Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 2025
General Principles
The Center Project (“TCP” or “we” or “us” or “our”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a Mission to provide a safe, affirming space to learn, grow, build community, and access support and resources. One of our resources is this Website.
TCP also welcomes the support of our community through donations and participation in our fundraising efforts (“Donations”).
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) provides our general privacy terms and also specifically explains our information collection and use practices relating to the following: (i) the Website, and (ii) any Donations you may make to us.
Unless otherwise required by law, sensitive information you share while using our Website will not be disclosed.
In addition to the information you knowingly provide to us, we may collect certain information automatically from your use of the Website, as described below.
The Center Project respects your privacy; we will use and share your personal information in accordance with this policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
This policy is subject to change, and you are encouraged to review it from time to time. We reserve the right to alter, modify, update, add to, subtract from, or otherwise change this Privacy Policy. Any changes will become effective upon being posted unless otherwise stated. Any changes will be noted along with the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. If we make a material change to this Policy, we will take reasonable steps to notify you, as required by applicable law.
By using the Website or by making a Donation, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
OUR WEBSITE
Information Collection
During your use of the website, you may be prompted to provide personally identifiable information, including your name, location, demographic information, phone number, and email address. We also may collect certain information automatically from your use of the website, such as internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, de-identified web browser information, internet service provider (“ISP”) data, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, location, and click data, and a unique identifier associated with your browser or device.
A cookie is a small text file sent by a web server to a user’s browser that is used for authentication, record-keeping, and tracking a user’s activity on a website. Although cookies may be used on this site, they will not be linked to personally identifiable information.
Volunteers and job applicants may also submit personally identifiable information to this website when applying to work with The Center Project. For volunteers and employee applicants, we may collect information including name, address, email address, phone number, birthdate, URLs, education information, employment information, social media account handles, and other information those individuals provide to us as part of their applications. Employee and volunteer applicants may also be prompted to enter information such as confirmation of ability to work in the U.S., confirmation of their requirement for a visa, demographic information, employment information, education information, disability status, medical information, financial information, veteran status, and information related to personal references. Once affiliated with TCP, we may collect audio and video recordings of TCP meetings; such information will be used in accordance with this Policy.
Information Use
We use the information we collect about you to provide this Website and our Services. We may also use your information to improve our Services, provide social and educational programming services, provide community funding support, contact you when necessary, provide anonymous reporting internally, and fulfill your requests. For applicants, volunteers and employees, we use their personally identifiable information to make staffing decisions, as appropriate and as permitted by applicable laws.
We also provide certain information to third-party service providers to optimize the Website’s functionality and improve our Services. For example, we work with third-party service providers, such as Google, to analyze your use of the Website and to provide advertising services where we deliver advertisements to you regarding The Center Project’s services and events on our website and on third-party sites. We only partner with entities like Google to advertise TCP’s services and resources to our community, increase awareness about our services, attract new volunteers, and encourage more funding. The analytics data we collect is used to help us improve the functionality and use of the Website and Donations. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt out, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
You may receive an initial email after you sign up for emails on the Website. We may also communicate with you in response to your inquiries as necessary. From time to time, we may send you announcements and newsletters about TCP. You may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time in order to stop receiving them.
We may also use your information as follows:
- Exercising our rights: We may use your personal information to exercise our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, for example, to detect, prevent and respond to fraud claims, intellectual property infringement claims, or violations of law or our terms and conditions;
- Complying with our obligations: We may process your personal information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements, where this is required by law or regulation, such as in response to court orders, to comply with privacy or financial regulations, or to cooperate with law enforcement, other government entities, or lawful investigations; and
- Protecting against harm: We may use personal information as we deem necessary to protect the rights and safety of us, you, or others.
Information Disclosure
We may disclose your information to third-party service providers to perform services on our behalf, including information and document management and sending announcements and newsletters. These service providers are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose. Any use and sharing of information gathered through promotions and newsletters will be disclosed to you during the sign-up process.
