Board of Trustees

The SA Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. They are very well acquainted with the SA Foundation’s core values, particularly in regards to servanthood, personal recovery and community and come from different walks of life and have various professional backgrounds.

The SA Foundation’s governance includes an organizational culture that is based on a 2-fold structure:

• A business-like system that provides clear definitions on its consumers, products and social investors and that is structured with a non-profit charitable mandate to carry out, for the benefit of program participants (the consumers), its vision and mission (the product), with the support of individuals (the social investors).
  SAF’s business-like system is supported by 3 levels of governance responsibility that are carried out by the leadership that abides by this governance structure. These 3 levels are the Voting Membership, the Board of Trustees and the Organizational Development Team (ODT). Such structures promote power with others versus power over others, while embracing the fact that governance itself is about power, control, authority and influence.
• A Christian-based community framework that is developed as an internal community centered on faith and unity in Christ and based on personal recovery, a working community centered on the SA Foundation’s core values and mission, and a community connected to SAF internationally through the Accreditation program.

The purpose of the Board of Trustees is to ensure, on behalf of its Voting Membership, that the vision and mission of the SA Foundation provides their intended benefit for program participants and meets its intended social impact at the right cost.

The purpose of the Board of Trustees’ job is to govern and manage the affairs of the SA Foundation. It is also to define on a yearly basis the Foundation’s position regarding its social return on investment (SROI) and to produce policies that not only deal with practices and methods, but situations and conduct as well (adapted from the Carver Policy Governance Model).

To become a Trustee at the SA Foundation:

• Trustees must have completed the SA Foundation’s Communicar Seminar Parts 1 (the cause & effect of sexual exploitation & trafficking) and 2 (core values), must have and/or participate in the SA Formation of Servants and must uphold and sign their adherence to the SA Foundation’s Creed, Principles to Live By, Bylaws and Code of Conduct for the duration of their mandate
• Trustees must ensure that they are available to commit the time requirement needed to fulfil their job descriptions
• Paid staff and contract workers are not eligible for positions on the Board
• In order to avoid Conflict of Interest, those holding business contracts, those that are major financial contributors ($ 10,000.00+/year) with the SA Foundation and those who have relatives working within the SA Foundation as paid staff/volunteers, are subject to Board scrutiny on an individual basis in order to be eligible for a position on the Board

Qualifications:

To qualify as Trustees individuals must desire to be part of the SA International community and must have a history of serving others while developing long-term, healthy relationships with peers and those they serve.

Qualifications will also include but are not limited to the following items: 

• Must strongly desire to practice personal recovery by participating in the SA Formation of Servants for the duration of their mandate (or have previously participated in the SA Formation of Servants for at least 2 years).
• Have the passion to carry out their duties in ways that best move the SA Foundation’s vision and mission forward.

Trustees will also share the following skill sets:

Prior board experience, strategic planning, fundraising, legal, not-for-profit management, human resources, medical and/or counseling, marketing, communications, finance, education, business development, prayer group, Formation of Servants facilitation, and knowledge of project development.