Donor Privacy and Confidentiality Policy

The CEO shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of donor and prospect records and will ensure that all staff have clear direction regarding the confidentiality of records through the establishment of appropriate operating procedures. He/she may, in his/her discretion, make all or part of any record available to staff members or volunteers if essential to them in executing their responsibilities. Disclosure decisions will honor the wishes of donors related to disclosure unless a larger legal issue is related. The PKD Foundation will not sell, share, or trade your personal information for third party fundraising or marketing purposes. The PKD Foundation does not sell its mailing lists.

To carry out its responsibilities, the Board of Directors or committee members may need to review donor/prospect records. They shall respect the Foundation’s significant interest in protecting the sensitive nature of those records and shall maintain these policies for donor confidentiality.

The Foundation’s auditors are authorized to review donor and prospect records as required for the purposes for which they are engaged. Gift agreements are considered “strictly confidential information” and are not public documents. Particulars of a gift agreement will not be shared with the general public unless the donor has granted permission to do this.

The names of donors may be listed in the Foundation’s annual report, on the website and/or in similar public relations communications. Exceptions will be made for any donor who specifically requests anonymity.

The Foundation will not publish the specific amount of any donor’s gift without the permission of the donor.

Donors making gifts to the Foundation by bequest or other testamentary device are deemed to have granted such permission, unless otherwise noted.

The names of donors of memorial or honor gifts may be released to the honoree, next of kin or individual(s) designated by the immediate family, unless otherwise specified by the donor. Gift amounts are not to be released without express consent of the donor.

The CEO is authorized to accept anonymous gifts to the Foundation. In the event the CEO is uncertain about the desirability of accepting an anonymous gift, he/she shall consult with the Executive Committee. The CEO shall disclose to the Executive Committee, upon a request by a majority of the Executive Committee, the names of any anonymous donors.

The Foundation defines “personal information” as information that can be used to distinguish, identify or contact a specific individual. It does not include publicly available information such as business contact information, names, addresses and telephone numbers as published in public sources, such as telephone directories. Credit card information is handled by a secure third party host and used only to process payment initiated by a person contacting the PKD Foundation. This information is not stored by the PKD Foundation.

The Foundation collects, uses and discloses personal information concerning our donors for the following reasons:

• To establish a relationship and communicate with donors
• To understand who our donors are and how we may improve our services to meet their preferences and expectations
• To process a donation (e.g. a credit card transaction)
• To issue a tax receipt
• To recognize contributions
• To meet requirements imposed by law

To learn more about how the Foundation protects your information, please refer to the privacy policy.

If you have questions about this policy, please contact the Foundation’s Chief Advancement Officer at donorrelations@pkdcure.org or by calling 800.753.2873 (PKD CURE).