Terms of Service
For all products and services provided by Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes, LLC. Spark the Fire Classes, LLC, dba Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes, LLC, is solely owned and administered by Allison Welch.
Last updated: August 12, 2026
1. General provisions
1.1 These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legal agreement between you (the "Customer") and Spark the Fire Classes, LLC, dba Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes, LLC, registered at 329 Sprinting Peak Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666 ("Spark the Fire," "we," "us," or "our"), governing every purchase you make from Spark the Fire.
1.2 By checking the box indicating your agreement to these Terms at checkout, or by clicking "purchase," "enroll," "register," "book," or a similar button on the Spark the Fire website, you agree to these Terms. If you are purchasing on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and these Terms bind the organization and the individuals it enrolls or designates. No purchase will be completed unless you agree to these Terms.
1.3 These Terms apply whether the product or service is delivered by Spark the Fire or by a third party acting on Spark the Fire's behalf.
1.4 These Terms take effect when you complete the online checkout process, or when Spark the Fire countersigns a separate written agreement, whichever occurs first.
1.5 Where Spark the Fire and a Customer sign a separate written agreement, statement of work, or engagement letter for a specific engagement, that document controls to the extent it conflicts with these Terms. These Terms govern all other matters not addressed in that document.
2. What these Terms cover
2.1 "Offerings" means everything Spark the Fire sells, including:
Courses. Online instructional programs, including the Certificate in Grant Writing, The Business of Freelance Grant Writing, and Navigating Grant Opportunities, whether purchased individually or as a bundle.
Webinars. Live or recorded instructional sessions, whether paid or free.
Digital Materials. Templates, eBooks, worksheets, checklists, guides, and other downloadable or digitally delivered resources.
Professional Services. Grant review, consulting, coaching, advisory work, custom training, and speaking engagements.
Materials and Documentation. Any written, recorded, printed, or online content provided in connection with any of the above, including slides, handouts, recordings, transcripts, and written feedback.
2.2 Free Offerings, including free webinars and complimentary resources, are covered by these Terms except for the provisions on purchase price and refunds, which do not apply.
3. Supply of courses and webinars
3.1 Spark the Fire will take reasonable measures to supply Courses and Webinars in accordance with these Terms in all material respects, but reserves the right to change content at any time.
3.2 Spark the Fire will take reasonable measures to meet any published dates, but such dates are anticipated only and may change.
3.3 Spark the Fire reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any Course or Webinar, in whole or in part, at any time, without incurring additional liability, including where enrollment is insufficient or where circumstances beyond its reasonable control prevent delivery. In such cases, Spark the Fire will offer, at its sole discretion, alternative dates, a full refund, or a credit.
3.4 Courses and Webinars are delivered online unless otherwise agreed in writing.
3.5 Where a recording of a live Webinar is made available, access is provided for the period stated at the time of purchase. If no period is stated, access is provided for twelve (12) months from the live session date. Spark the Fire does not guarantee that a recording will be produced or that technical issues will not affect its availability.
3.6 Course access is granted to the named individual Customer only and may not be shared, transferred, or used by more than one person. Organizations purchasing multiple seats must designate one named participant per seat. Spark the Fire may suspend or terminate access where credentials are shared.
3.7 Spark the Fire will take reasonable measures to ensure Offerings are delivered by suitably qualified people and updates its content on a regular basis. Spark the Fire makes no warranty that the content or quality of any Offering will meet a Customer's individual expectations.
3.8 The Certificate in Grant Writing and The Business of Freelance Grant Writing courses are developed in accordance with continuing education standards recognized by the Grant Professional Certification Institute (GPCI). Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes, LLC is an approved provider for GPCI and for CFRE International. Allison Welch is an approved trainer with the Grant Professionals Association (GPA).
3.9 Spark the Fire reserves the right to refuse admission to, or require the removal of, any Customer where there are doubts about identity or qualifications, or where a Customer's behavior is unacceptable.
3.10 Spark the Fire reserves the right to withhold issuing a Certificate in Grant Writing credential where the Customer has not completed the required capstone assignment to a standard accepted under the published rubric, or has not completed the required course evaluation.
4. Supply of digital materials
4.1 Digital Materials are delivered electronically, either as an immediate download at checkout or by a link sent to the email address provided at purchase. It is the Customer's responsibility to provide a valid email address and to download and store purchased files.
4.2 Spark the Fire will take reasonable measures to keep download links available but does not guarantee indefinite access. Customers should retain their own copies.
4.3 Digital Materials are provided as-is. Spark the Fire does not customize Digital Materials for individual Customers unless separately agreed in writing, and makes no warranty that any template or resource will suit a particular funder, program, or application.
