Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

The Friends of the Historic Commons was created in May of 2019 to celebrate, preserve, protect, and enhance the usage of the structures, landscapes, historic vision, and cultural significance of the former home of the Traverse City State Hospital.

The Friends of the Historic Commons is a non-profit Michigan corporation operating under Section 501(c)3 of the code of the US Internal Revenue Service and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of residents of the Grand Traverse Commons and the surrounding community who share a commitment to the protection of this important community resource and expansion of the knowledge of our shared history and common culture.

In accord with State and Federal regulations The Friends of the Historic Commons makes available for public view its most recent tax return (when available and upon request) and IRS Letter of Determination of tax-exempt status.

Data Collection Disclosure and Privacy Policy
As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may also automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website; information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type; and other information obtained through third party analytical tools, such as Google Analytics. Note that Google has created a tool, available through the Google website, which will allow you to “opt-out” of Google Analytics.

No personally identifiable information regarding users of this website is collected or retained by The Friends of the Historic Commons except as noted below under Donor Privacy Rights,

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that The Friends of the Historic Commons is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Donor Privacy Rights
The Friends of the Historic Commons strives to protect the financial information of donors. We will provide a secure environment for collecting donations and maintain internal controls ensuring the safekeeping of all confidential donor financial and personal information. Upon request, we will provide information on how your information is collected and used. You may “opt-out” of making your private information available or shared or ask to be removed from any Friends of the Historic Commons solicitation or mailing list. Please be aware that although The Friends of the Historic Commons makes every effort to preserve donor and customer privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or other legal or administrative process.