Governing Structure
Overview
The governance of The Ikoku Foundations is structured in the following manner:
Leadership and Management
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are duly formed organizations that
Membership and Fiduciaries
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation have
Officers and Directors
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
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
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
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain confidential and thus:
Independent in Nature
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain independent and thus:
Intact in Nature
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain internally intact and thus:
Private in Nature
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain private and thus:
Safe and Secure in Nature
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain safe and secure and thus:
Single and Unified in Nature
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation are formed to be and remain single, central and unified and thus:
Sole Administration and Management
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person empowered with:
Sole Authorizer and Authorization
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person empowered with:
Sole Books- and Records-Keeping
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person executively empowered with:
Sole Decision-Making and Voting
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and the Board of Directors are the only persons empowered with:
Sole Employment and Appointment
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person executively empowered with:
Sole Finances and Funding
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person executively empowered with:
Sole Policies- and Rules-Making
The Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person executively empowered with:
Sole Powers of Determination
As such, the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, is the only person with the authority and powers to adjudicate and determine — without appeal or liability — whether a given act, activity, agent, arrangement, or equivalent is:
with No Removal or Reduction
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
The Ikoku Foundations Conduct and Service Agreement, which
Conditions of Founding
Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)
Conditions of Governance
Conditions and Terms of Governance of The Ikoku Foundations (HTML)
Conditions of Service
Conditions and Terms of Conduct and Service (HTML)
Founding Ethics
Founding and Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
Conclusion
— Conditions and Terms
— All of the above and 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
— 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
— 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.