Effective Date: August 18, 2026
Last Updated: August 18, 2026
Progressive Monkeys (“Progressive Monkeys,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of our members, donors, volunteers, supporters, alumni, associated members, website visitors, program participants, and the communities we serve.
This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, maintain, protect, and disclose personal information when you visit our website, become a member, make a donation or payment, participate in an event or initiative, communicate with us, volunteer with us, or otherwise interact with Progressive Monkeys.
By using our website or voluntarily providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Progressive Monkeys.
When you become or seek to become a member, we may collect information such as your:
We may maintain historical membership information for legitimate organizational, financial, recordkeeping, governance, and alumni purposes even after a person’s active membership ends.
When you make a donation, pay membership dues, contribute to an initiative, participate in a fundraiser, make a reunion contribution, or otherwise provide funds to Progressive Monkeys, we may collect:
Payments may be made through third-party services or financial platforms such as PayPal, Zelle, CashApp, banks, card processors, fundraising platforms, or other payment providers.
When a third-party provider processes a payment, that provider may collect financial information directly from you under its own privacy policy and terms. Progressive Monkeys may receive transaction information necessary to identify, reconcile, acknowledge, and account for your payment.
We generally do not need to store complete payment-card or bank-account credentials when those credentials are processed directly by a third-party payment provider.
Progressive Monkeys may operate multiple charitable initiatives, fundraising campaigns, events, and community projects simultaneously.
We may collect and maintain information identifying the initiative or purpose associated with a contribution so that we can:
Information associated with charitable donations may be maintained separately from information concerning membership dues, reunion contributions, bereavement contributions, social activities, and other non-charitable organizational funds where appropriate.
Progressive Monkeys may maintain records regarding membership dues and other member-related payments.
These records may include payment amount, payment date, payment status, payment method, outstanding balances, and applicable membership periods.
We may also maintain separate records for voluntary contributions that are not charitable donations, including contributions toward reunions, social activities, bereavement support, member assistance, or similar activities.
The collection of such payments does not automatically mean that the payment is tax-deductible.
When you register for or participate in a Progressive Monkeys event, reunion, fundraiser, meeting, community activity, or other program, we may collect:
Progressive Monkeys may photograph or record public or organizational events, reunions, charitable activities, volunteer projects, fundraising events, and community programs.
These materials may be used, when appropriate, for purposes such as our website, newsletters, annual reports, social media, historical archives, fundraising materials, and promotion of our mission and activities.
Where individual consent or a specific release is legally required or otherwise appropriate, we may request such authorization separately.
Special care should be taken when photographs or videos identify children or vulnerable individuals participating in charitable programs.
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
We may use this information to maintain website security, understand website usage, troubleshoot technical issues, and improve our services.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate website features, remember preferences, measure traffic, improve performance, prevent fraud, or understand how visitors use the website.
Third-party services integrated into the website may also use cookies or similar technologies subject to their own privacy practices.
Where required by applicable law, visitors may be provided with options for managing non-essential cookies.
You can also manage certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality.
If you provide your email address or other contact information, we may communicate with you regarding:
Where applicable, promotional or newsletter communications will provide a means to unsubscribe.
Administrative messages necessary to manage membership, payments, transactions, or organizational matters may be treated differently from optional promotional communications.
We may use personal information to administer Progressive Monkeys and further our organizational purposes, including to:
Progressive Monkeys does not sell personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with organizations or individuals that assist us with legitimate organizational activities, including:
Service providers should receive only the information reasonably necessary for the services they perform.
We may also disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with law, protect legal rights, investigate fraud or misuse, protect safety, or respond to lawful governmental requests.
We respect the privacy of our donors.
Donor information is used primarily for processing and recording donations, providing acknowledgments, communicating about our work, maintaining financial records, and meeting applicable reporting obligations.
We will not sell or rent donor information.
We may publicly recognize donors—for example, in an annual report, event program, website acknowledgment, or donor recognition list—when appropriate. Donors who prefer to remain anonymous should notify Progressive Monkeys or select an anonymous option when one is available.
Anonymous public recognition does not necessarily prevent Progressive Monkeys from maintaining the donor’s identity in confidential internal records when necessary for accounting, legal, fraud-prevention, or tax purposes.
Progressive Monkeys’ charitable activities may benefit children and young people. However, our general website and membership services are not intended to solicit personal information directly from children without appropriate authorization.
We seek to minimize the personal information collected about children participating in programs and initiatives.
When parental or guardian consent is required for a particular activity, registration, photograph, testimonial, or collection of information, Progressive Monkeys should obtain that consent before using the information in the applicable manner.
We do not knowingly sell children’s personal information.
Progressive Monkeys uses reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.
Access to sensitive membership, donor, and financial records should be limited to officers, authorized members, volunteers, contractors, or service providers who reasonably need the information to perform their responsibilities.
However, no electronic system, website, email service, payment platform, or method of data transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet legitimate organizational, historical, accounting, tax, legal, governance, audit, and recordkeeping requirements.
Some information may need to be retained after an individual ends their membership or stops participating in Progressive Monkeys.
For example, financial transaction records may need to be retained even if a donor or member subsequently requests deletion of other personal information.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
You may contact Progressive Monkeys to request that we:
Some requests may be subject to exceptions. For example, we may need to retain information required for financial, tax, legal, governance, fraud-prevention, or historical recordkeeping purposes.
We may take reasonable steps to verify a request before providing, correcting, or deleting personal information.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media services, donation platforms, payment processors, or other external services.
Progressive Monkeys does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties. When you leave our website or provide information directly to another service, that provider’s privacy notice and terms may apply.
We encourage users to review those policies before providing personal or financial information.
Progressive Monkeys may maintain accounts or pages on third-party social media platforms.
Information you post publicly on those platforms may be visible to Progressive Monkeys and other users and is subject to the platform’s own privacy practices.
Please avoid posting sensitive personal, financial, or confidential membership information in public comments or messages.
Progressive Monkeys may interact with members, alumni, donors, beneficiaries, volunteers, or service providers located in different countries.
When information is transmitted or accessed across national borders, privacy and data-protection laws may differ. We seek to handle personal information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Notice and applicable legal requirements.
Certain information associated with donations, membership payments, reimbursements, fundraising, restricted funds, events, and other financial transactions may be retained as part of Progressive Monkeys’ permanent or legally required financial records.
A request to remove personal information generally will not require us to destroy records that we are legally required, or reasonably required for legitimate accounting and governance purposes, to retain.
Progressive Monkeys may update this Privacy Notice periodically to reflect changes in our programs, website, technology, payment methods, organizational practices, or applicable requirements.
When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Notice and may provide additional notice when appropriate.
We encourage members, donors, supporters, and website visitors to review this Privacy Notice periodically.
Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or Progressive Monkeys’ handling of personal information may be directed to:
Progressive Monkeys Inc.
Privacy & Administrative Inquiries
Email: admin@progressivemonkeys.org
Website: https://progressivemonkeys.org
For matters involving a donation or payment verification, please use the organization’s designated payment contact rather than submitting sensitive financial information through general website forms.
