Privacy Policy

Bridge of Grace Ministries is committed to protecting your personal information. We will not sell or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations. We may share PII with third parties in limited circumstances. For example, we may include your information to third parties for events, nominations, and tributes.

This policy applies to all information received by Bridge of Grace, both online and offline, on any Platform (“Platform”, includes the Bridge of Grace website and mobile applications), as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.

To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or Bridge of Grace, please write to us at the
address below:

909 Elmrow Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46806

You may also e-mail us at office@bridgeofgracecmc.org or call us at 260-744-4446.

The Information. The Information may include, but is not limited to, the following:
User Information. “User Information” is information that you provide to us and that includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, phone number, email address and any other contact information, school, age, graduation year, grade level, extracurricular activities, date of birth and parents’ occupations and income.

Technical Information. “Technical Information” means information that we collect automatically from you and your computer and that includes, but is not limited to, your IP address, the referring URL, browser type, your computer’s operating system, your internet service provider, your geographic location and other usage information.

Confidential Application Information. “Confidential Application Information” means information that you submit as part of an application and that includes, but is not limited to, your Social Security Number, your driver’s license information, your credit information and the names and contact information of your references.

Protection of Information. To respect the expectation of privacy held by contributors with regard to confidential personal and financial information, the organization does not share publicly certain information including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

Biographical information on a donor unless authorized by the donor.
Information pertaining to donors or prospective donors (whether personal, financial, biographical or gift related) other than as authorized by the donor.
Lists, data, and other confidential and/or proprietary information that if publicly disclosed might jeopardize the organization’s ability to most effectively and successfully fulfill its mission.
Personnel records of organization employees, and other information that might infringe on an employee’s reasonable expectation of privacy, other than information that is required to be disclosed by law.
Use of Information. We may from time to time use your Information for various purposes, including but not limited to the following:

We may use (i) User Information for purposes including, but not limited to, contacting you regarding your interest in Bridge of Grace, providing services you request, customizing our website and improving your experience and ours, (ii) Technical Information for purposes including, but not limited to, operating, administering and improving our sites and to customize your experience and (iii) Confidential Application Information only for the purpose of facilitating your transaction with the financial service provider.
We may share User Information and Confidential Application Information with financial service providers in order to process applications you submit.

We may share your Information in response to a valid law enforcement request or legal process, to protect our third-party interests or property or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

Text opt in consent data will not be sold or shared with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we don’t sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent.

Opt-Out.
Bridge of Grace provides you the opportunity to remove your information from our database and to opt out of receiving most communications from us. If you encounter any problems or questions regarding your privacy preferences or opt-out options, you may email or call or otherwise contact us using any of our contact information above.

Your Agreement; Changes.
When you provide Information on the Bridge of Grace website, you acknowledge receipt of and signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future modifications or amendments we may make. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with information. In addition, we make this Privacy Policy continuously available online, so you should check regularly to view any changes. We will inform you of material modifications to this Privacy Policy in the future by posting changes on our website or by sending you an email where appropriate.

Donation Refund Policy
Bridge of Grace is grateful for your donation and support of our mission. Our budget and financial success are reliant on accounting for and accepting irrevocable, non-refundable donations from the public. Consequently, Bridge of Grace considers all donations to be nonrefundable. However, we
may consider returning donations to the donor in limited circumstances. If you have made an error in making your donation or changed your mind about contributing to our organization, please contact us. Bridge of Grace will only consider your request, depending upon the circumstances, and only if such request is made within ninety (90) days of the original donation. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. For example, if you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card. We may ask for proof of identity before issuing a refund. You are responsible for all tax considerations that may arise if your donation is refunded.

Donation
A donation is a gift – usually one of a charitable nature. A donation is a voluntary transfer of property (often money) from the transferor (donor) to the transferee (donee) with no exchange of value (consideration) on the part of the recipient (donee). (The recipient gives nothing in exchange for the
donated property.) When a donor knowingly, intentionally, and unconditionally conveys property (or a symbol of the intended property) to a donee, the donation goes into effect and becomes irrevocable upon the donee’s acceptance thereof.