Disclosure Statements
- SparkRise® is a technology platform that serves a community.
- The SparkRise® community is made up of Causes, Sponsors, Influencers and Fans.
- SparkRise® is a for-profit corporation that contracts with Sponsors to launch Campaigns.
- Causes benefit from Campaigns that run on SparkRise®.
- Sponsors contribute funds to Causes when they engage in Campaigns.
- Influencers reach out to their networks to bring awareness to Campaigns and the associated Causes and Sponsors.
- Fans engage with Campaigns through watching videos, downloading coupons, sending preset messages, taking surveys or other steps as requested.
- Sponsors choose Campaigns and Causes that align with their brands.
- Sponsors choose SparkRise® as an alternative to traditional advertising that can run either as a substitute or complementary communications channel.
- SparkRise® tracks engagements metrics during Campaigns and reports these to Sponsors.
- SparkRise® collects fees from Sponsors pursuant to contracts.
- The fees are significantly lower than those typically charged by professional solicitors raising funds for charities and philanthropies.
- SparkRise® does not receive fees from Causes that benefit from Campaigns.
- SparkRise® does not solicit funds for Causes.
- Fans who wish to contribute funds to Causes should do so on their own and cannot do so on SparkRise®.
- SparkRise® does not contract with Causes except for contracts generated automatically by Causes when, for example, a user downloads a logo.
- SparkRise® provides tools to Sponsors as part of its services.
- The tools provided by SparkRise® to Sponsors includes a template for an agreement between a Sponsor and a Cause to lay out the actions that Fans will be asked to engage in during a Campaign as well as the steps that the Cause might undertake to enhance the reach of the Campaign.
- SparkRise® is not a party to agreements reached between Sponsors and Causes.