Governance

1. Structure. CASIR operates as a fund under a fiscal sponsor or community foundation with existing 501(c)(3)/charity status, rather than as its own legal entity, at least at launch. An Advisory Committee of 3–7 members, on staggered terms (e.g. two years, renewable once), is responsible for Member/Partner classification, grant approval, and rubric updates. A Committee member with a financial, employment, board, or close personal tie to an applicant organization recuses from that decision; recusals are logged and published.
2. Transparency. Grant criteria, the classification rubric, and the CASIR charter are published in full and version-controlled. An annual public report lists all grants made, the classification of each recipient as a CASIR Member or CASIR Partner, and the realized Members / Partners split against the 25% cap.
3. Integrity controls. No donor-directed earmarking to a named recipient organization — all gifts enter the general pool and are allocated through CASIR's published classification process. This is the control that prevents "funding a person's network" dressed up as x-risk grantmaking. Grant agreements include the Pillar III conduct clause; a substantiated violation triggers a Committee review and can result in clawback of unspent funds and reclassification as ineligible. A rejected or reclassified organization may request one Committee review with new evidence; the Committee's second decision is final for that cycle.
4. Sunset & review. The charter, rubric, and allocation cap are reviewed on a fixed cycle (e.g. every two years) and can only be amended by Committee supermajority, with the amendment and its rationale published.