4.4 Digital Materials are sold for use by the purchasing individual or organization. Section 12 governs what the Customer may and may not do with them.
5. Supply of professional services
5.1 Professional Services are provided based on the scope, deliverables, timeline, and fee described at the point of purchase or in a separate written agreement. Work outside that scope requires a separate agreement and additional fees.
5.2 Where Professional Services involve scheduled sessions, the Customer is responsible for booking within any stated window. Sessions not booked and completed within twelve (12) months of purchase expire without refund unless otherwise stated at the point of purchase.
5.3 A scheduled session may be rescheduled once at no charge with at least forty-eight (48) hours' notice. A session cancelled with less than forty-eight (48) hours' notice, or missed without notice, is treated as delivered and is not refunded or rescheduled.
5.4 Where Professional Services include review of Customer materials, the Customer is responsible for submitting complete materials by the agreed date. Spark the Fire's turnaround commitment begins when complete materials are received. Delays in submission may require rescheduling of delivery.
5.5 Spark the Fire provides review, feedback, strategy, and instruction. Unless a separate written agreement expressly provides otherwise, Spark the Fire does not draft, submit, or manage grant applications on a Customer's behalf, and does not act as the Customer's agent with any funder.
5.6 The Customer remains solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information in any application or document submitted to a funder, for compliance with funder requirements and deadlines, and for the final content of anything submitted under the Customer's name.
6. No guarantee of outcomes
6.1 Grant funding decisions are made by funders based on criteria outside Spark the Fire's control. Spark the Fire does not guarantee that any application will be funded, that any specific score or rating will be achieved, or that any particular amount will be awarded.
6.2 Spark the Fire does not guarantee any employment, business, income, client acquisition, or professional certification outcome from any Offering. Any examples, results, or case studies described in marketing materials or in the course of an engagement are illustrative and are not a representation of typical or expected results.
6.3 Spark the Fire is not a law firm, accounting firm, or registered investment adviser. Nothing provided in any Offering constitutes legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. Customers should consult appropriately licensed professionals regarding their specific circumstances.
7. Purchase price and payment
7.1 The purchase price is the price listed on the Spark the Fire website on the date of purchase, or the price stated in a separate written agreement or invoice. Prices for Courses, Webinars, and Digital Materials are due in full at the time of purchase through Spark the Fire's designated payment processor.
7.2 Professional Services are payable as stated at the point of purchase or on the terms set out in the applicable agreement or invoice. Where invoiced, payment is due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date unless otherwise stated. Spark the Fire may suspend delivery where an invoice is overdue.
7.3 The purchase price does not include travel, accommodation, meals, venue costs, or other related expenses unless explicitly stated. For in-person engagements, these are billed separately as agreed in writing.
7.4 Under current Texas Comptroller guidance, standalone charges for training or educational services that are primarily instructional in nature, including live, instructor-led courses that provide continuing education credit, are not subject to Texas sales tax. Spark the Fire does not collect sales tax on its live, instructor-led courses on this basis. Where sales, use, or other applicable tax is due on any other Offering, it will be identified and added at checkout or on the applicable invoice, and the Customer is responsible for paying it.
7.5 Spark the Fire reserves the right to offer discounts, sponsorships, or scholarships to any individual or organization where the arrangement is documented in a separate agreement.
7.6 Where a payment plan is offered, the Customer authorizes Spark the Fire's payment processor to charge the agreed installments on the agreed schedule. Access may be suspended where an installment fails and is not resolved within ten (10) business days.
8. Cancellation and refunds
8.1 Courses. Full refunds are available before the course start date, or before first access for self-paced courses, provided the Customer has not logged into the course or viewed any course materials. Once a Customer has logged in or viewed materials, no refund will be issued. For bundled purchases, no refund will be issued once any course within the bundle has been accessed.
8.2 Webinars. Full refunds are available up to forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled start time. No refund is available after that point, after the live session has taken place, or once a recording has been accessed. A Customer who is unable to attend a live session will receive access to the recording where one is produced.
8.3 Digital Materials. Because delivery is immediate and cannot be reversed, all sales of Digital Materials are final once the download has been delivered or accessed. Where a file is corrupted, incomplete, or does not match its description, Spark the Fire will provide a replacement or, if it cannot, a refund.
8.4 Professional Services. Refunds are available before work begins or before the first scheduled session, whichever comes first. Once Spark the Fire has begun review or advisory work, or once a session has been delivered, that portion of the fee is non-refundable. Where an engagement is cancelled partway through, Spark the Fire will refund the fee for deliverables not yet started.
8.5 Because all purchases are made entirely online, the FTC's Cooling-Off Rule, which applies only to in-person sales made away from a seller's regular place of business, does not apply to Spark the Fire's transactions. This Section 8 is the complete and exclusive refund policy for all purchases.
