Privacy Policy

    Last updated: July 6, 2026

    The use of the website https://snbfund.org and any related services, forms, donation pages, programs, digital resources, communications, or initiatives provided by SNOWBALL FUND INC, doing business as SNB Fund — SnowBall Fund, is subject to the applicable Terms of Use and to this Privacy Policy.

    SNOWBALL FUND INC, doing business as SNB Fund — Snowball Fund, a nonprofit organization registered under EIN No. 92-1282567, with headquarters at 11708 Longshore Way W, Naples, FL 34119, United States of America, respects the privacy of its users, donors, applicants, beneficiaries, volunteers, partners, and visitors.

    This Privacy Policy explains how SNB Fund collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal data and other information provided through the website https://snbfund.org or through related communication, donation, application, registration, and participation channels.

    1. Acceptance of the Privacy Policy

    1.1. By accessing the website, submitting information, registering for programs, making a donation, applying for support, subscribing to communications, contacting SNB Fund, or using any related digital resource, the USER acknowledges that they are expressly and freely consenting to the collection, storage, processing, and use of their personal data and other information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

    1.2. The USER acknowledges that the collection, storage, processing, and use of certain personal data may be necessary for SNB Fund to operate the website, process donations, issue donation receipts, evaluate applications, communicate with users, manage programs, comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, and carry out its nonprofit mission.

    1.3. If the USER does not agree with this Privacy Policy, the USER should not access the website, submit information, make donations, register for programs, apply for support, or use any digital resource provided by SNB Fund.

    2. Changes to the Privacy Policy

    2.1. SNB Fund reserves the right to modify, include, remove, or alter the conditions of this Privacy Policy at any time, at its sole discretion and without prior notice to the USER.

    2.2. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will take effect immediately upon publication of the updated version on the website https://snbfund.org, unless otherwise stated.

    2.3. SNB Fund recommends that the USER regularly review this Privacy Policy to check for the latest updates. Continued use of the website or any related service after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

    3. Data and Information Collected

    3.1. SNB Fund may collect personal data voluntarily provided by the USER when the USER accesses the website, fills out forms, makes donations, subscribes to communications, applies for support, registers for programs, contacts SNB Fund, or participates in events or initiatives.

    3.2. The personal data collected may include, depending on the USER's interaction with SNB Fund:

    • full name;
    • email address;
    • phone number;
    • mailing address;
    • city, state, country, and ZIP code;
    • organization, church, ministry, or institutional affiliation;
    • donation amount and donation history;
    • payment-related information processed through third-party payment processors;
    • information submitted in applications, forms, surveys, requests, or program registrations;
    • communication preferences;
    • volunteer interest, availability, or participation information;
    • any message, document, or additional information voluntarily submitted by the USER.

    3.3. When the USER makes a donation, SNB Fund or its third-party payment processors may collect information necessary to process the donation, issue receipts, comply with accounting requirements, prevent fraud, and fulfill legal or regulatory obligations.

    3.4. SNB Fund does not directly store complete credit card numbers or sensitive payment credentials when donations are processed by third-party payment processors. Payment information is handled according to the terms, privacy policies, and security practices of the applicable payment processor.

    3.5. During the use of the website, SNB Fund may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:

    • IP address, which may indicate general geographic location;
    • browser type and version;
    • device type and operating system;
    • referring URLs;
    • pages visited and time spent on the website;
    • date and time of access;
    • interaction with forms, buttons, links, campaigns, or website features;
    • cookies, pixels, web beacons, server logs, cache memory, analytics tools, and similar technologies.

    3.6. SNB Fund may also collect aggregated, anonymized, or statistical information related to website traffic, donation campaigns, program participation, communications, and institutional impact.

    4. Purpose of Data Collection and Use

    4.1. SNB Fund may use the USER's personal data and other collected information for the following purposes:

    • to operate, maintain, and improve the website https://snbfund.org;
    • to process donations and issue donation confirmations, receipts, or tax acknowledgments when applicable;
    • to communicate with donors, users, applicants, beneficiaries, volunteers, and partners;
    • to manage donation campaigns, fundraising initiatives, events, and nonprofit programs;
    • to evaluate applications, requests, or eligibility for support, grants, scholarships, aid, or other programs;
    • to coordinate volunteer participation, partnerships, community initiatives, or mission-related activities;
    • to provide updates about SNB Fund's mission, programs, impact, campaigns, and events;
    • to send newsletters, institutional communications, fundraising appeals, and relevant updates, when permitted by law or with the USER's consent;
    • to respond to inquiries, requests, support needs, complaints, or reports of violations;
    • to comply with legal, accounting, tax, regulatory, audit, and nonprofit recordkeeping obligations;
    • to prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, abuse, illegal activity, or violations of SNB Fund's Terms of Use;
    • to protect the rights, safety, property, reputation, and mission of SNB Fund, its donors, beneficiaries, users, volunteers, partners, and the public;
    • to produce internal reports, statistics, analytics, and impact measurements;
    • to improve the personalization, accessibility, functionality, and user experience of the website and communications.

