Legal
Advertising Disclosure
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Equiledge is committed to transparency in how this website operates. This page explains our policies regarding advertising, affiliate relationships, and any commercial arrangements that might influence the content you see here. We believe visitors deserve to understand the context in which information is presented, and this disclosure is our effort to be straightforward about that.
Affiliate Relationships
From time to time, this website may contain links to third-party products or services through affiliate programs. Here is what that means in practice:
- Commission-based links: If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, Equiledge may receive a commission from the merchant. This comes at no additional cost to you.
- Editorial independence: Affiliate relationships do not dictate which products or tools we mention. We only reference external tools or services that we genuinely believe may be relevant to nonprofit organizations.
- Financial transparency: Where affiliate relationships exist, we aim to identify these clearly in or near the relevant content. Our goal is honest, useful information — not promotion for its own sake.
- Recommendation policies: No third party pays us to recommend specific products. Any mention of external services reflects our independent judgment, not a paid placement.
Sponsored Content
Equiledge does not currently publish sponsored blog posts, paid guest content, or articles written on behalf of paying advertisers. Should this change in the future, the following policies would apply:
- Labeling: Any paid or sponsored content would be clearly labeled as such at the top of the page, in plain language — not buried in footnotes.
- Content authenticity: Sponsorship would not grant advertisers editorial control. Our factual conclusions and recommendations would remain our own.
- Brand partnerships: Any formal brand partnerships would be disclosed prominently and would not be structured to mislead visitors about the nature of the relationship.
As of the date of this disclosure, no sponsored content appears on this website.
Third-Party Advertising
This website may use third-party advertising networks to display advertisements. If ads are shown, the following applies:
- Display advertising networks: External networks may serve ads based on your browsing history, interests, or other criteria collected through cookies and similar technologies.
- Behavioral targeting: Ad networks may use data from your visit to this and other websites to show advertisements they believe are relevant to you. This is commonly referred to as interest-based or behavioral advertising.
- Cookie usage for advertising: If you consent to advertising cookies, these cookies may be set by third-party ad platforms and used for ad measurement, frequency capping, and remarketing. See our Cookie Policy for full details.
- Ad personalization: Where advertising personalization is enabled, ad content may be tailored to your apparent interests based on your digital behavior. You can opt out through the cookie preferences on this site or through your browser settings.
Your Rights and Controls
You have meaningful options when it comes to advertising and data collection on this website:
- Manage cookie and ad preferences: You can update your advertising cookie preferences at any time via our Cookie Policy page. This includes opting out of behavioral targeting and ad personalization.
- Opt-out of interest-based advertising: You may opt out of interest-based advertising through your browser settings or through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or similar industry opt-out tools.
- Data collection for advertising purposes: If you consent to advertising cookies, data about your visit — such as pages viewed and time spent — may be shared with advertising platforms in anonymized or pseudonymized form. Revoking this consent will stop future data sharing.
- Rights under privacy regulations: Depending on your location, you may have rights under GDPR, CCPA, or similar laws to access, correct, or delete data collected for advertising purposes. Contact us via the contact page to submit such requests.
We take compliance with the FTC's guidelines on endorsements and advertising disclosures seriously and update this page as our practices evolve.
Questions About This Disclosure
If you have questions about any commercial relationship that may influence content on this website, or about how advertising data is handled, please reach out via our contact page. We welcome the conversation.