Donor Privacy Policy

Fencing Forward is a DBA of Youth Fencing Chicago, Inc. We are deeply committed to the privacy of our supporters. This policy applies to all information received by Fencing Forward, both online and offline, as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.

1. Our Promise: We Do Not Share Your Data Fencing Forward will not sell, share, or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.

2. Information Collected We collect and maintain the following donor information:

• Contact information: Name, address, telephone number, and email.
• Giving history and amounts.
• Information on events attended, such as the Fence-A-Thon or annual auctions.
• Special requests or comments (e.g., “In memory of Meredith Delgado”).

3. Use of Information Your data is used exclusively to:

• Process and acknowledge your charitable contributions.
• Provide tax receipts in compliance with IRS regulations.
• Update you on the impact of your gift and the progress of our scholarship recipients.
• Invite you to Fencing Forward events.

4. Opt-Out & Anonymity You may request at any time to be removed from our mailing list or to have your gift marked as “Anonymous” in our annual reports or on our website. To do so, please contact us at [email protected].

5. Secure Processing All online donations are processed via secure, encrypted third-party platforms. Fencing Forward does not store sensitive financial information (like credit card numbers) on our local servers.