For Community Partner relationships where no dollars are exchanged, SCORE has developed a sample optional MOU/Agreement for field use below. An MOU or Community Partner Agreement is not required for Community Partner relationships but may help facilitate relationships and partner goals. All contracts, MOUs and Agreements between SCORE and other entities must be submitted to SCORE HQ for SCORE signature approval via our contract submission form: Contract Submission Portal.

Download the fillable PDF of the Community Partner Agreement here. 

SCORE Community Partner Agreement

Effective Date: [Insert Date]

This agreement is made between:

SCORE [Chapter Name] & [Partner Name] [Partner Address] ("Partner")

Purpose: SCORE and Partner agree to collaborate in support local small businesses and entrepreneurs by providing shared expertise, resources, training and support.

SCORE Will Provide Partner (check those that apply):

• Free small business mentoring support, resources and training
• Speaking opportunities at local events, workshops or webinars
• Co-hosted events or webinars
• Recognition on SCORE Chapter website
• Recognition in SCORE Chapter printed materials
• Other ___________________________________________

Partner Will Provide SCORE (check those that apply):

• Connections to stakeholders
• Workshop Speakers
• Co-hosted events
• Free booth space at events
• Free advertising on social or in newsletters
• Event contact lists
• Link on website
• Office /Meeting Space
• Published SCORE articles in partner communications/newsletters
• Other ______________________________________________________

Term & Termination: This agreement lasts 12 months from the start date. Either party can end it anytime with 30 days’ written notice.

Confidentiality: Both parties agree to keep private any sensitive business or personal information shared during this partnership.

No Liability: Each party is responsible for its own actions. No party is liable for indirect or unexpected losses.

Signatures:

Volunteers must submit the filled contract to SCORE HQ for SCORE signature approval via our contract submission form: Contract Submission Portal.

Standard Agreement Terms and Conditions

1. Term and Termination

Either party may terminate the agreement at any time with sixty (60) days’ written notice.

2. No Third-Party Rights or Obligations

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any rights in any person or entity who is not a signatory to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any obligation by either Party to any person or entity who is not a signatory to this Agreement.

3. Limitation of Liability.

Each Party agrees that the other Party (including its directors, officers, employees, and agents) shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, special, exemplary damages or the like, whether based on breach of contract, tort, strict liability, breach of warranty, failure of essential purpose, statutory violation, or any other theory of legal liability, arising out of this Agreement, including but not limited to loss of revenue or anticipated profits, loss of goodwill, or lost business.

4. Confidential Information.

A. SCORE understands and acknowledges that Partner may, from time to time, disclose “Confidential Information” to SCORE.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include but not be limited to any nonpublic and/or proprietary information or materials relating to Partner’s promotional and/or marketing strategy and activity, Partner’s pricing information (including but not limited to rates, margins, and budgets), Partner’s financial and budget information, Partner’s SCORE lists, information about the education, background, experience, and/or skills possessed by Partner employees, Partner employee compensation information, Partner’s service and/or sales concepts, Partner’s service and/or sales methodology, Partner’s service and/or sales techniques, Partner’s SCORE satisfaction data or sales information, or any information which Partner marks or identifies as "confidential" at the time of disclosure or confirms in writing as confidential within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days) after disclosure.  SCORE will not disclose Partner’s Confidential Information to any third party at any time without the prior written consent of Partner and shall take reasonable measures to prevent any unauthorized disclosure by its employees, agents, contractors, or consultants.  Further, Partner’s Confidential Information shall include the terms set forth in this Agreement, all of which shall remain the property of Partner and shall in no event be transferred, conveyed, or assigned to SCORE as a result of the services provided pursuant to this Agreement.  The foregoing duty shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.  

B. Partner also understands and acknowledges that SCORE may, from time to time, disclose to Partner proprietary ideas, concepts, expertise, and technologies developed by SCORE relating to computer application programming, installation, and operation (collectively “SCORE’s Confidential Information”).  SCORE may further provide to Partner documentation, reports, memoranda, notes, drawings, plans, papers, recordings, data, designs, materials, or other forms of records or information relating to SCORE’s business operations (collectively “Confidential Trade Information”).  Partner agrees (i) not to use any SCORE Confidential Information or Confidential Trade Information for its own use or for any purpose other than the specific purpose of completing the Services; (ii) not to voluntarily disclose any SCORE Confidential Information or Confidential Trade Information to any other person or entity; and (iii) to take all reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of, and avoid disclosure or use of, SCORE Confidential Information and/or Confidential Trade Information in order to prevent it from falling into the public domain or the possession of persons other than those persons authorized hereunder to have such SCORE Confidential Information and/or Confidential Trade Information.  The foregoing duty shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. 

C. In no event shall SCORE use Partner’s Confidential Information to reverse engineer or otherwise develop products or services functionally equivalent to the products or services of the Owner.  

D. The following shall not be considered Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement: (a) Information which is or becomes in the public domain through no fault or act of the receiving party; (b) Information which was independently developed by the receiving party without the use of or reliance on the disclosing party’s Confidential Information; (c) Information which was provided to the receiving party by a third party under no duty of confidentiality to the disclosing party; or (d) Information which is required to be disclosed by law with no further obligation of confidentiality, provided, however, prompt prior notice thereof shall be given to the party whose Confidential Information is involved.  

E. The parties agree that the disclosure of any of the foregoing Confidential Information by either party shall give rise to irreparable injury to the owner of the Confidential Information, inadequately compensable in monetary damages.  Accordingly, the non-disclosing party may seek and obtain injunctive relief against the breach or threatened breach of the foregoing undertakings, in addition to any other legal remedies which may be available.