As a volunteer organizing an event to benefit the National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA), you will receive access to the support outlined above. In order to receive the support as indicated above, the National Blood Clot Alliance requires that volunteers comply with the items listed below. These important policies protect NBCA’s corporate identity, trademark and reputation while ensuring that we are in compliance with IRS regulations for non-profit 501 (c)3 organizations.
The National Blood Clot Alliance name should always be spelled out and no adaptations or color changes should be made to our logo. Please do not refer to the organization using the NBCA abbreviation, checks must be made payable to the National Blood Clot Alliance and sent to us within 7 days of receipt, the use of the phrase Stop the Clot® must always be trademarked, event related Facebook pages, websites, media, signage, and all promotional materials containing our logo, and name or Stop the Clot® trademark must be approved PRIOR to usage and can be submitted to your event contact via email.
NBCA may only be identified as the beneficiary of the event. For example, organizers should not call the fundraiser, the National Blood Clot Alliance “Name of Event” The fundraiser should be promoted as the “Name of Event” to benefit the National Blood Clot Alliance.
The National Blood Clot Alliance is not financially or otherwise liable for the promotion or execution of special events.
All donations made by check should be payable to the National Blood Clot Alliance and either mailed directly to NBCA by the donor, or, if given to a volunteer, should be mailed to NBCA within 7 days of receipt. Please let us know in advance if a donor will be sending payment directly to us, so that we can ensure that it is credited properly to your event.