8.6 Customers must notify Spark the Fire of any cancellation in writing to allison@sparkthefiregrantwriting.com.
8.7 If a Customer must cancel due to exceptional circumstances, they may request a full refund before the start date or before work begins. The request must explain the circumstance, why it was outside the Customer's control, and how it affects their ability to participate.
8.8 Spark the Fire will respond to any written complaint within thirty (30) days and will keep records of complaints and responses for five (5) years.
9. Customer obligations
9.1 The Customer agrees to:
Cooperate with Spark the Fire on matters relating to any Offering
Provide accurate and complete information reasonably required for administration and delivery
Submit materials for review by agreed dates and in the agreed format
Keep login credentials secure and not share access with any other person
Conduct themselves respectfully toward instructors, staff, and other participants in all course, webinar, and community environments
Treat materials shared by other participants in courses, community spaces, and group sessions as confidential, as set out in Section 14.6
Comply with the intellectual property restrictions in Section 12
10. Limitation of liability
10.1 Offerings are provided at the Customer's request, and the Customer is responsible for confirming that an Offering suits their needs. Spark the Fire will use appropriate care in preparing and delivering its Offerings.
10.2 Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot legally be limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
10.3 Subject to Section 10.2, Spark the Fire is not liable for loss of profits, business, income, goodwill, grant funding, or data, or for any indirect or consequential loss, however arising.
10.4 Spark the Fire's total liability arising from or in connection with these Terms or any Offering is limited to the amount paid by the Customer for the relevant Offering.
10.5 This Section 10 survives any termination of these Terms.
11. Intellectual property
11.1 All intellectual property in or arising from any Offering, including Courses, Webinars, Digital Materials, Materials, and Documentation, is owned by Spark the Fire, whether customized for a Customer or not.
11.2 Spark the Fire certifies it holds the necessary intellectual property rights for its Offerings and that these do not infringe any third party's rights.
11.3 Spark the Fire retains ownership of its underlying methods, frameworks, templates, and know-how, including where these are applied in delivering Professional Services to a Customer.
11.4 Written feedback, review notes, and recommendations prepared specifically for a Customer as part of a Professional Services engagement may be used by that Customer for its own purposes. This does not transfer ownership of any underlying framework, rubric, or template embedded in that feedback.
11.5 The Customer retains ownership of all materials it provides to Spark the Fire for review, and grants Spark the Fire a limited license to use those materials solely for the purpose of delivering the engagement.
12. License to use materials
12.1 Subject to payment in full, Spark the Fire grants the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Digital Materials and Documentation for the Customer's own grant work, including work performed for the Customer's own clients or employer.
12.2 Without Spark the Fire's prior written consent, the Customer may not:
Copy, modify, reproduce, republish, sub-license, sell, rent, upload, broadcast, post, transmit, or distribute any Materials, Digital Materials, or Documentation
Distribute Digital Materials to clients, colleagues, or third parties as a standalone resource, whether or not for a fee
Record or relay any Course or Webinar by video, audio, screenshot, transcription, or other means
Use any Materials, Digital Materials, or Documentation to develop or deliver training, courses, workshops, or curricula, whether independently or through a third party
Use any Materials, Digital Materials, or Documentation to train, fine-tune, or provide input to any artificial intelligence or machine learning system
Remove any copyright, trademark, or attribution notice
12.3 The license granted in Section 12.1 terminates immediately if the Customer breaches Section 12.2.
13. Data protection
13.1 The parties will comply with applicable data protection law and the Spark the Fire Privacy Policy, available at sparkthefiregrantwriting.com/privacy-policy.
14. Confidentiality
14.1 Either party may receive confidential information from the other in connection with these Terms. Confidential information does not include information that is or becomes public through no fault of the receiving party, was already lawfully known to the receiving party, is lawfully received from a third party, or is independently developed.
14.2 Each party will keep the other's confidential information confidential and use it only to carry out these Terms.
14.3 Spark the Fire treats all materials submitted for individual grant review or consulting, including draft proposals, budgets, organizational documents, and funder correspondence, as confidential, and will not disclose them to any third party except as described in Sections 14.4 and 14.5.
14.4 Courses, community spaces, and group sessions include peer review and live group instruction. Where a Customer submits, uploads, posts, shares a screen, or otherwise presents their own materials in one of these settings, those materials are visible to the other participants present and may be discussed, reviewed, and critiqued in real time by the instructor and by other participants. This includes materials brought to a live session for unplanned group review at the Customer's request. Where a session is recorded, materials shared during that session may appear in the recording, which may be made available to enrolled participants. Customers should not share materials they are not willing for other participants to see, and are responsible for removing or redacting any information they wish to keep private, including personally identifiable information about clients, staff, or program participants, before sharing.
