Agreements & Documentation
Supporting agreements and documentation that reflect the real relationships and arrangements within the organisation.
Everwood Foundations
Build strong foundations for the work that matters.
Governance & Strategic Support for Community Organisations
Supporting community-led organisations with the agreements, governance and operational foundations they need to grow with confidence.
Ongoing operational support for growing community organisations
Roots before branches
Structure that quietly holds what you build above it.
Agreements
Documents that match how you really operate.
Governance
Decisions and records kept clear.
People
Contractors, volunteers and partners.
Direction
Structure ready for what comes next.
Who we support
Built for community-led organisations
- Community service businesses
- Not-for-profit associations
- Member-based organisations
- Education and care initiatives
- Community projects
- Hybrid organisational structures
Particularly suited to established or scaling organisations where multiple people, projects, payment arrangements or working relationships need to be properly supported.
How we help
Practical support for the foundations behind your organisation
Governance & Recordkeeping
Helping establish practical governance processes, decisions, records and accountability as the organisation grows.
People & Working Relationships
Support around contractor, volunteer, service-provider and collaborative working arrangements.
Projects & New Initiatives
Helping structure new projects and relationships before they become operationally complicated.
Hybrid Operating Arrangements
Practical support where community, private, commercial and not-for-profit activities intersect.
Strategic Decision Support
An experienced sounding board for decisions affecting the organisation's structure, operations and future direction.
One-off review · Governance Health Check
Not sure if your foundations have kept pace?
A structured review of your NFP governance designed to identify gaps, strengthen your foundations and provide a clear path forward.
We review how your NFP is structured and operating, together with your existing governance documentation, to identify areas requiring attention.
Only 2 Health Check spots left this month
What’s included
- NFP structure and overall operation
- Bylaws or governing rules
- Member agreements and membership processes
- Volunteer agreements and arrangements
- Governance practices and processes
- Gaps between your documentation and how the organisation operates in practice
- A comprehensive Governance Health Check Report
- Clearly identified governance gaps
- Practical recommendations
- Priority actions that can be addressed immediately
- A recommended implementation roadmap
What you receive
- 01
Discovery
Provide information about your organisation, current arrangements, projects and key concerns.
- 02
Review
Everwood Foundations reviews your operating structure, agreements, records and relevant arrangements.
- 03
Action Plan
Receive a practical prioritised list of findings, gaps and recommended next steps.
- 04
Debrief
Meet to walk through the findings, discuss priorities and determine what should happen next.
Need help implementing the recommendations?
The Governance Health Check can also become the starting point for ongoing Everwood Foundations support. If ongoing assistance would be valuable, clients can move into one of the monthly support packages for help implementing agreements, improving governance, working through new arrangements and supporting strategic decisions as the organisation continues to evolve.
Support
A clear next step for every stage
Start with a one-off Essential session for clarity, or step into the larger engagements: a Governance Health Check diagnoses, Growth strengthens and implements, Strategic structures and evolves.
Start here · One-off session
Essential
Clarity & Direction
$495one-off
A one-off support session for organisations looking for clarity on their current setup, immediate priorities and what support they may need next.
- High-level review of your current NFP setup
- Review of key governance documents provided
- One 60–90 minute support session
- Identification of immediate priorities and potential gaps
- Practical guidance and recommended next steps
- Guidance on whether further Everwood support would be beneficial
Governance Health Check
Review & Recommend
$895one-off
Only 2 Health Check spots left this month
A structured review of your NFP governance designed to identify gaps, strengthen your foundations and provide a clear path forward.
- Review of your NFP structure and overall operation
- Review of bylaws or governing rules
- Member, membership process and volunteer agreement review
- Governance practices and process review
- A comprehensive Governance Health Check Report
- Clearly identified gaps, priority actions and a recommended roadmap
Growth
Review, Strengthen & Implement
$995/month
A three-month hands-on engagement for organisations ready to strengthen their governance and actually implement the changes required.
- Full Governance Health Check
- Governance Health Check Report and recommendations
- Prioritised three-month implementation roadmap
- One scheduled meeting per month
- Hands-on review and amendment of governance documents
- Bylaw, member and volunteer agreement support
- Membership and onboarding process improvements
- Implementation of agreed governance priorities
- Ongoing action and decision tracking
- Support and guidance throughout the engagement
Strategic
Structure, Govern & Evolve
$15,249/year
Only 2 annual Strategic spots left this year
A 12-month strategic partnership for hybrid, multi-entity and more complex organisations requiring deeper structural and governance support.
- Full Governance Health Check
- Review of the broader hybrid or complex operating structure
- Structure and relationship mapping
- Identification of governance and agreement requirements between different parts of the structure
- Strategic implementation roadmap
- Two scheduled strategic meetings per month
- Hands-on document development and amendment
- Governance framework development
- Support with entity, project and operational relationships
- Preparation for discussions with legal, accounting or tax advisers where specialist support is required
- Ongoing implementation, action and decision tracking throughout the engagement
Which is right for you?
Need clarity first? Governance Health CheckReady to implement? Growth or StrategicThe Governance Health Check is included in the Growth and Strategic Support tiers.
Growth is a three-month engagement. Strategic is a 12-month partnership.
Find the right level of supportLet’s talk
Build what comes next on solid ground.
If your organisation is growing and the governance side is struggling to keep pace with the operational side, let’s have a conversation.
Start a conversation
Tell us a little about your organisation and where things currently sit.