We may also disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties if we believe disclosure is necessary: (i) to comply with the law, including in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (ii) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of The Center Project, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, other related parties, or the individuals we serve; (iii) to enforce our Terms (including this Privacy Policy); (iv) in connection with a sale, merger, or corporate reorganization of The Center Project or our affiliates, or the transfer of any of our operations, or (v) to address fraud, security (physical or cybersecurity), technical issues, or to operate or improve this Website or our infrastructure systems.
Advertising
As stated above, the information we may provide to Google and other advertising providers may include certain personal information. This information is primarily used to analyze trends, to administer the Website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. However, this information may also be used by third parties to serve you certain advertisements as part of their re-targeting practices.
Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device. To learn how to opt out of ad network interest-based advertising, visit Your AdChoices.
DONATIONS
Information Collection
When we collect donations, we may collect information including name, email address, birth date, phone number, billing address, financial information, education information, employment information, demographic information, and any other information that you provide to us while making a donation or is necessary to complete the donation. We may also use third-party sources to collect additional information about donors.
Information Use and Sharing
We may use service providers to verify and process your donation payment. Except as may be required by law, your personal information will not be shared without your permission. We will not send you charitable solicitations from outside entities on their behalf. To the extent that any donations are processed by means of a third-party service provider for initiatives benefiting The Center Project, we will only engage with providers who confirm they will not share your contact information with other nonprofit organizations, marketers, or any other third party. We may also verify your personal information with third parties in the course of processing a gift, event registration, or other related donor activity. By making a donation, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Privacy Policy.
You may voluntarily remove your name and/or contact information from our internal marketing and communication lists (i.e., “opt out”) by contacting us in writing at info@thecenterproject.org. Donors may be identified by name as a donor in our annual report and other public documents. Donors may choose to have gifts listed in public as “anonymous” by contacting us in writing at treasurer@thecenterproject.org or by marking “anonymous” at the time of your donation. You must request removal if you do not want your name to potentially appear in public as a supporter, and in limited circumstances we may need to disclose your name if required by law. Please note that TCP reserves the right to contact you regarding previously-provided gifts even after you have removed yourself from marketing and communications lists.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Children Under 13 Years of Age
- As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Center Project is not subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). However, The Center Project takes children’s privacy seriously, and we encourage users and their parents to review this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service to understand our information collection practices.
Your Choices Regarding Personal Information
You have certain choices concerning our collection, use, and sharing of personal information about you. For example, if you have subscribed to email communications from us but do not wish to receive further information, you may “opt out” of receiving these by following the instructions contained in those email messages, or listed in this policy. If you wish to change or delete any of your personally identifiable information you may do this by contacting us directly at info@thecenterproject.org. At any time, you may also change your browser cookie settings.
Certain laws enable individuals to request information concerning whether their data has been disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes. We never share your data with third parties for their own marketing purposes, but the information we share with advertising networks may be used to deliver you certain advertisements.
International Transfers
The Center Project is based in the United States. While we do not actively service or target international users, if you are an international user, the information you submit to us and that we automatically collect as a result of your using the Website will be transferred to the United States, where the privacy and data protection rules may differ from those in your country.
Information Security
The Center Project is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and maintains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. However, no transmission or electronic storage of information is guaranteed to be secure. We therefore urge you to always use caution when transmitting information over the internet. Despite all of TCP’s security procedures, the internet is not a perfectly secure environment, and TCP cannot guarantee protection from intruders or interceptors. By using our website, you agree to use our Website and submit information at your own risk. You further agree that The Center Project has no liability regarding unauthorized access to our Website.
Interpretation of Privacy Policy
The terms “or” and “including” and similar terms will be interpreted non-exclusively to mean “and/or” or “including, but not limited to” or the equivalent, respectively.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
The Center Project
P.O. Box 521
Columbia, MO 65205
board@thecenterproject.org
573-449-1188
