Governing Structure
Introduction
The governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation is structured in the following manner:
Leadership and Management
Section 2.1.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are duly formed organizations that
Membership and Fiduciaries
Section 2.2.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation have
Section 2.2.4. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation have the following persons as their duly appointed and elected fiduciaries and officers, constituting the Board of Directors:
Partnerships and Affiliations
Section 2.3.0. Announcements of any affiliations, partnerships, sponsorships, and equivalent with The Ikoku Foundations will be provided upon agreements executed by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, solely via this Founder’s express written instrument signed and sealed.
Public Records and Standing
Section 2.4.0. The Ikoku Foundations are private and nonpublic organizations, with minimal disclosure requirements. Appropriately limited public record confirmation of The Ikoku Foundations’s formation, governance, and status is available via minimally required disclosure of filing with the appropriate government entities, namely:
Governing Nature
Provision
The governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation is, as follows, in character, essence, and nature:
Confidential in Nature
Section 2.6.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Ethical in Nature
Section 2.7.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Faith-Aligned in Nature
Section 2.8.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Independent in Nature
Section 2.9.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Integral in Nature
Section 2.10.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Non-Governmental in Nature
Section 2.11.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Non-Political in Nature
Section 2.12.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Private in Nature
Section 2.13.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Safe in Nature
Section 2.14.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Secure in Nature
Section 2.15.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Single and Unified in Nature
Section 2.16.0. The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed and shall exist and operate:
Sole Administration and Management
Section 2.17.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Authorizer and Authorization
Section 2.18.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person empowered with:
Sole Books- and Records-Keeping
Section 2.19.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Convening and Meeting
Section 2.20.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Decision-Making and Voting
Section 2.21.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Employment and Appointment
Section 2.22.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Finances and Funding
Section 2.23.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Policies- and Rules-Making
Section 2.24.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Projecting and Working
Section 2.25.0. The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with authority and powers to:
Sole Regulation and Review
Section 2.26.0. As such, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with the authority and powers to review and determine whether a given act, activity, affair, agent, arrangement, asset, or other aspect, part, person, or equivalent is:
Section 2.26.5. Furthermore, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the sole person with the authority and powers to adjudicate and determine — without appeal or liability — whether a given act, activity, affair, agent, arrangement, asset, or other aspect, part, person, or equivalent is:
with No Removal or Reduction
Section 2.27.0. And furthermore, there is and will be no manner, means, or possibility of removal or replacement of the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, nor any delegation or diminishment of any of his aforementioned powers, in any way, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any benefit, end, goal, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, or reason.
Governing Policies
Provision
The governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation is, in important part, conducted via the Codes and Policies below:
Ikoku Foundations Agreement
Section 2.29.0. The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, which
Conditions of Founding
— 2.30.0. Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)
Conditions of Governance
— 2.31.0. Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)
Conditions of Service
— 2.32.0. Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)
Founding Ethics
— 2.33.0. Founding and Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)
All Policies
— 2.34.0. All Policies (HTML)
Conclusion
— Conditions and Terms
— 2.35.1. All of the aforementioned in this section constitutes the Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation (the “Conditions and Terms of Governance” and “Conditions of Governance”) and forms an integral part of the Conditions and Terms of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation, the Codes and Policies of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation, as well as The Ikoku Foundation Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation.
— Concerns and Questions
— 2.35.2. Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Conditions of Governance or The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokufoundations.org.
— Concluding
— 2.35.3. And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation or The Alvan Azinna Chinbuzo Ikoku Foundation — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you enter into The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement and agree to abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder.
Also at The Foundations
The Ikoku Foundations are dedicated to fostering ethical philanthropy concerning Africa, its global diasporas, and humanely coexisting communities — toward humane futures for lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, The Foundations provide the following:
Philanthropy for Africa
Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas — by advancing ethical philanthropy in several domains, including education and research, civics and governance, health and humanities, industry and innovation.
Philanthropy for Community
Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in fostering humanely coexisting communities and persons — who evince a commitment to humane reciprocity as the basis for enhancing the lives and societies existing around them.
Philanthropy for Humanity
Nonprofit organizations that serve the public interest in fostering humanity — by helping the public understand Africa’s essential place in a humane future, where the betterment of conditions for some of the most resolutely humane peoples enhances life for all.