The board of trustees is the body that organizes the future planning of the organization and oversees the accountability of the charity. With the board's agenda in place, the CEO is responsible for the day-to-day operations and success of the steps. The board and the CEO cooperate with each other to advance overarching strategy and budgets to meet the organization's goals. The board has several meetings throughout the year. There are between four and twenty board members at any given time. Trustees are selected by an appointment process and serve as trustees for periods of three years. After each three-year period, a trustee must undergo the re-election process. A trustee can spend a maximum of nine consecutive years as a trustee before he or she must take a gap of a year before going through the election process again. The board of trustees is broken down into sub-committees that are ongoing or time-limited to certain projects. There is one current sub-committee, the Finance, Audit and Investment Committee. This committee oversees the budgets and expenses. It looks through proposals for expenditures and participates in the annual auditing process at the end of the year. The Investment Fund managers are responsible for the management of funds and are kept for a five-year period after which they must undergo a review by the Finance subcommittee. The<unk>  seeks to maintain the highest professional and ethical integrity. It is a member of the Fundraising Standards Board and has implemented the Finance Institute's Donors’ Charter and Code of Conduct. It invests in stocks, funds, shares, securities, and other investments. However, it does "not knowingly make investments in companies which, to any significant degree, manufacture, or deal in, armaments, alcoholic beverages, gambling, pornography, or tobacco."
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