Terms of Service

Effective Date: Nov 5, 2025

These Website Standard Terms and Conditions (these “Terms” or these “Website Standard Terms and Conditions”) contained herein on this webpage, shall govern your use of the website http://97percent.us (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”).

The Website is owned and operated by 97Percent Org, Inc.., a California non-profit organization, EIN: 30-1198150.

These Terms apply in full force and effect to your use of this Website and by using this Website, you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this Website if you have any objection to any of these Website Standard Terms and Conditions.

1. Age Restriction and Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to provide Personal Information, or donate through this Website. If you are younger than 18 years of age, you must have the support and consent of a legal guardian in order to provide personal information or donate through this website. 97PERCENT ORG, INC. does not knowingly collect data from minors.

2. Information & Accuracy

This Website and its components are offered for informational purposes only to inform the public about the mission, activities, and opportunities related to 97Percent. 97PERCENT ORG, INC. shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness, or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the site, and shall not be responsible or liable for any error or omissions in that information.

3. License to Use Website and Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, 97PERCENT ORG, INC. and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights in the Website and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.

Restrictions: You must not:

  • Republish material from this Website (including republication on another website).

  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from the Website.

  • Show any material from the Website in public for commercial purposes.

  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, or otherwise exploit material on this Website for any commercial purpose.

  • Edit or otherwise modify any material on the Website.

  • Redistribute material from this Website except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution (e.g., sharing a link to a news item on social media).

4. Acceptable Use

You must not use this Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.

Specifically, you must not:

  • Use this Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computer software.

  • Conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to this Website without 97PERCENT ORG, INC.'s express written consent.

  • Use this Website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications (spam).

  • Use this Website for any purposes related to marketing without 97PERCENT ORG, INC.'s express written consent.

5. User-Generated Content

This Website does not permit users to submit any content, comments, or materials. Any attempt to upload or submit unauthorized content is a direct violation of these Terms.

6. Donations

We utilize secure third-party payment processing companies to process all financial transactions. If you make a donation, the payment processor will store certain information about you on our behalf. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

You agree that, for all donation transactions:

  • You will not use an invalid or unauthorized payment method.

  • You will be charged using the payment method you designate.

  • All donations are final and non-refundable.

  • Payments made to 97PERCENT ORG, INC. may be tax-deductible as charitable donations to the extent permitted by law.

You are responsible for paying any applicable taxes and any applicable standard credit card processing fees as disclosed by the third-party processor.

7. Mobile Terms and Conditions (SMS)

If you opt-in to receive text messages or alerts from 97Percent:

  1. There is no fee from 97PERCENT ORG, INC. to receive text messages. Message and data rates may apply – this can be checked with your mobile service provider.

  2. Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your mobile phone number and the date, time, and content of your messages. We will use this information to provide the services you request.

  3. For information on data collection and use, please read our full corporate Privacy Policy.

  4. By subscribing to our alerts, you consent to receive automated text messages on how you can get involved with our work. Recurring messages. Message & data rates may apply.

  5. To stop receiving messages, reply STOP to the number you received a text message from or contact us at info@97percent.us.

8. No Warranties

This Website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. 97PERCENT ORG, INC. makes no representations or warranties in relation to this Website or the information and materials provided on this Website.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, 97PERCENT ORG, INC. does not warrant that:

  • This Website will be constantly available, or available at all; or

  • The information on this Website is complete, true, accurate, or non-misleading.

Nothing on this Website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind (legal, financial, or otherwise).

9. Limitations of Liability

In no event shall 97PERCENT ORG, INC., nor any of its officers, directors, and employees, be liable to you for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, whether such liability is under contract, tort, or otherwise, and 97PERCENT ORG, INC., including its officers, directors, and employees, shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential, or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this Website.

10. Links to External Websites

Clicking on certain links within this Site may take you to external websites (e.g., third-party processors, news sites, partner organizations). You acknowledge and agree that 97PERCENT ORG, INC. has no responsibility for the accuracy, content, privacy practices, or availability of information provided by these linked sites. Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement by 97PERCENT ORG, INC.

11. Indemnity

You hereby indemnify 97PERCENT ORG, INC. and undertake to keep 97PERCENT ORG, INC. indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by 97PERCENT ORG, INC. to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by 97PERCENT ORG, INC. arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these Terms.

12. Governing Law

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

13. Miscellaneous Provisions

  • Variation: 97PERCENT ORG, INC. is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Terms regularly.

  • Assignment: 97PERCENT ORG, INC. may transfer, sub-contract, or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these Terms without notifying you or obtaining your consent. You may not transfer, sub-contract, or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations.

  • Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

  • Entire Agreement: These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and 97PERCENT ORG, INC. in relation to your use of this Website.

14. Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding these Terms, you may contact us using the information below:

97PERCENT ORG, INC. EIN: 30-1198150 10573 W PICO BLVD SUITE 228, LOS ANGELES, CA90064 Email: info@97percent.us Phone: (213) 293-6950