profile update form or make a donation on our web site with personally identifying information, we may use your contact information to send further information about our organization to you or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the “Opt-Out” section below.

The information you transmit to us on this site travels by encryption. The companies we work with to process your online donation payments and product purchases also use encryption and security protocols. The information you provide is stored in a secure location and is accessible only by designated employees trained in the proper handling of customer information.

We do not collect personally identifiable information unless you provide it to us knowingly and voluntarily.

Your information is privileged and confidential and will not be shared or released to any organization or business entity other than those affiliated with or working in conjunction with the VillageChild. We do not give or sell your personal information to any outside company for its use in marketing or solicitation.

You may choose to restrict the internal and external sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit how we contact you. When you donate, you can request that the VillageChild not contact you or share your information with anyone; or that we only contact you once a year.

If you have any questions, please contact us at avillagechild@gmail.com.  All reasonable efforts will be taken to ensure that your privacy requests are honored. If you do not wish to opt-out when making an online donation, you may do so at a later date should you so desire. You cannot remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication. You can review your personal contact information or make corrections or changes at any time by contacting the VillageChild at by e-mail at avillagechild@gmail.com.

Note to Parents and Children

The VillageChild does not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information from children under the age of 13. In addition, no part of our site is designed to attract any person under age 13.

How We Provide a Secure Environment for On-line Transactions

VillageChild’s on-line processing system allows you to make secure donations. We use the latest encryption technology to ensure that no one can read your information as it travels to our system.

Our on-line credit card verification system is handled by a third party, which collects your name, address, phone, and credit card number and expiration date to process your transaction. Their encryption technology offers secure technology to ensure the confidentiality of your transactions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy statement will be updated periodically and posted on our web site. It applies to the online practices of the VillageChild. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting revisions. You agree to review the Privacy Policies each time you use our web site so that you are aware of any modifications. By accessing or using the web site, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the VillageChild’s Privacy Policy as posted at the time of your access or use.

Questions About Our Policies

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this privacy policy, or want to let us know what you think about our services, please contact us at avillagechild@gmail.com.

DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS

“The VillageChild’s mission is to to generate broad awareness to four (4) of the developmental issues that have been identified as barriers to economic growth and prosperity for the world’s families. To raise funds to assist in procuring access to appropriate technology, education, healthcare, adequate food supplies and income generation for families. The organization also raises resources for other needs at the schools, including capital projects, operations, or program initiatives, and it will conduct fundraising and related activities for any other board-directed initiatives.”

A major strategic initiative is to assure that VillageChild honors and practice organizational values of respect, relationships, responsibility, reasoning, and reciprocity. The VillageChild will have the highest standards for all operations across all initiative and practice consistent processes that produce positive, decisive results for constituents and employees. As a part of this initiative, the VillageChild is committed to meet high standards of accountability to earn our donors' deepest confidence.

We endorse and adopt the “Donor’s Bill of Rights” developed by the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

“THE 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:

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.

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.

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

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

To receive appropriate acknowledgment and recognition.

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

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

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

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

To feel free to ask questions when donating and to receive prompt, truthful, and forthright answers.”

We encourage donors or potential donors to contact us regarding any questions or concerns regarding the “Donor Bill of Rights” and hope that our adherence to these rights strengthens the trust our donors have shown in us.

Thank you for supporting the VillageChild, and its recipients striving for access to education, appropriate technology, health and wellness, and the curvature of hunger.

GRANT APPLICANT CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY

The Grant Fund highly values the concepts of privacy and confidentiality. It is the Grant Fund’s policy that only the applicant, Grant Fund staff members (including application reviewers), and faculty/staff at the applicant’s grant have access to application and award information. Applicants do, however, give permission for the Grant Fund to share limited demographic information with grant donors, their school, and the media as a part of the application process. Information about an application and/or grant award will be released to third parties (including parents, spouses, and other relatives) only with the express written consent of the student. Information about applications and awards will only be discussed with the applicant unless we have written authorization to do otherwise. While we look forward to a cooperative and productive relationship with the relatives of our applicants, we have a duty to respect privacy, and our primary relationship is with the recipient.