Accountability
Trust is built in the details.
Charitable work involves other people's money and other people's lives. Both deserve to be handled carefully. This page sets out the standards the foundation intends to hold itself to.
Accountability is not a report published once a year. It is the ordinary discipline of knowing what a project is for, knowing what it costs, and being able to show what happened to what was given. The foundation would rather be modest and precise than grand and vague.
The standards we intend to follow.
- Purpose-specific budgets agreed before an initiative begins.
- Clear responsibilities, so every task has an owner.
- Reasonable checks on the suppliers and services we rely on.
- Documentation of purchases and their intended purpose.
- Confirmation that goods and funds reached their intended destination.
- Respectful, private treatment of everyone receiving support.
- Honest communication with participants about progress and setbacks.
- Disclosure of any conflict of interest relevant to an initiative.
- Careful handling of donated goods, equipment and money.
Intended standards, not yet formal controls.
It is important to be exact. The list above describes the standards the foundation intends to work to. It does not describe a set of formal controls that are already certified or independently verified. The foundation does not claim to have been audited, regulated, approved or certified, and it does not claim a level of impact that has not been measured.
As the foundation grows, it intends to introduce clearer processes and, where appropriate, independent review. Until then, this site will describe intentions as intentions.
Information that will only be published once verified
The following details are not stated anywhere on this website, because they have not yet been confirmed. They will be added only when the founder can supply evidence for them.
- The legal name and structure of the organisation.
- Its registered jurisdiction and registration number, if any.
- Its tax-exempt or charitable status, if any.
- A registered address, if one exists.
- Any independent audit, review or certification.
- Any verified programme results or beneficiary statistics.
Questions welcome
If you have a question about how we work, please ask.
Transparency is easier when people feel able to ask directly. We will answer honestly, including when the answer is that something is not yet in place.