Record Retention and Destruction

This page describes our general approach to keeping and disposing of records, including program, financial, and donor records.

General approach

• Records are kept only as long as reasonably needed for program continuity, legal, or tax purposes.
• Financial and tax-related records are generally kept longer than routine correspondence, consistent with standard nonprofit recordkeeping practice.
• Records containing personal information about a child or donor are securely deleted or destroyed once they are no longer needed and no legal requirement to retain them applies.

Requesting deletion

A parent, guardian, or donor can ask us to delete their information; see our Privacy Policy and Donor Privacy policy for how to make that request.

Status

TRUETH intends to formally adopt a detailed record retention schedule, specifying exact retention periods by record type, as part of its governance documents. That schedule is still being finalized; this page describes our general approach until it is.