Our detailed Privacy Policy is currently under review and will be posted in early 2023.
We appreciate you visiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia (“BGCSWVA”) website. Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia is a regional non-profit dedicated to promoting the health, social, educational, vocational, and character development of youth in Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Salem City, Montgomery County, and Franklin County.
BGCSWVA respects the privacy of every visitor to our website. Your privacy is a priority, and we go to great lengths to protect it. Our detailed Privacy Policy is currently under review and will be posted in early 2023. It will describe how we collect and use information about our online visitors.
Please contact us at info@bgcswva.org or 540-904-7401 with any questions.
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Donor Bill of Rights
This Bill of Rights was created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits. BGCSWVA believes in and upholds this Bill of Rights in all donor interactions.
Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:
- To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
- To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
- To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.
- To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
- To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.
- To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
- To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
- To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.
- To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
- To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.