Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2, 2026
The Association for Development of Dramatic Arts, Inc., doing business as The Orchard Project (“OP,” “we,” or “us”), respects your privacy. This policy explains how we handle information collected through orchardproject.com, our donations, programs, events, auctions, and communications.
Information we collect and use
We collect information you choose to provide, such as your name, email, mailing address, phone number, donation and event details, applications, and communication preferences. We use it to process and acknowledge donations, administer programs and events, respond to requests, maintain records, and provide communications you have requested.
Payment processors handle payment information needed to complete transactions. We retain donation and transaction records. Website analytics, including Google services connected through Site Kit, may collect device, browser, approximate location, cookie, and page-usage information to help us understand and improve the website.
Mobile information and text-message consent
Text-message consent is given directly to The Orchard Project. Providing a mobile number, donating, registering, attending an event, or bidding does not by itself enroll you in text messages. Our forms offer separate, initially unchecked choices for fundraising and promotional texts and for informational event and auction texts.
We do not sell, rent, or share mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in data, or text-message consent with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. SMS opt-in data and consent are not shared with third parties except the messaging aggregators and SMS service providers needed to deliver and administer our text-message program. These providers may use that information only to provide those services. This restriction applies to every information-sharing category in this policy.
Message frequency varies with the options you select and your event or auction participation. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out of all texts or HELP for help. You may also contact info@orchardproject.com. SMS consent is not a condition of donating, purchasing, registering, attending, or bidding. See our SMS Terms & Conditions.
We maintain a record of affirmative SMS consent, including the mobile number, selected message categories, time, source form, consent wording and version, and related contact record. We may retain consent and opt-out records to honor your preferences and document the program.
Donor privacy and service providers
We do not sell, rent, or trade donor lists. We honor requests for anonymous donor recognition. We use service providers for functions such as payment processing, website hosting, email delivery, and analytics, and provide information only as needed for those functions. The mobile-information restrictions above apply regardless of these other service categories. We may disclose information when required by law or necessary to protect legal rights or safety.
Cookies and your choices
You can control cookies in your browser settings. Google’s Analytics opt-out tool is available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can unsubscribe from emails using the link in a message. Email and text-message preferences are separate.
You can ask to access, correct, or delete personal information or change donor-recognition preferences by contacting us. We may need to retain certain information for legal, financial, consent, or suppression records.
Security, retention, and children
We use reasonable safeguards, but no system is completely secure. We retain information as needed for the purposes described here and our recordkeeping obligations. Our website and text program are not directed to children under 13. Contact us if you believe a child has provided information that should be removed.
Links and policy updates
Other websites have their own privacy practices. We may update this policy; the date above identifies the current version. A policy update does not create SMS consent or expand an individual’s selected text-message categories.
Contact
The Orchard Project
PO Box 237091
New York, NY 10023
Email: info@orchardproject.com
Phone: 646-760-6767