Donor Privacy Policy

Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!) respects the privacy of our donors and values the trust our donors and our community place in us. We adhere to the highest standards in gathering, using, and safeguarding donor information. We do not share, sell, or trade our donors’ information with other organizations. We provide information to our Board and staff on a confidential, need-to-know basis. You will always have the option to unsubscribe from future emails. We honor all requests to be removed from our list for future mailings. We respect the wishes of donors who prefer to remain anonymous.

What Information We Collect and How it is Used

The information you provide to us via checks, paper donor form, online donor form, or through our website is retained in a secure database used to verify transactions, print receipts, thank supporters for their contributions, keep supporters informed, and solicit future donations. We do not keep credit card information in this database. Personal information typically includes your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, pledge amount, and payment type. Your e-mail address, for example, may be used to send you information related to your giving or volunteer activities.

Donor Bill of Rights

The Donor Bill of Rights was created by the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC), Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). It has been endorsed by numerous organizations.

Philanthropic support for Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights—or any nonprofit enterprise—is based on voluntary action for the common good. 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 have adopted the principles laid out in 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.

The Donor Bill of Rights sets forth that donors have the right:

  • 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 in nature.
  • 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 making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful, and forthright answers.

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