Privacy Policy

The Cleveland Foundation is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of personal information entrusted to us by current donors, potential donors and by the officers and staff of nonprofit agencies who approach us for funding, and the people that they serve.

Like all organizations with a web presence, the Cleveland Foundation receives standard tracking data when you visit our site. Information from your browser, including your IP address, pages visited, the length of time you spend on our site and files you download is recorded in our website server logs. We use and analyze this data to develop site content and continue to provide you with a positive experience when you visit our website. However, no personal information is collected during the tracking process.

Online giving transactions are processed on a secure server. We have put into effect appropriate procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Once you provide us with personal, professional or financial information, that data remains confidential.

We will not sell, rent, loan or otherwise share any personally identifying information you provide with any individual or organization, provided, however, that we may share such information with third-party service providers for data analytics, research, and marketing related to the Cleveland Foundation’s business purposes. While we strive to protect the personal information of our users, the Cleveland Foundation will also release personal information if required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary or appropriate.

In accordance with federal law and the guidelines set up by the Federal Trade Commission regarding youth privacy, the Cleveland Foundation will not knowingly collect any personal information from young people under the age of 13.

Electronic Newsletter

We may share information with service providers solely for the purpose of producing and disseminating foundation information to our constituents. You may remove yourself from our mailing list at any time. If you are receiving the foundation’s electronic newsletter by mistake, or have any problems whatsoever unsubscribing, please contact us and we will take the necessary steps to remedy the situation.

Links to Other Sites

As a community service, the Cleveland Foundation provides links to websites of various nonprofits and nonprofit resources. Unless we expressly state otherwise, the Cleveland Foundation makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites. A link to a website from ClevelandFoundation.org is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners or providers. This privacy policy applies solely to the information collected by this site.

Copyright Statement

Copyright in the text materials contained in this website is owned by the Cleveland Foundation. These text materials may be used, downloaded, reproduced or reprinted, provided that this copyright notice appears on all copies and provided that such use, download, reproduction or reprint is for noncommercial or personal use only. The text materials contained in the website may not be modified in any way.

Copyright in the photographs, illustrations, artworks and other graphic materials are reserved to the Cleveland Foundation and/or the copyright owners (licensors). Prior permission to use, download, reproduce or reprint any photograph, illustration, artwork or other graphic material must be obtained by the copyright owner, regardless of intended use.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

Because of the number of possible sources of information available through this website, and the inherent hazards and uncertainties of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions and inaccuracies in such information. The Cleveland Foundation cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currentness, noninfringement or fitness for a particular purpose of the information available through this website, nor do we guarantee that this website will be error-free and continuously available.

Links to Other Sites

You may establish a hypertext link to this site from your website, so long as the page containing the link properly attributes the linked site to the Cleveland Foundation and does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by the Cleveland Foundation. We may revoke this permission at any time. Without prior written consent of the Cleveland Foundation, you may not create a link to this site that incorporates or relies upon, in whole or in part, any content from any page on this website, or that incorporates any copyrighted or otherwise intellectual property of the Cleveland Foundation.

Privacy Policy Changes

The Cleveland Foundation may amend this privacy policy from time to time. Such changes will be publicly posted in this area of our website. If you have any questions or concerns about the Cleveland Foundation’s privacy policy, please contact us.

Conflict of Interest

The board of directors of the Cleveland Foundation adopted a conflict of interest policy to reinforce its commitment to the highest ethical standards in the conduct of the foundation’s affairs and the operation of its charitable programs. The policy governs the participation of the board and the foundation’s officers in matters in which they may have a conflict of interest, including evaluating and approving grants and other transactions undertaken by the foundation.

The policy also mandates that a disclosure statement be completed annually by each director and is kept on file with the corporate secretary. Responsibility for the interpretation and implementation of the conflict of interest policy resides with the foundation’s board governance committee.

The foundation has a separate conflict of interest policy that provides guidelines for staff so they can avoid situations that create an actual or potential conflict between personal interests and the interests of the foundation.