Founding
Opening
The founding of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation, and the development of their mission and purposes, have entailed the following formative aspects:
History and Founder
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation were established in January and February of 2017 by their sole Founder, President and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku ā as part of ongoing work he has carried out for over three decades, leading also to his founding of The Ikoku Charitable Trusts, The Ikoku Group, Publiks Inc, and Humana Sancta. Where appropriate and approved by the Founder, these entities endeavor to coordinate their efforts and resulting service to communities.
Causes and Concerns
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation were also founded and developed in response to the concerns below:
Mission and Purposes
The Ikoku Foundationsās founding mission and purposes are therefore:
Focus
Opening
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation have several points of focus, as delineated below:
Activities and Administration
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundationās and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundationās administration, management, and operation are focused in the following ways:
Further, all actions, activities, agents, arrangements, and their equivalent for, in, of, on behalf of or otherwise relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation are similarly focused and limited to those that have the:
Areas and Efforts
As further described in the Trusts Areas, The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts, The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation, and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation work in tandem to administer, develop and fund philanthropic efforts under the auspices of the Trusts Areas of Public Benefit ā in the twelve (12) areas below:
Benefit and Beneficiaries
Further focusing all activities, affairs, and arrangements of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation, any reference to and use of the terms ābenefit,ā ābeneficiaries,ā and their equivalent (such as āpublicā or natural and legal persons affiliated with, employed, funded or served by The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation) shall not include any persons who engage in, facilitate, or foster, in any way, any of the aforementioned inhumane behaviors against any person, including any violation of the Founderās being, brain, mind, self, soul, or spirit, or any intentional violation of the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation, and, furthermore, shall not include those who do not accord all persons equal and full enjoyment of the basic principles below:
Communities and Customers
Further focusing all activities, affairs, and arrangements of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation, any reference to and use of the terms ācommunities,ā ācustomers,ā and their equivalent (such as āpublicā or natural and legal persons affiliated with, employed, funded or served by The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation) shall not include any persons who engage in, facilitate, or foster, in any way, any of the aforementioned inhumane behaviors against any person, including any violation of the Founderās being, brain, mind, self, soul, or spirit, or any intentional violation of the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation, and, furthermore, shall not include those who do not accord all persons equal and full enjoyment of the basic principles below:
Faith and Spirituality
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundationās and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundationās faith-based commitments are focused in the following manner:
Incompatibility with Founding
The activities, affairs, and arrangements of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundationās are also focused and limited by the following determinations of incompatibility with the organizationsās founding, mission, and purposes:
The aforementioned inhumane behaviors ā to be excluded from any activities, affairs, or arrangements of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo FoundationĀ ā include, but are not limited to, the following:
And as a result, a further point of focus and incompatibility entails a set of basic refusals:
Form
Opening
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundationās organizational form is as delineated below:
Formation
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation are formally organized as tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, as provided for in the laws of the State of California, the United States, and are registered and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Names
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Foundation are also officially known under the business names, The Ikoku Foundations and The Ikoku Foundation. Both sets of names, as used in official Ikoku Foundations documents, products, services, and sites, collectively refer to the same aforementioned nonprofit entities.
Entities
As provided for by law and the Founderās Declaration of Trust, The Ikoku Charitable Trusts administer, hold, and manage the assets for two private charitable foundations, resulting in a three-entity structure that includes the following:
Efforts
The Ikoku Charitable Trusts, via their work with The Ikoku Foundations and through the Trusts Areas, are thus structured to conduct and support charitable efforts in the aforementioned areas, and to ultimately fulfill their originating mission to promote philanthropy concerned with Africa, its global diasporas, and shared societies As always, the objective is the betterment of lives and societies.
Concluding
And as concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by conducting any you accept and agree to the conditions, principles, protections, requirements, standards, statements, and terms described The Ikoku Foundations, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of The Ikoku Foundations, any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates of The Ikoku Foundations, as well as any activities, affairs, areas, assets, offices, parts, properties, sections, or equivalent of the Products or Services of The Ikoku Foundations, you accept and agree to the conditions, principles, protections, requirements, standards, statements, and terms described above and in the Codes and Policies, regarding the Founding and Governance of The Ikoku Foundations, in their entirety without modification, including as updated from time to time by the Founder, and you further accept and agree to fully inform the Founder in writing of any knowledge you have regarding the aforementioned discriminatory, inhumane and related activities, including their coordination, effect, and history.
Also at the Foundations
As stated earlier, The Ikoku Foundations are dedicated to fostering philanthropy and good works concerning Africa, its global diasporas and a range of shared societies ā toward the betterment of lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, The Foundations provide the following:
Nonprofits Dedicated to Africa
Independent, private, non-profit organizations that serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas ā by advancing education and research and by also supporting creative ideas, civic endeavors and emerging communities, organizations and societies.
Support for a Global and Just Future
A founding mission and ongoing emphases of support for good works that help the public understand Africaās essential place in a global future, one that is to be more knowledgeable, environmentally sustainable, equitable and of benefit across communities in just societies.
A Vision of the Public Good
A vision of the public good that accounts for the past while ensuring a just and shared future. That draws inspiration from peoples who, despite a history of systemic difficulties, maintain an unyielding belief that the betterment of their human condition will foster the betterment of those living around them and will enhance the present and futures of the regularly disenfranchised, marginalized and underserved.