Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

The Water Foundation is committed to protecting your privacy online to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. This privacy statement was last revised on January 15, 2021.

Information Collected

When you use the Water Foundation’s website, we may obtain information about you. For example, we use Google Analytics to monitor usage and web traffic and to evaluate and improve our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect non-personal information, which may include browser types, access times, and webpages requested and visited. This information is not associated to individual user identities.

You can learn more about how Google collects and processes data through Google Analytics at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners. You can opt out of your data being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing a browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

If you apply for or manage a grant from us, you will be directed to a third-party website, hosted by Foundant Technologies, which may collect additional information necessary to complete the application. Review Foundant Technologies’ privacy policy at https://www.foundant.com/privacy-policy.

We use Mailchimp to send occasional emails to our grantee and funder partners. As a result, your personal information, including your name and email address, will be disclosed to Mailchimp. Review Mailchimp’s privacy policy at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.

Use of Collected Information Through Website Cookies

The Water Foundation uses browser-IP-address information and anonymous-browser history to understand our website’s utilization and improve services. We will not distribute or sell this information to third-party organizations.

Responsibility for External Sites

This website contains links to other websites that are operated by third parties. We provide those links to share and promote the work of our partners or for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of websites operated by others. We are not responsible for websites that are not operated by the Water Foundation and recommend that you review those sites’ privacy statements.