Privacy Policy

This Site is operated by Grapevine Giving Foundation (“GGF”), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates in connection with and enables users of the platform (the “Platform”) operated by goodMatch Inc. (dba Grapevine) (our “Corporate Partner”) to donate to nonprofit organizations. This page sets forth GGF’s Privacy Policy (the “Policy”), including for the website at www.grapevinegivingfoundation.org (the “Site”). To visit our Corporate Partner’s privacy policy, which collects and uses your personal information to grow GGF’s charitable movement, please visit www.grapevine.org.

We take the responsibility of having your personal information very seriously. We collect and use your personal information only for the purposes set forth in this Policy, including to provide donor-advised fund services to our Corporate Partner, and do not sell your personal information. We treat your personal information as we would treat our own.

By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy.

If GGF modifies its practices, or revises this Policy, it will post an updated version on the Site. You should check this Policy periodically for changes, and we will notify you of material changes, as necessary. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to this Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

Table of Contents

Collection of Information
Uses of Your Personal Information
Sharing of Your Personal Information
Emails from Us
Cookies
Children
Questions

Collection of Information

We may collect and process the following information about you:

  • identifiers, including but not limited to your name and email;

  • payment information including, but not limited to any information, such as the amount of the donation, that is shared from any bank or other entity when a check, ACH, or wire transfer is made to GGF, or credit card information that is shared in connection with donations made via the Platform (though the Platform uses third-party payment processors for credit cards, and we do not directly receive any credit card information itself);

  • communications you send to us, for example to report a problem or to submit queries, concerns, or comments regarding the Site or its content; and

  • IP addresses, device identifiers, GPS location, and other device-related information.

Uses of Your Personal Information

We will use your personal information to:

  • enable us to provide you with the Site;

  • process your donations; 

  • send you information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us;

  • enable us to contact you regarding any question you submit or request you make through the Site;

  • improve our content and the Site; and

  • use for other purposes that we may disclose to you when we request your information.

Sharing of Your Personal Information

We will share your personal information with third parties where required by law; as needed to respond to, investigate, or participate in valid legal processes and proceedings, including those initiated by law enforcement or government agencies; where necessary to provide the Site to you; to enforce or investigate potential violations of our policies; detect, prevent, or investigate potential fraud, abuse, or safety and security concerns, including threats to the public; meet our corporate and social responsibility commitments; protect our and our customers’ rights and property; and to resolve disputes and enforce agreements.

We may share your personal information with our trusted service providers and third-party vendors, who help us provide the Site and our services to you.

We may also share your personal information with our Corporate Partner.

GGF may share personal data with actual or prospective acquirers, their representatives and other relevant participants in, or during negotiations of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructuring, or change in control involving all or a portion of GGF’s business or assets, including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings.

Emails from Us

We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. We try to keep emails to a minimum and give you the ability to opt-out when we can.

We, or our Corporate Partner on our behalf, will send you emails or letters by mail as relevant, relating to your own transactions, and will keep these emails to a minimum.

We may send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information issued to your computer when you visit a website and which store and sometimes track information about your use of the website. GGF may use cookies to help recognize you as a repeat visitor, to improve the quality of our Site, and to try and make your browsing experience meaningful. When you enter our Site, our web server may send a cookie to your computer, allowing us to recognize your computer but not specifically who is using it. By associating the identification numbers in the cookies with other customer information, we would then know that the cookie information relates to you. Some of the cookies that could be used by our Site could be served by us, and some could be served by third parties who are delivering services on our behalf.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you prefer, you can change your browser settings to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set. You can also learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different browsers. By blocking or deleting cookies used on our Site, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Site.

California’s Shine the Light Law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits California residents to annually request information regarding the disclosure of your personal data (if any) to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (“DNT”) feature that purports to allow users to signal their preference not to have their online activities tracked. Currently, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. The Site therefore does not respond to DNT signals or similar mechanisms at this time.

Children

People under 18 (or the legal age in your jurisdiction) are not permitted to use the Site on their own, and so this Policy makes no provision for their use of the Site. This Site is for use in the US only at this time.

Questions

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us at hello@grapevinegivingfoundation.org.