Privacy Policy

Our Official Policy
The Des Moines Area Religious Council (herein referred to as "DMARC") will never sell, trade, share or rent your personal information to its merchant partners, member agencies or any other third parties without your prior consent. 

DMARC respects the privacy of its online visitors. We do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we do not require you to register or provide information in order to view our site.

This web site is owned and operated by the Des Moines Area Religious Council.

Information Gathered About You

Donating Online
When you join or make a purchase, we ask you to provide your credit card information so that we can process your payment. During the ordering process, such credit card information is transmitted to the third-party credit card processors and card issuers that must use your information to process your order. DMARC does not keep this information.
 
Your IP Address
An IP address is a number assigned to your computer automatically when you use the internet. We use your IP address along with other users' IP addresses to track usage patterns and improve our Website. At no time is your IP address linked with anything that personally identifies the owner of the IP address.

Volunteering
When you inquire about volunteering, , we may track personal information you provide in our secure database.
 
Copyright
All materials published on the Web site are protected by copyright laws, and may not be reproduced, republished, distributed, transmitted, resold, displayed, broadcast, or otherwise exploited in any manner without the express written permission of either the Des Moines Area Religious Council or, in the case of content licensed by the Des Moines Area Religious Council from third parties, the entity that is credited as the copyright holder of such licensed content. You may download freely accessible material from this Web site for your personal and noncommercial use only, without altering or removing any trademark, copyright, or other notice from such material.
 
User Generated Content
The Des Moines Area Religious Council provides users an opportunity to post content to the Web site. DMARC does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, or agree with content posted by users.
You shall not post or transmit any unlawful threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate and local, state, national, or international law, or infringe upon another's copyright or trademark.
 
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, messages, or other materials posted or transmitted in a Nonprofit Central forum, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated. This means that you, and not the Des Moines Area Religious Council, are entirely and solely responsible for all content that you access, upload, download, post, or otherwise transmit via the Web site. DMARC cannot review 100% of the content posted by users and is not responsible for such content. However, DMARC shall have the right, but not the obligation, to delete, move, or edit any content that violates this agreement or is otherwise objectionable as determined by DMARC in its sole discretion and without notice.
 
If you upload, post, or otherwise transmit content to the Web site, you acknowledge that any such submissions may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by DMARC in any medium now existing or hereinafter invented, and for any purpose, including commercial uses.
You agree to indemnify DMARC and its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective partners, officers, directors, employees, and agents, against, and to hold each of them harmless from, any and all claims and liabilities (including attorney's fees) that may arise from your submissions, from your unauthorized use of material obtained from the Web site, from your breach of these Terms and Conditions, and from any such acts arising through your use of the Web site.
 
Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using this Website www.dmreligious.org, you indicate your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

If you disagree with all or any part of our Privacy Policy, please contact our website administrator: info@dmreligious.org immediately to express your concern.
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  • Des Moines, IA 50310
  • Phone: 515-277-6969

Welcome to DMARC

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) is an interfaith organization that exists to provide a common means of responding to basic human needs and, in so doing, offers a context for interfaith dialogue, education, fellowship and support while serving as a liaison between member congregations and the greater Des Moines community.
Some Facts About DMARC
  • DMARC has received IRS designation as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
  • We have more than 150 member congregations
  • We have partners from ten different faith traditions
  • DMARC was founded more than 50 years ago in 1952
DMARC offers a range of programs designed to help fulfill our mission: