Trusts Areas of Focus
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts hold and manage the donated assets of The Ikoku Foundations, and periodically distribute portions of said assets to the Foundations for their charitable operations. The holding, management, and distribution of these assets are done with specified attention to our Areas of Focus and Philanthropy, as they have been delineated in the founding and governing Declaration of Trust. Provided below is access to further information in each of the Trusts Areas.
Education and Research
Agriculture and Sustenance
Civic Society and Governance
Contributions to Public Knowledge
Cultural and Technological Innovation
Energy and Infrastructure
Ethical Research and Care
Human and Environmental Health
Humanistic Inquiry and Expression
Public Opinion and Civic Discourse
Rights and Covenants
Youth Communities
The Trusts' Founding Charitable Purposes
The Ikoku Foundations consist of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation. The Foundations are funded by The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts. And the nature, mission, charitable purposes, and vision of our philanthropy are described below.
Nature and General Purpose
The Ikoku Foundations and Foundations are independent, private, non-governmental, non-religious, non-profit organizations that serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas, and account for the past while ensuring a shared and just future.
Overarching Mission
Our overarching mission and emphases of support are for good works that help the public understand Africa’s essential place in a global future, one that is to be more knowledgeable, environmentally sound, and equitable; and furthermore of deep benefit for communities inhabiting shared and complex societies.
A Relationship with Africa
The majority of our funded works therefore bear a substantive relationship to Africa. They deepen our collective knowledge of the full, varied range of ethnic, gendered, raced, and religious peoples of African descent. They study, give account of, and improve the ways such peoples live in, develop, migrate to or from the continent. And they help us understand, intimately, how such peoples continue to contribute to the material, cultural, and intellectual conditions of modern life in Africa as well as societies in the Americas, Asia, Australasia, and Europe.
A Relationship with Global Communities
We are also inspired by a full range of peoples who have contributed to the foundations and development of their societies. Who have done so despite an equally long history of systemic difficulties. Who nevertheless maintain an unyielding belief that the betterment of their human condition will foster the betterment of those living around them, and will enhance the futures of the regularly underserved, marginalized, disenfranchised. We draw from their example a vision of the public good and common community that is our hope and objective.
Governance and Operations
The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts was founded under the core vision of its President, Alvan Azinna Ikoku, and incorporated in the United States along with the associated Ikoku Foundations. Below is an overview of key facets of the resulting organizations and access to further details regarding corporate governance and operations.
Philosophy and Approach
We have designed the governing structure of the Ikoku Foundations and Foundations in order to be attentive to needs and operations at the local and global level, as well as across the complex states and societies where our communities reside, living shared, interdependent lives.
Structure
Leadership
Boards Membership
Further Details on Governance
Articles of Incorporation of the Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Charitable Trusts (HTML)
Articles of Incorporation of the Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation (HTML)
Articles of Incorporation of the Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation (HTML)
Further Details on Operations
Governing Ethics and Associated Policies
Below are the founding Codes of Ethics for The Ikoku Charitable Trusts and The Ikoku Foundations, as well as governing policies that derive from them. The ethical codes and policies collectively make up the Terms of Service and User Agreement, which govern all employees’, volunteers’ and online visitors’ work in and for, access to and use of, affiliation with and reference to The Ikoku Charitable Trusts and The Ikoku Foundations. The code and associated policies are made available in html and pdf format.
Founding and Governing Code of Ethics
Founding & Governing Code of Ethics (HTML)
Terms of Use and Service
Terms of Use and Service (HTML)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property (HTML)
Acceptable Use Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)
Accessibility and Disability
Accessibility & Disability (HTML)
Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of Interest (PDF)
Conflicts of Interest (HTML)
Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility (PDF)
Corporate Responsibility (HTML)
Discrimination and Harassment
Discrimination & Harassment (PDF)
Discrimination & Harassment (HTML)
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion (PDF)
Diversity & Inclusion (HTML)
Forced Labor, Trafficking, Slavery
Forced Labor, Trafficking, Slavery (PDF)
Forced Labor, Trafficking, Slavery (HTML)
Sustainability
Sustainability (PDF)
Sustainability (HTML)
Transparency
Transparency (PDF)
Transparency (HTML)
Governace Suited to Local and Global Philanthropy
We have designed the governing structure of the Ikoku Foundations and Foundations in order to be attentive to needs and operations at the local and global level, as well as across the complex states and societies where our communities reside, living shared, interdependent lives.
With Respect Being Central to Our Ethics
At the core of our founding and governing Code of Ethics is a commitment to the most robust conceptions of respect and humanity, including and beyond what the law has protected and provided for, as we fulfill our twin mottos: to serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas; and to account for the past while ensuring a shared and just future.
To Ensure a Just and Shared Future for Many
We are inspired by peoples who have contributed to the foundations and development of their societies, despite a history of systemic difficulties. Who maintain an unyielding belief that the betterment of their human condition will foster the betterment of those living around them, and will enhance the futures of the regularly underserved, marginalized, disenfranchised. We draw from their example a vision of the public good and common community that is our hope and objective.
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