Last Updated: March 19, 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to the Mission Graduates website. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”), our Privacy Policy, and any additional terms that may apply to specific sections of the website or to products and services available through the website. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our website.
2. About Mission Graduates
Mission Graduates is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth and their families on the path to higher education, equipping them for fulfilling careers that will strengthen future generations. Our website provides information about our programs, services, events, and ways to support our mission.
3. Modifications to These Terms
Mission Graduates reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will post the modified Terms on this page and indicate the date of the most recent update. Your continued use of the website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.
4. Website Content and Intellectual Property
4.1 Ownership
All content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Mission Graduates or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.
4.2 License to Use
Mission Graduates grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the website and its content for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not:
- Modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information obtained from the website
- Use the website or its content for any commercial purpose
- Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the website
- Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials
4.3 User-Generated Content
If you submit content to our website (such as comments, testimonials, or program applications), you grant Mission Graduates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
5. User Conduct
When using our website, you agree not to:
- Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law
- Upload or transmit any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or invasive of another’s privacy
- Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity
- Upload or transmit any material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights
- Upload or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” or any other form of solicitation
- Upload or transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware
- Interfere with or disrupt the website or servers or networks connected to the website
6. Account Security
If you create an account on our website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, including your password, and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Mission Graduates immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
7. Links to Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by Mission Graduates. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. By using our website, you expressly relieve Mission Graduates from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.
8. Donations and Financial Transactions
8.1 Processing Services
We use secure third-party payment processing services to handle financial transactions. By making a donation or payment through our website, you agree to the terms and conditions of these third-party services.
8.2 Tax Deductions
Mission Graduates is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please consult with a tax professional regarding the deductibility of your donation.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE WEBSITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. MISSION GRADUATES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
10. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL MISSION GRADUATES, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE; (II) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE WEBSITE; (III) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE; AND (IV) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Mission Graduates, its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the website.
12. Termination
Mission Graduates may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the website, without notice, for any conduct that Mission Graduates, in its sole discretion, believes is in violation of these Terms or is harmful to other users, Mission Graduates, or third parties, or for any other reason.
13. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within San Francisco County, California.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
15. Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Mission Graduates regarding the use of the website, superseding any prior agreements between you and Mission Graduates relating to your use of the website.
16. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Mission Graduates
3040 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 864-5205
info@missiongraduates.org
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