Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 17, 2026
Last Updated: August 17, 2026
Michigan Justice Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of NEO Philanthropy, (“MJF,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to transparency regarding how information is collected, used, disclosed, and protected.
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through michiganjusticefund.org (the “Website”), direct communications, event registrations, newsletter subscriptions, and third-party services linked through our site. By using the Website or interacting with our services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with MJF and the Website.
- Information You Voluntarily Provide: MJF does not currently host direct form submissions on the Website. However, you may voluntarily provide personal details—such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, organizational affiliation, donation details, and communication preferences—when contacting us via email, signing up for communications, or completing transactions through linked third-party services. Please avoid sending sensitive personal information via unencrypted email.
- Information Collected Automatically: When you access the Website, our servers, hosting providers, and technical partners automatically record standard technical usage data. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, device metadata, operating system, preferred language, referring/exit URLs, approximate geographic location, pages viewed, time spent on site, and interaction logs. While this information generally does not directly identify you by name, certain data points (such as IP addresses) may be considered personal information under specific local laws.
2. Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies
We and our authorized third-party service providers use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking tools to maintain website functionality, analyze visitor behavior, measure outreach effectiveness, and manage organizational campaigns.
- Google Analytics & Tag Manager: We utilize Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to assess how visitors engage with our Website. These tools collect device, browser, traffic source, and interaction metrics.
- Advertising & Attribution Tools: We may employ Google Ads conversion tracking and the Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms, Inc.) to evaluate campaign attribution and outreach performance. These pixels allow third parties to measure user interactions across websites and over time.
Your Cookie Choices: Most web browsers allow you to block, manage, or delete cookies through their system settings. Note that disabling cookies may impact certain Website features or functionality.
3. How We Use Information
Michigan Justice Fund uses the information collected through the Website or provided directly by supporters to:
- Operate & Optimize: Maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Website’s performance and technical architecture.
- Communicate & Engage: Respond to inquiries, send administrative updates, distribute newsletters, share news about grantmaking opportunities and programs, and facilitate outreach.
- Manage Donations: Process, acknowledge, and maintain records of financial contributions in accordance with accounting and legal standards.
- Ensure Security & Compliance: Protect against fraud, malicious activity, or unauthorized system access; fulfill legal, tax, and regulatory obligations; and enforce our organizational policies.
4. Third-Party Services, Fiscal Sponsorship, and External Links
MJF operates with the support of a fiscal sponsor and utilizes third-party vendor platforms to conduct organizational activities efficiently.
- Fiscal Sponsorship & Service Providers: Personal information may be processed by our fiscal sponsor or vetted vendors providing Website hosting, data storage, analytics, advertising measurement, email distribution, accounting, and legal services.
- Donations & Payment Processing: Financial contributions are processed off-site via third-party donation platforms and payment gateways. MJF does not directly collect or store complete credit card or bank account numbers. Information submitted during a donation is governed by the respective platform’s privacy policy and security practices.
- External Links: Our Website contains links to independent third-party websites (e.g., news outlets, partner networks, social media platforms). MJF does not control, and is not responsible for, the content or privacy practices of these external sites.
5. Email Communications & Newsletters
When you subscribe to newsletters or updates via links hosted on our Website, your contact details are collected directly by our third-party email service provider. We use this subscriber data to deliver organizational updates, policy insights, event notices, and related communications.
You may opt out of promotional emails at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link located in the footer of any automated email. We may retain a minimal record of your email address solely to honor your opt-out request and comply with applicable anti-spam laws.
6. Donor Privacy Protections
MJF values the trust of its donor community. We do not sell, rent, or trade donor contact information or personal data to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
Donor records are shared strictly on a need-to-know basis to administer contributions, comply with tax reporting, maintain accounting records, or satisfy legal audits. Categories of recipients include our fiscal sponsor, financial institutions, payment processors, tax auditors, and legal advisers.
7. Information Sharing and Legal Disclosures
MJF does not sell personal information for monetary compensation. We may share data under the following limited circumstances:
- Legal Compliance: When required by subpoena, court order, regulatory warrant, or applicable local, state, or federal law.
- Rights & Safety: When necessary to investigate potential fraud, security breaches, policy violations, or physical threats to any person or asset.
- Organizational Transitions: In the event of an organizational restructuring, consolidation, transfer of fiscal sponsorship, or asset reassignment, donor and user data may be transferred as permitted by law.
- With Your Consent: When you explicitly direct or authorize us to share information with a third party.
8. Data Security and Retention
We maintain reasonable technical, physical, and administrative safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or misuse. However, no internet transmission or digital storage repository can be guaranteed 100% secure. Visitors transmit data at their own risk.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy—including satisfying tax, accounting, donor recordkeeping, and legal obligations—after which data is securely archived, anonymized, or destroyed.
9. Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13. MJF does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has submitted personal information through the Website, we will take prompt steps to delete that data from our records.
10. Jurisdictional Disclaimers & Individual Rights
- U.S. & International Operations: MJF is based in the United States and primarily serves communities in Michigan. If you access the Website from outside the United States, be aware that your data will be processed and stored in the U.S., where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
- Privacy Rights: Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable state or federal statutes, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data maintained by MJF. To submit a verifiable privacy request, please contact us using the details below. We will evaluate and fulfill qualifying requests in accordance with applicable governing laws.
11. Policy Updates & Contact Information
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes take effect immediately upon posting to the Website, indicated by the updated “Last Updated” date above. We encourage users to check this page periodically.
If you have questions, concerns, or privacy rights requests regarding this policy, please contact us at:
Michigan Justice Fund
Attn: Privacy Officer
333 W. Fort Street, Suite 2010
Detroit, MI 48226