Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 2, 2026

Chance to Shine (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is a 501(c)(3) private foundation dedicated to providing fine arts opportunities for children. This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for chancetoshine.net and applies solely to information collected by this website.

1. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to and collect information that you voluntarily give us via our website forms, email, or other direct contact.

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

Identifiers: (e.g., name, email address, mailing address, phone number, IP address).
Commercial/Financial Information: (e.g., donation histories, funding history).
Internet or Network Activity: (e.g., browser type, browsing behavior, and interaction with our website via cookies).
Professional, Educational, or Programmatic Data: (e.g., personal details, student information, or artistic backgrounds submitted within fine arts grant or program applications).

We do not directly collect or store sensitive credit card or financial details on our website servers. To ensure the highest level of security, all financial transactions and donations are processed securely through our trusted third-party payment gateways. We disclose identifiers and relevant commercial information to these processors solely for the purpose of facilitating your financial support.

We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us, process your tax-deductible donations, or evaluate program applications. We will not sell your personal information, nor will we share your information with any third party outside of our organization other than as necessary to fulfill your requests or operate our nonprofit programming.

Data Retention: We retain personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as outlined in this policy. Donation records and tax-receipt history are maintained in accordance with federal IRS tax compliance regulations for up to seven years. Application data, inquiry details, and analytics data are kept for up to 14 months or until you withdraw your consent or opt out.

2. Information Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties. Your data is only shared with trusted third-party service providers necessary to operate our website and run our nonprofit organization (such as website hosting platforms, email delivery services, and secure payment gateways).

3. Cookies and Automated Tracking

Subject to your consent choices selected via our website’s cookie banner, we use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to improve website accessibility, analyze visitor traffic, and measure our outreach. These tools may collect technical data such as your IP address, browser type, and browsing behavior on our site.

You can manage, disable, or withdraw your consent for these cookies at any time by utilizing our website’s cookie preference banner or adjusting your browser settings.

4. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your state of residence, you may have specific legal rights regarding your personal data. These include the right to know what personal data we collect, access the specific pieces of data we hold, request corrections to inaccurate information, or request that we delete your data.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: While we never sell nonprofit donor or applicant data to third parties for money, our use of standard third-party analytics or advertising cookies may be legally classified as “selling” or “sharing” under certain state privacy laws. You may opt out of this tracking at any time by declining non-essential cookies via our website banner or by utilizing browser-based Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. We will not deny you services, limit your access to funding opportunities, or provide you with a different level or quality of programming if you choose to exercise your rights.

Submitting a Request: To exercise your right to access, correct, or delete your data, please contact us at matt.gopin@chancetoshine.net. To protect your security and privacy, we will verify your identity before fulfilling your request by matching the email address you provide against the information currently on file in our system.

5. Data Security

We take extensive precautions to protect your information both online and offline. The computers and servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure, restricted environment. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data choices, please contact us immediately via email at: matt.gopin@chancetoshine.net.