privacy statement

Members 1st Charitable Foundation (“the Foundation”) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Due to the sensitive nature of the information we obtain from affiliates and collect from our members, donors, and users, including address and phone numbers, we believe it is important to satisfy strict privacy requirements. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices:

  1. Collected Information. The following section describes the information we obtain and indicates the primary purposes why we collect each type of information from you. If we use your information or disclose or distribute your information to third parties for a purpose that is not related to the following purposes, we will notify you by email of your right to opt-out of that use, disclosure or distribution beforehand. Your right to opt-out shall be governed by the Choice/Opt-Out Section below.

    We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is or may be used to help identify you, to track activity within our site and to gather broad demographic information. Our Web server will collect IP information.

    Our site uses cookies to keep track of your session ID. We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.

    Our website's grant application and contact forms require users to give us contact information (such as name and email address), unique identifiers (such as employer identification and/or social security numbers), financial information (such as account information), and demographic information (such as age or income level). The contact information is used to contact you when necessary. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings as set forth in the Choice/Opt-Out section below.

    All collected information may be shared with Members 1st Federal Credit Union and affiliates of the Foundation.

    The Foundation may also use the information we collect from you to optimize our website so that it is more beneficial to users like yourself and to us. This site contains links to other sites. The Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

  2. Security. This Foundation and its website have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. All user data is stored on our servers. You may request in writing additional information about the Foundation's security practices. The requested security information will be made available to the user via email, fax or postal mail, in our discretion.

  3. Choice/Opt-Out. The Foundation provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from the Foundation by:

    1. Sending an email request to the Foundation: firestones@members1stfoundation.org.

    2. Mailing the request to the Foundation (PO Box 8893, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17001).

The Foundation reserves the right to amend or otherwise modify this privacy statement at any time without notice to you. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of the Foundation, or your dealings with the Foundation, please contact us in writing by email or mail at the address list above.