Privacy Policy

The Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation (the “Foundation) is a nonprofit Montana corporation committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and the personal information you may share with the Foundation or that the Foundation holds.

The Foundation values our donors’ trust and recognizes that maintaining this trust always requires transparency and accountability to our supporters and the public. This Donor Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes the information collected about our donors and the Foundation’s practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Information Collected and Maintained

The Foundation collects and maintains personal information that you, our donors, provide to us when you:

Contact us by phone, mail, or email, in person, or via our website.
Register for an event.
Make a contribution, either on our website, at a special event, over the phone, or by mailing in a check.
Navigate through our website.
From time to time, we may collect personal information from you in ways not described above, subject to your express approval.

Types of Information

The Foundation collects and maintains the following types of information about our donors:

Personal information, including: (i) contact information, such as name, address, email, and telephone number.
Giving information, including types and amounts of donations and credit card information. We utilize secure transaction methods when collecting credit card information over the internet. The Foundation does not disclose credit card account information provided by our donors, except for the proper processing of donations.
Information on events attended and publications received.
Any other information provided by the donor to the Foundation, such as public comments or posts on the Foundation’s website.
Non-personal information that does not personally identify you, including information that is anonymized, aggregated, or publicly available when not combined with non-publicly available information about you.
Information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including information automatically collected through technical methods such as:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Foundation, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics [(for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Confidentiality

All information about any financial and non-financial transactions between you and the Foundation is considered highly confidential and we employ appropriate security measures designed to protect it. While the information is kept confidential, it is shared with the Foundation’s board members, staff, volunteers, and professionals on a need-to-know basis and in compliance with all laws, regulations, court orders, or other governmental requests.

Use of Personal Information

The Foundation collects and maintains personal information to:

Establish a relationship and communicate with you about the Foundation, including our programs, special events, and funding needs.
Learn about our donors and what matters to you.
Process donations and event registrations and issue tax receipts.
Comply with all laws and regulations, including reporting requirements.
Plan future fundraising activities and events.
Analyze giving patterns.
Solicit feedback from you by conducting surveys.

The Foundation uses industry standard safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of your personal information. The Foundation will not share, sell, or exchange your personal information with any other entity for third-party fundraising or marketing purposes. To opt out, you may contact the Foundation as described in the “Contact Us” section below. To the extent that a third-party service provider is The Foundation uses industry standard safeguards to protect your personal information against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of your personal information. The Foundation will not share, sell, or exchange your personal information with any other entity for third-party fundraising or marketing purposes. To opt out, you may contact the Foundation as described in the “Contact Us” section below. To the extent that a third-party service provider is used to process any donations, the provider is bound by strict confidentiality rules, and your information will only be used to the extent necessary to process the donation.

Communications

The Foundation will from time to time communicate with you, including by telephone, text, email, and mail, concerning the Foundation’s charitable activities, events, and requests for future support. The Foundation will not call or email you or send mailings to you on behalf of other organizations without your express consent. To opt out of receiving these communications, you may contact the Foundation as described in the “Contact Us” section below or by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in any email communications.

Records Retention and Destruction

The Foundation complies with all Internal Revenue Service, state, and local regulations and the Foundation’s internal policies governing the retention, management, and destruction of donor information collected and maintained by the Foundation.

Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information

You can review and request changes to the personal information that the Foundation has collected about you by contacting the Foundation as described in the “Contact Us” section below. However, please be aware that the Foundation may not accommodate a change request that would impact record retention or other operational requirements like remembering email optout preferences, violating any law or legal requirement, or causing the information to be incorrect. Deleting your personal information may also require deleting your user account, if any.

Changes to the Policy

This Policy is current as of the date stated at the top of this Policy. The Foundation reserves the right to amend this Policy from time to time. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Children Under the Age of 13

The Foundation’s website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the website. The Foundation does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or provide any information about yourself to the Foundation, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If the Foundation learns it has collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, the Foundation will delete that information. If you believe the Foundation might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact the Foundation as described in the “Contact Us” section below.

Donor Bill of Rights

The Foundation subscribes to the Donor Bill of Rights as created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Contact Us

To opt out of receiving communications from the Foundation, to review the personal information that the Foundation has collected about you, or to ask any other questions regarding this Policy, please contact the Foundation at the below address or email, or submit your request via the Foundation’s “Contact Us” on the Foundation’s website and indicate the reason for your inquiry.

Yellowstone Foundation – 2050 Overland Ave – Billings, MT 59102

info@yellowstonefoundation.org

Telephone 406.656.8772