Legal

Terms of Use

Plain terms for a plain website. Effective 12 August 2026.

What this website is

This site exists to describe the work of The James and Ruth Brown Foundation and the Scholars Sponsorship Initiative. It is informational. Nothing on it is an offer, a contract, or professional advice of any kind.

The Foundation is privately funded. This website does not solicit donations, accept contributions, or process payments, and it never will.

Using the site

You may read, quote, and link to anything published here for non-commercial purposes, with attribution. You may not use the site to misrepresent the Foundation, its scholars, or the programs described, and you may not attempt to disrupt, scrape at scale, or gain unauthorized access to it.

Inquiries you send us

Information submitted through the inquiry forms is used to evaluate and respond to that inquiry. Do not send confidential personal information about students or anyone else through this website.

Intellectual property

Text, design, and marks on this site belong to the Foundation unless credited otherwise. Program descriptions remain the work of the organizations that run them.

Accuracy and availability

We publish carefully, but figures, timelines, and program details change. Content is provided as-is, without warranty, and may be updated or corrected at any time. We are not liable for decisions made in reliance on this website.

Changes and contact

These terms may be revised; the effective date below will change when they are. Questions about them can be sent to legal@jrbrownfoundation.org.