    4.2. SNB Fund may use aggregated or anonymized information for reporting, impact measurement, fundraising communication, institutional planning, grant applications, donor reporting, and program improvement, provided that such information does not directly identify the USER unless authorized or legally permitted.

    5. Legal Basis for Processing

    5.1. Depending on the USER's location and the applicable law, SNB Fund may process personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases:

    • the USER's consent;
    • performance of a contract, agreement, donation transaction, application, or requested service;
    • compliance with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or nonprofit obligations;
    • legitimate interests of SNB Fund, provided that such interests do not override the USER's rights and freedoms;
    • protection of vital interests, safety, fraud prevention, or security;
    • public interest or lawful nonprofit-related activities, when applicable.

    6. Sharing with Third Parties

    6.1. SNB Fund does not sell personal data.

    6.2. SNB Fund may share personal data and other collected information only when necessary and appropriate, including in the following cases:

    • with directors, officers, employees, volunteers, representatives, contractors, consultants, attorneys, accountants, auditors, agents, or other authorized personnel acting on behalf of SNB Fund;
    • with third-party service providers that support website hosting, data storage, payment processing, email communication, analytics, donor management, accounting, security, legal compliance, event management, or other operational functions;
    • with partner organizations, churches, ministries, institutions, sponsors, or collaborators when necessary to carry out programs, evaluate applications, coordinate support, manage events, or fulfill SNB Fund's nonprofit mission;
    • to comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, audit, or reporting obligations;
    • in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, law enforcement request, legal process, or other lawful requirement;
    • to exercise or defend rights in judicial, administrative, arbitration, or other legal proceedings;
    • to prevent fraud, illegal activity, misuse, security incidents, or violations of the Terms of Use;
    • in connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer, succession, partnership, or reorganization involving SNB Fund, when permitted by law and consistent with nonprofit purposes.

    6.3. Third-party service providers are expected to use personal data only as necessary to provide services to SNB Fund and to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

    6.4. When the USER participates in a program, application, event, volunteer opportunity, or initiative carried out in partnership with another organization, SNB Fund may share information necessary for the administration, coordination, evaluation, reporting, or execution of that program or initiative.

    7. Data Collected Through Third-Party Links

    7.1. The USER acknowledges that the website may contain links to third-party websites, donation platforms, payment processors, social media platforms, video platforms, event platforms, forms, content, or other external resources.

    7.2. When the USER accesses third-party links or platforms, those third parties may collect, use, store, and share USER data according to their own privacy policies and terms.

    7.3. SNB Fund does not control and is not responsible for data collected, used, stored, shared, or protected by third parties, nor for their privacy policies, terms, security practices, content, products, or services.

    7.4. SNB Fund recommends that the USER carefully read the privacy policy and terms of each third-party website, platform, or resource accessed.

    8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

    8.1. SNB Fund may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, analytics tools, server logs, cache memory, and similar technologies to operate the website, improve user experience, understand website traffic, measure campaign performance, support security, and improve communications.

    8.2. Cookies may collect information such as pages visited, links clicked, device information, browser type, IP address, session duration, and user preferences.

    8.3. The USER may configure their browser to refuse, block, or delete cookies. However, some parts of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

    8.4. SNB Fund may use third-party analytics or communication tools that collect information according to their own privacy policies and settings.

    9. Data and Information Hosting

    9.1. The USER's personal data and other information collected by SNB Fund may be stored on servers owned or contracted by SNB Fund, including cloud-based hosting providers, databases, donor management systems, email platforms, payment processors, analytics systems, or other third-party service providers.

    9.2. Data may be stored or processed in the United States of America or in other countries where SNB Fund or its service providers operate.

    9.3. By using the website or submitting information, the USER acknowledges that their information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in jurisdictions that may have different data protection laws than the USER's place of residence.

    10. Security

    10.1. SNB Fund adopts administrative, physical, technical, and electronic security measures designed to protect personal data and other information collected from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, theft, misuse, or destruction.

    10.2. Security measures may include access controls, restricted access to personal data, secure service providers, encrypted connections where appropriate, internal procedures, and confidentiality obligations.

    10.3. The USER acknowledges that, despite the security measures adopted by SNB Fund, no method of transmission over the internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure or absolutely inviolable.

