Legal

Tax-exempt status

Friends of the Island Store is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and recognized as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

• Employer Identification Number (EIN): [XX-XXXXXXX]
• IRS determination letter: [link to PDF]
• State of Maine charitable solicitation registration: [registration number]

Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for a contribution unless stated at the time of the gift. Donors receive a written acknowledgment for every gift.

Financial disclosures

We publish our annual filings so that supporters can see how contributions are used.

• IRS Form 990 (or 990-N / 990-EZ): [link to most recent filing]
• Annual report: [link, once published]

Paper copies of our most recent filing are available on request. Please contact us.

Donor policy

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• How gifts are used, and what happens to a gift restricted to a purpose the organization cannot carry out
• Whether donor names are published, and how a donor requests anonymity
• The refund policy for a mistaken or duplicated gift
• The organization’s commitment not to sell, rent or trade donor information

Privacy policy

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• What information this website collects, and what is collected by the third-party donation platform instead
• How contact and donation information is stored and who has access to it
• What analytics or cookies, if any, are in use
• How to ask for your information to be corrected or removed

Online donations are processed by a third-party platform. Payment card details are handled entirely by that processor and are never stored by the Friends of the Island Store.

Terms of use

[Placeholder.] The content of this website is provided for informational purposes. Photographs and text are the property of the Friends of the Island Store or are used with permission, and may not be reproduced without consent.

Accessibility

We want this site to be usable by everyone. If you encounter a barrier, please tell us and we will fix it.