1. The name of the Foundation is Pyhän Nikolauksen säätiö sr. The Foundation’s English name is the Saint Nicholas Foundation (SNF).
2. The Foundation’s domicile is in Helsinki.
3. The Foundation’s purpose is to promote Anglican worship and ministry in Finland.
4. The Foundation may fulfil its purpose by distributing grants or bursaries to Anglican Church’s local congregations or other organisations which advance the Foundation’s purpose. The Foundation may also distribute bursaries that advance the purpose of the Foundation to members of the Anglican Church or other Anglican believers.
SNF may also fulfil its purpose by organising cultural and other events, club, residential and course activities, training, and other services for the benefit of members of the Anglican Church. The Foundation may also distribute information about the Anglican Church and its message as a way to promote the Anglican Church and Anglicanism. To this end, SNF may organise publicity or other campaigns, send representatives of the Anglican Church to participate in educational activities or events, as well as produce, translate, and print material related to the activities of the Anglican Church for public distribution.
The Foundation operates in Finland.
5. SNF has the right to receive donations and bequests, and to increase its assets in other ways through business activities or investments.
6. The Foundation has a Board, consisting of three to seven members, who are elected every at the Annual General Meeting of the Anglican Church in Finland.
For 2025, the Foundation Board members are:
Chair: Linda Jämsén
Managing Director: Christine Mattila
Full Board member: Michael Pegg
The Board of Directors may dismiss a member of the Board before the end of their term.
7. The Foundation may have a Managing Director. The Managing Director’s and Chairperson’s term of office is indefinite. Both are elected and/or dismissed by the Board of Directors.
8. The Chair and Managing Director each represent the Foundation alone, as do other members of the Board together. The Board may authorise a designated person to represent the Foundation.
9. The Foundation’s financial year is the calendar year and ends on the last day of the year, December 31st.
10. The Board appoints the auditor and a deputy auditor if the auditor is not from an auditing company. The auditor’s term of office is indefinite.
11. Any change to the rules or purpose of the Foundation requires the consent of the Anglican Church in Finland in addition to the fulfilment of the conditions of the rules of the Foundation.
12. If the Foundation is dissolved or ceases to exist, its assets must be transferred to the Anglican Church in Finland or, if the Anglican Church in Finland has ceased to exist, to another non-profit community engaged in church activity with aims close to those of the Foundation.
Registered in 2019