We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our political fundraising website.
We may collect the following types of personal information from you:
Name
Email address
Address
Phone number
Payment information
We may also collect non-personal information about your use of our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system.
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
To process and track your donations
To communicate with you about your donations
To send you information about our organization and political candidates
To comply with applicable laws and regulations
We may also use non-personal information to improve our website and analyze user behavior.
We use industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We also limit access to your personal information to only those employees and agents who need it to perform their duties.
We use third-party services, such as payment processors, to process your donations. These services may have their own privacy policies that govern the use of your personal information. We encourage you to review these policies before using our website.
We may use cookies to collect non-personal information about your use of our website. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may limit your ability to use certain features of our website.
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not use our website or provide any personal information to us.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our website, please contact us at spark@educationalequity.org.
Spark gives you two simple ways to discover and invest in our candidates. You're in control of your investment.
You will be redirected to our Friends of Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) payment processing website to complete your donation.
Spark is a fundraising initiative of Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) that supports diverse candidates who reflect the values and experiences of those they represent.
LEE is a non-partisan leadership development organization that develops civic leaders to change unfair laws and create better ones. Over 50,000 members are part of the growing LEE network working across the country to eradicate the injustice of educational inequity.
Laws and policies govern all aspects of our society. Unfortunately, many of them are inequitable, especially to those in historically marginalized communities. We need new leaders from diverse backgrounds to change those unfair laws.
In our current political system, candidates must raise enormous amounts of money to run winning campaigns. This is a barrier for many candidates from historically marginalized communities. Spark brings together these equity-minded candidates, who lack access to traditional fundraising pools, with values-oriented political donors.
Spark is strictly a fundraising initiative, but the candidates we raise money for do all have access to holistic, best-in-class campaign supports through their membership in Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE).
Spark provides Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) members from historically marginalized identities with the financial resources they need to run and win strong campaigns. These candidates may have any political party association and have one or more of the following identities: Asian American Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQ+, multi-racial, and/or woman.
All money raised through Spark goes directly to candidates.
No, contributions to Spark are political donations and are not tax-deductible.
