Terms of Service

Thank you for your interest in the Make it Work campaign, which consists of two projects — Make It Work and Make It Work Action Fund. Make It Work is a project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity, and Make It Work Action Fund is a project of the 1630 Fund, a 501(c)(4) public charity. Both New Venture Fund and 1630 Fund (collectively, the “Funds” or “we” or “us” or “our”) incubate new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. We are glad to have you as part of our community. These Terms of Service (the “Terms“) apply to your use of the website located at www.makeitwork.org and any other website operated by us related to the Make It Work campaign (collectively, the “Site”).

Accepting these Terms

If you access or use the Site, it means you agree to be bound by all of the terms set forth in this Terms of Service. Please read all of the terms before you use the Site. If a term does not make sense to you, please let us know. If you don’t agree to all of the terms below, you may not use the Site.

Changes to these Terms

We encourage you to review the Terms regularly to know about our practices. We may change these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will let you know by revising the date at the bottom of the Terms and, in some cases, provide you with additional notice (such as sending you an email notification). Any changes we make to these Terms will be effective when we post them. If you use the Site after we have posted the changed Terms, then you have accepted the changes to these Terms.

Privacy Policy

For information about how we collect, use and share information about users of the Site, please see our Privacy Policy. 

Description of the makeitwork.org Site

Through the Site, you can support the Make it Work campaign in various ways, such as sharing your story, learning more about our efforts, and making a donation. Further, the Site may also provide you with access to features and content that we provide.

Right to Use the Site

On the condition that you fully comply with these Terms, we grant you a limited, nonexclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to access and use the Site for non-commercial purposes. Except as expressly authorized by these Terms, you may not: (a) modify, disclose, alter, translate or create derivative works of the Site; (b) license, sublicense, resell, distribute, lease, rent, lend, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the Site; (c) disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer any of the software components of the Site; (d) copy, frame or mirror any part of the Site; (e) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Site; or (f) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or its related systems or networks. We hereby grant you permission to make copies of any part of the Site in any medium to use for noncommercial purposes, provided that you retain our marks and copyright notices on your copy. You must obtain our prior consent to use any of the content on the Site for any other purposes.

Restrictions on Use

You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., that accesses the Site in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional online web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials. We reserve the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Site, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Site for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit any users of the Site for any commercial purposes.

Our Intellectual Property Rights

All information, materials and content of the Site, including text, graphics, data, formatting, graphs, designs, HTML, look and feel, photographs, music, sounds, images, software, videos, designs, typefaces, source and object code, format, queries, algorithms and other content, is owned by or licensed to the Funds. We reserve all rights not expressly set forth in these Terms.

Feedback

Any suggestions, comments or other feedback you give us about the Site, the Make it Work campaign, or the Funds will be our confidential information. We are free to use, disclose, reproduce, license and distribute this feedback as we see fit, without compensation to you or any obligation or restriction because of any intellectual property rights or otherwise. 

Third Party Materials

We may make third party content or services available on or through the Site as a convenience to our users (for example, links to third party websites) (“Third Party Materials“). We do not control or endorse any Third Party Materials nor are we responsible for reviewing the accuracy of any Third Party Materials. Your business dealings or correspondence with third parties, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations applicable to any Third Party Materials, are solely between you and the applicable third party. When you leave our Site, you should be aware that these Terms and all other Make it Work policies no longer govern your use of other websites and services.

User Submissions

We review all user submissions before they are posted on the Site. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to not post, edit or delete any user submission. If you submit material to us through the Site, you hereby grant us an irrevocable, sublicenseable, perpetual license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, create derivative works of and otherwise use your submission, in whole or in part, as we see fit, in any media throughout the world, without the need for additional permission or consideration. You also grant us the right to use your name and any other information that you have provided about yourself in connection with your submission. By providing your submission to us, you hereby represent and warrant that you have the authority to grant us the right to use your submission, and that nothing in your submission shall infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights, invade any third party’s right of privacy or publicity, reveal confidential information, constitute defamation, contain material that is profane, obscene, threatening, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable in accordance with standards of common decency, or otherwise violate any laws.

Disclaimers

THE SITE AND ANY CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY MATERIALS) ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN) WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY MATERIALS) WHETHER ALLEGED TO ARISE BY OPERATION OF LAW, BY REASON OF CUSTOM OR USAGE IN THE TRADE, BY COURSE OF DEALING OR OTHERWISE.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY OTHER SITE AND CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY MATERIALS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES OR ARE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT we SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. 

Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold us, our officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any actual or threatened suits, actions, proceedings (at law or in equity), claims, damages, payments, deficiencies, fines, judgments, settlements, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, penalties, interest, and disbursements) arising from or related to (i) your use of the Site, (ii) your violation of any of these Terms, (iii) your violation of any third party right or any law, or (iv) any claim that content you submit via the Site violates any third party right or any law.

Changes to the Site

We reserve the right in our discretion to review, improve, change or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site and/or any features, information, materials or content on the Site with or without providing notice to you. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any changes or discontinuance of the Site or any part of the Site.

Ability to Accept Terms and Conditions of Use

You affirm that you have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms, and to abide by and comply with these Terms. In any case, you affirm that you are at least 13 years of age, as the Site is not intended for children under 13. 

Consent to Electronic Communications

By using the Site, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding your use of the Site and that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that the communications be in writing. To withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice, please notify us at info@makeitworkcampaign.org.

Governing Law

Your use of the Site is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. These Terms and your use of the Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the District of Columbia, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of these Terms.

General

Enforcement of these Terms is solely at our discretion. Failure to enforce any part of these Terms in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce the same or other part of these Terms in other instances. If any provision of these Terms is or becomes unlawful, void or otherwise unenforceable (including the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations above), then that provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect. As used in these Terms, “including” means “including (without limitation).” The section headings these Terms and are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of these Terms.

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Dated: January 4, 2016