Effective date: August 4, 2026
A Positive Trajectory Foundation (“APTF,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit apositivetrajectoryfoundation.org, contact us, submit a form, make a donation, or otherwise interact with our website.
Information We Collect
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
- Your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and other contact details.
- Information submitted through contact, volunteer, program-interest, or other website forms.
- Donation information, including the donation amount, frequency, transaction date, donor preferences, and information needed to issue acknowledgments or tax receipts.
- Messages or other information you send to us.
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited, approximate location, and cookie or similar technology data.
Donations and Payment Processing
APTF uses GiveWP to operate its online donation forms. Payments may be processed by third-party providers such as Stripe, Google Pay, PayPal, or Venmo.
Payment providers may collect information needed to complete a transaction, including card, bank, billing, account, device, and fraud-prevention information. APTF does not directly store complete credit or debit card numbers or security codes. Payment providers process that information under their own privacy policies and terms.
We retain donation records as reasonably necessary for donor communications, acknowledgments, accounting, tax reporting, fraud prevention, legal compliance, and nonprofit recordkeeping.
Public Donor Recognition
Our donation campaign may display a donor’s first name, donation amount, and donation date in recent-donor or top-donor listings. We do not intentionally display complete payment details.
If you would like your public donor information hidden or removed, contact info@apositivetrajectoryfoundation.org. We will address reasonable requests as promptly as practical.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Process and acknowledge donations.
- Provide receipts and maintain financial records.
- Respond to inquiries and requests.
- Administer programs, volunteer opportunities, and community activities.
- Maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
- Prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
- Comply with legal, accounting, tax, and regulatory obligations.
- Send updates when you have requested them or when otherwise permitted by law.
We do not sell personal information.
When We Share Information
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and organization, including website hosting, form management, donation management, payment processing, email delivery, security, backup, analytics, and professional service providers.
These providers may include DreamHost, WordPress-related service providers, GiveWP, Stripe, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, and other vendors enabled on the website. They may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.
We may also disclose information when required by law; to respond to valid legal requests; to protect APTF, our visitors, donors, participants, or others; to investigate fraud or security concerns; or with your consent.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep the website functioning.
- Remember preferences.
- support security and fraud prevention.
- Improve performance and understand website use.
- Support forms, donations, embedded content, and third-party services.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may prevent portions of the website from working correctly.
Contact Forms and Email
When you submit a form or email us, we use the information you provide to respond, maintain appropriate records, and take requested actions. Form submissions may be stored on the website or transmitted through our email and website service providers.
Do not send sensitive financial, medical, government-identification, or account-password information through a general contact form.
Comments, Media, and Embedded Content
If comments are enabled, WordPress may collect information entered in the comment form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to assist with spam prevention.
Pages may contain embedded content or links from other websites, including social-media platforms. Those services may collect information, use cookies, or track interactions according to their own policies. APTF is not responsible for the privacy practices of outside websites.
Children’s Privacy
APTF supports youth and families, but this website is intended primarily for parents, guardians, donors, volunteers, community partners, and other adults.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian consent. If you believe a child has submitted personal information without authorization, contact us so we can review and, when appropriate, delete it.
Parents and guardians should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive information about a minor through public or general-purpose website forms.
Data Retention and Security
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including program administration, donor relations, accounting, tax, legal, security, and nonprofit recordkeeping requirements.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect information. No website, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Your Choices and Requests
Depending on applicable law and our legal obligations, you may request that we:
- Provide information about personal data we maintain about you.
- Correct inaccurate information.
- Delete information that we are not legally required to retain.
- Remove your information from public donor recognition.
- Stop optional communications.
To submit a request, email info@apositivetrajectoryfoundation.org. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Certain records, including donation, accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, or legal records, may need to be retained.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, providers, or legal obligations change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact Us
For questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy, contact:
A Positive Trajectory Foundation
Email: info@apositivetrajectoryfoundation.org
Website: https://apositivetrajectoryfoundation.org