<p><strong>Community guidelines</strong></p>
<p>Please review Catapult's guidelines and community rules. If you're OK with them, then Catapult is a good match for you.</p>
<p><strong>Fees: </strong>Your organization pays no fees for being a partner and no fees for posting projects on Catapult. When donors make a payment on a project, they will have the option to add a donation to support Catapult’s operating costs. This is voluntary: Donors must opt in if they want to support us.</p>
<p><strong>Operations or administrative costs: </strong>Catapult is about transparency -- and about the real costs of doing great work. You can and should include operating costs in your project’s budget; do this by listing either the dollar amount (USD) or the percentage of the fundraising goal that will go to administrative costs. These will appear on your project page for the public to see.</p>
<p><strong>Fundraising goal: </strong>You set the goal for each project your organization posts. Catapult does not limit the amount of money you can raise, but if you choose to raise more than $50,000 in one project, we ask you to consult with Catapult staff before finalizing the goal. Together, we’ll explore whether creating several projects is a better strategy for reaching your goal. See more in Create a project.</p>
<p><strong>Project life: </strong>Your project is open to receive donations for five months, after which it will be retired. In order to receive any of the funds you raised for the project, you must reach the goal within five months time. However, projects that have reached at least 95 percent or more of their funding target by the end of five months -- as long as the difference does not exceed $5,000 -- will be eligible to have the remaining difference donated by Catapult’s Tipping Fund. Final donations are subject to available funds and will be completed on a first-come, first-serve basis.</p>
<p><strong>Fund disbursement: </strong>Catapult will send funds to organizations through bank and wire transfers only. In all cases, we reserve the right, to suspend or cancel transfers to your organization if we are unsatisfied with the progress of the project or the contents of any update or report.</p>
<p><strong>Use of funds: </strong>As a partner, you understand that funds disbursed for projects will be used only for activities described on your Catapult project page and for exempt purposes set forth in 501(c)(3) of the U.S. IRS code. You may use the specified percentage of the total funds disbursed for general operating costs to support the project, if you’ve listed these on the budget. The rest of the money will be used for direct costs – activities and materials – described on your project page. No Catapult funds nor income can be used for influencing legislation or intervening for or against political candidates.</p>
<p><strong>Number of projects at one time: </strong>You can have up to 10 fundraising projects on Catapult at one time.</p>
<p><strong>Project reporting: </strong>You agree to provide updates on any projects funded on Catapult, posting these to the project page after you’ve reached the fundraising goal. You can update your project page as often as you’d like. However, you are required to provide at least three project updates. See more in Reporting.</p>
<p><strong>Partner records: </strong>You agree to maintain true and accurate accounts and records regarding your use of funds raised through Catapult. We ask that you keep records for at least three years following the project’s conclusion or deactivation and to allow us to access them upon request.</p>
<p><strong>Project deactivation: </strong>If you want to deactivate your organization’s project, contact Catapult staff and we’ll help you take the project down. Catapult reserves the right to deactivate a project at any time.</p>
<p><strong>Partnership lifespan: </strong>Once you've been approved as a Catapult partner, you'll remain one for two years. At that point we'll ask you to re-register.</p>
<p><strong>Copyright: </strong>We share the copyright to the project content and other media, such as pictures or videos, uploaded to Catapult with you. We will attribute content used to the partner organization.</p>
<p><strong>Logo and name use: </strong>We may use the partner organization's name or logo on Catapult and in our marketing efforts.</p>
<p><strong>Changing terms and conditions: </strong>Catapult reserves the right to change community rules. We will notify you within 30 days if we make such a change.</p>
