Governance is designed around legal compliance, clear accountability, and visible boundaries between decision-making authority and support roles.
Only statutory organs hold decision-making authority. Advisory and support roles do not carry executive, financial, or representational powers unless those powers are explicitly granted by law or formal resolution.
Holds legal and executive authority for the Foundation.
Provides advisory input and external perspective, without executive authority.
Offers specialised expertise without governance power.
Founder context: the Foundation was built in response to weakening adult civic participation and the need for stronger local community structure that people can actually grow into over time.
Council members provide non-governing advisory input and external perspective. They do not hold executive, fiduciary, or decision-making authority.
Published members include Abigail Campbell, Kathlyn Chua, Niamh O'Connor, and Sophie Allen.
Advisory Board members provide specialised expertise to inform Foundation decision-making without holding governance authority or representing the Foundation externally.
Published advisors include Dale F. Schulenberg, Cheryl Schulenberg, and Ania Sulek.