14.5 Spark the Fire will obtain the Customer's prior written consent before using any Customer materials as a teaching example, case study, or sample outside the session or space in which the Customer originally shared them, including in future courses, recordings, presentations, publications, or marketing materials. Consent is not required to review or discuss materials within the session or space where the Customer shared them.
14.6 Customers agree to treat materials shared by other participants as confidential, to use them only for the purpose of participating in the course, community, or session, and not to copy, save, screenshot, record, or distribute them outside that setting.
14.7 A party may disclose confidential information where required by law, regulation, or court order, giving the other party notice where legally permitted.
14.8 The Customer acknowledges that Spark the Fire may use their information on an anonymized basis, including in aggregated reports.
14.9 Testimonials, reviews, and feedback voluntarily provided by a Customer may be used by Spark the Fire in its marketing materials, with attribution as indicated by the Customer at the time of submission.
14.10 This Section 14 survives termination of these Terms.
15. Record retention
15.1 Spark the Fire retains organizational records for the purposes of verifying continuing education credit and course completion, responding to credential audits by certifying bodies, resolving disputes, and meeting its tax and accounting obligations. Records retained for these purposes include records of participation, course and webinar dates, instructor and reviewer credentials, continuing education credits earned, program evaluation results, and course descriptive materials.
15.2 Records described in Section 15.1 are retained for five years from the end of the calendar year in which the relevant Offering was delivered. This period reflects the three-year recertification cycles used by the certifying bodies whose credential holders attend Spark the Fire trainings, with additional margin, and the applicable limitation period for contract claims in Texas.
15.3 At the end of the retention period, Spark the Fire deletes the records or anonymizes them so that they no longer identify an individual. Anonymized records may be retained indefinitely for aggregate reporting and program improvement, as described in Section 14.8.
15.4 Spark the Fire may retain a record beyond the period in Section 15.2 where a longer period is required by law, or where the record is relevant to an active or reasonably anticipated dispute, audit, or legal proceeding. Retention in that case continues only as long as necessary for that purpose.
15.5 A Customer may request deletion of their personal records before the end of the retention period. Spark the Fire will honor the request to the extent it is not required to retain the record under Sections 15.1 or 15.4, and will advise the Customer where honoring the request means Spark the Fire can no longer verify their course completion or continuing education credit.
16. Content update policy
16.1 All Courses display their most recent revision date. Courses and Digital Materials are updated as needed following changes to relevant standards, laws, or best practices, and reviewed at least annually for frequently changing subject matter, or at least every two years otherwise.
17. Content development policy
17.1 Each Course includes a statement confirming its content and level are appropriate for its intended audience, with prerequisites clearly identified where applicable.
17.2 Courses are developed by individuals with relevant subject-matter expertise, demonstrated through practical experience, education, or both.
17.3 Courses are reviewed by qualified individuals other than the original developer, both before first release and after significant revisions.
17.4 Courses include clear learning objectives describing the competencies Customers should gain.
18. Force majeure
18.1 Spark the Fire is not liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under these Terms caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including labor disputes, utility or network failures, platform or hosting outages, acts of God, war, civil unrest, government action, epidemic, or natural disaster, provided the Customer is notified of the event and its expected duration.
19. Entire agreement
19.1 These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties regarding their subject matter and supersede all prior discussions or representations, subject to Section 1.5.
19.2 Spark the Fire may revise these Terms from time to time, including for regulatory or legal reasons, and will notify Customers of material changes. Continued use of Spark the Fire's services after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. The Terms in effect on the date of purchase govern that purchase.
20. Severance
20.1 If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that finding will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, in that jurisdiction or any other.
21. No partnership or agency
21.1 Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between the parties, or authorizes either party to act as the other's agent.
22. Assignment
22.1 The Customer may not assign or transfer its rights under these Terms without Spark the Fire's prior written consent. Spark the Fire may assign these Terms in connection with a sale or transfer of its business.
23. Governing law
23.1 These Terms and any related dispute are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of law principles.
24. Jurisdiction
24.1 The parties agree that the state and federal courts located in Hays County, Texas will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms.
25. Notice
25.1 All notices under these Terms must be in writing and sent to the address or email provided by the Customer during purchase, or to Spark the Fire's address below, or to any updated address provided in writing. Notices are considered delivered when confirmed by registered or certified mail, recognized courier, or email.
26. Company information
"Spark the Fire" and "Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes" are trading names of Spark the Fire Classes, LLC.
EIN: 99-2839491
Registered address: 329 Sprinting Peak Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666
Contact email: allison@sparkthefiregrantwriting.com
Contact phone: 206-734-6521