    10.4. SNB Fund cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information transmitted by the USER through the internet, email, forms, payment processors, messaging applications, or third-party platforms.

    10.5. The USER is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account credentials, passwords, or access information used to interact with SNB Fund's website or related services.

    11. Confidentiality

    11.1. SNB Fund undertakes to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the USER's personal data and other information collected, except when use or disclosure is authorized by this Privacy Policy, required by law, necessary for nonprofit operations, or permitted by the USER.

    11.2. Confidentiality shall not apply to information that:

    • was already publicly available at the time it was provided to SNB Fund;
    • becomes publicly available without violation of this Privacy Policy by SNB Fund;
    • is lawfully obtained from third parties without confidentiality restrictions;
    • must be disclosed due to a court order, legal process, government request, regulatory requirement, or applicable law;
    • must be used or disclosed to protect the rights, safety, property, mission, reputation, donors, beneficiaries, users, volunteers, partners, or operations of SNB Fund.

    12. Data Retention Period

    12.1. SNB Fund will retain personal data and other information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including donation processing, legal compliance, accounting, audit, tax records, nonprofit reporting, program administration, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and legitimate operational purposes.

    12.2. Donation records, receipts, accounting information, tax-related documentation, donor history, and legally relevant records may be retained for the period required or permitted by applicable law.

    12.3. Application, program, volunteer, beneficiary, communication, and support records may be retained for as long as necessary for program management, institutional records, compliance, reporting, and future reference.

    12.4. SNB Fund may delete, anonymize, or archive personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless retention is required or permitted by law.

    13. User Rights

    13.1. Subject to applicable law, the USER may have the right to request from SNB Fund:

    • confirmation of whether SNB Fund processes their personal data;
    • access to personal data collected;
    • correction of incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated personal data;
    • deletion of personal data, when legally permitted;
    • restriction of certain processing activities, when applicable;
    • withdrawal of consent, when processing is based on consent;
    • information about sharing of personal data with third parties;
    • opt-out from certain communications;
    • portability of personal data, when required by applicable law.

    13.2. SNB Fund may deny or limit a request when retention or processing is necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, audit, nonprofit, contractual, fraud prevention, security, or dispute resolution obligations.

    13.3. To protect privacy and security, SNB Fund may request verification of identity before responding to any request related to personal data.

    14. Email, Newsletters, and Communication Preferences

    14.1. The USER may receive communications from SNB Fund related to donations, receipts, applications, programs, events, volunteer opportunities, impact updates, institutional news, fundraising campaigns, and other mission-related activities.

    14.2. The USER may opt out of promotional newsletters or fundraising communications when applicable by using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting SNB Fund.

    14.3. Even if the USER opts out of promotional communications, SNB Fund may still send transactional, legal, administrative, donation-related, receipt-related, security-related, or program-related communications.

    15. Children's Privacy

    15.1. The website is not intended to knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental or legal guardian consent.

    15.2. If SNB Fund becomes aware that it has collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, it may take reasonable steps to delete such information, unless retention is required or permitted by law.

    15.3. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal data to SNB Fund without proper consent, they may contact SNB Fund using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

    16. Donor Privacy

    16.1. SNB Fund respects the privacy of its donors and does not sell donor information.

    16.2. SNB Fund may use donor information to process donations, issue receipts, maintain records, communicate impact, provide updates, manage campaigns, comply with legal obligations, and support donor relations.

    16.3. SNB Fund may publicly recognize donors only when authorized, customary, or legally permitted. Donors may request anonymity in public recognition by contacting SNB Fund.

    16.4. SNB Fund may share donor information with service providers such as payment processors, donor management platforms, email systems, accountants, auditors, and legal advisors, only as necessary for legitimate nonprofit operations and compliance.

    17. International Users

    17.1. SNB Fund is based in the United States of America. If the USER accesses the website from outside the United States, the USER acknowledges that their data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where SNB Fund's service providers operate.

    17.2. By using the website or submitting information, the USER consents to such transfer, storage, and processing, subject to this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

    18. Contact

    18.1. The USER may contact SNB Fund if they wish to obtain information about personal data collected, update, correct, or delete personal data, exercise privacy rights, ask questions about this Privacy Policy, or report any violation of this Privacy Policy.

    SNOWBALL FUND INC
    Doing business as SNB Fund — Snowball Fund
    Address: 11708 Longshore Way W, Naples, FL 34119, United States of America
    Email: contact@snbfund.org
    Phone: 239 233-2333

    19. Availability

    19.1. This Privacy Policy was drafted and made available on July 6, 2026.