Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Financial support from our individual members is critical to fulfilling Parks & Trails Council’s mission, and we value and respect our donors’ right to privacy. Maintaining a strong, trusting relationship with our members is essential to this vital source of support. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that our members’ trust and faith in us is well placed and deserved.
Parks & Trails Council collects and uses personal information such as name, address, phone number, and email address when a donor voluntarily provides it to us. In addition, Parks & Trails Council keeps a record of each member’s giving history. This information is kept on file for IRS purposes, grant reports and other purposes required by law. This information is also used by Parks & Trails Council to analyze overall giving patterns for management and budgeting purposes. Only Parks & Trails Council staff, the Board President and the Development Committee Chair has access to a donor’s individual giving history.
Parks & Trails Council DOES NOT sell our membership data. On occasion, Parks & Trails Council shares the names and addresses of its members for one-time use with well established, like-minded organizations that may have information of interest for the recipients – but only when it aligns with Parks & Trails Council’s mission and only with the board’s approval.
Personal account number information is never disclosed for any purpose. Members may contact the staff at Parks & Trails Council at any time to request that their name not be shared. Parks & Trails Council will honor all such requests to the best of our ability.
Donors may be recognized in publications; all requests for individual gifts to remain anonymous are honored. If a donor chooses to remain anonymous, their information is made available only to Parks & Trails Council staff and board.
This Donor Privacy Policy is made available through the Parks & Trails Council’s website. A printed copy will be mailed to a donor upon request.
To review and/or update your donor file, please contact us at:
Database Administrator
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota
275 East 4th Street, Suite #250
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651-726-2457
info@parksandtrails.org
We use Stripe for secure payment processing. They protect your data with their own privacy policy, which you can read here: https://stripe.com/legal/privacy-center
We use Virtuous CRM for managing our donor relations. They protect your data with their own privacy policy, which you can read here: https://virtuous.org/company/privacy-policy/
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota respects the creative rights of the photographers who generously share their images with us.
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs displayed on this website are copyrighted by their original creators. Photographers retain full ownership of their images.
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota uses these photos under a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license granted to us through our annual photo contest or by direct permission from the photographer. This license allows us to display, reproduce, and use the images for promotional, educational, and marketing purposes.
We make every effort to provide photographer credit whenever reasonably possible.
If you are interested in using any photo found on this site, please note:
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota cannot grant permission on behalf of the photographer.
All rights remain with the original photographer, and any additional use requires their consent.
For inquiries about specific photos, please contact us and we will do our best to connect you with the photographer.
Thank you for respecting the work of the talented individuals who help us showcase Minnesota’s parks and trails.