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Statute

Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1

The Lambda Polska Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation", was established by notarial deed on September 7, 2022, repertory A No. 4735/2022, drawn up by notary Dobrosława Kuniewicz at her Notary Office in Szczecin.

§ 2

The Foundation operates on the basis of the provisions of the Act of April 6, 1984 on foundations (i.e., Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2167), regulations concerning organizations conducting public benefit activities and other relevant legal acts and the provisions of this Statute.

§ 3

The Foundation has legal personality.

§ 4

  1. The seat of the Foundation is Szczecin.
  2. The area of operation of the Foundation is the territory of the Republic of Poland.
  3. The Foundation may conduct activities outside the borders of the Republic of Poland.
  4. The implementation of the Foundation's statutory tasks may be carried out in cooperation with other entities, both in Poland and abroad.

§ 5

The Foundation has been established for an indefinite period.

§ 6

The Foundation is supervised by the Minister for Social Affairs.

§ 7

The Foundation uses a seal with the inscription - FUNDACJA LAMBDA POLSKA, and in accordance with the relevant regulations may use other distinguishing designs and graphic signs, including trademarks.

Chapter II: AIMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION

§ 8

The aim of the Foundation is to create a social climate of acceptance and respect for the dignity of all people; to build a community in which every person is free, safe, has the possibility of self-determination and can fully develop their potential; to develop a human family built on mutual respect, empathy and understanding, without resorting to aggression and violence. To support individuals who, due to the lack or deficiency of the above behaviors and attitudes in their social environment, as well as the lack or non-observance of their protecting rights, are exposed to, have experienced or are experiencing harm, discrimination, hatred and contempt; to support people belonging to minority groups, socially weaker and those who are the object of harmful stereotypes, and therefore the people belonging to them may experience difficulties in society as a result of their very identity.

In particular, the aims of the Foundation are:

  1. social assistance, including assistance to families and individuals in difficult life situations and equalizing opportunities for these families and individuals;
  2. supporting the family and the foster care system;
  3. providing free legal aid and increasing the legal awareness of society;
  4. activities for the professional and social integration and reintegration of people at risk of social exclusion;
  5. charitable activities;
  6. maintaining and disseminating the national tradition, cultivating Polishness and developing national, civic and cultural awareness;
  7. activities for national and ethnic minorities and the regional language;
  8. activities for the integration of foreigners;
  9. health protection and promotion, including medical activities within the meaning of the Act of April 15, 2011 on medical activities (Journal of Laws of 2022, items 633, 655, 974 and 1079);
  10. activities for people with disabilities;
  11. promotion of employment and professional activation of people who are unemployed and at risk of dismissal;
  12. activities for equal rights for women and men;
  13. activities for people of retirement age;
  14. activities supporting the development of local communities;
  15. activities for science, education, and upbringing;
  16. activities for children and youth, including leisure for children and youth;
  17. activities for culture, art, protection of cultural assets and national heritage;
  18. activities for ecology and animal protection and protection of natural heritage;
  19. activities for tourism and sightseeing;
  20. disseminating and protecting human freedom and rights and civil liberties, as well as activities supporting the development of democracy;
  21. assistance to victims of catastrophes, natural disasters, armed conflicts and wars at home and abroad;
  22. activities for European integration and developing contacts and cooperation between societies;
  23. promotion and organization of volunteering;
  24. activities for the family, motherhood, parenthood, dissemination and protection of children's rights;
  25. counteracting addictions and social pathologies;
  26. activities for non-governmental organizations and entities mentioned in Art. 3 para. 3 of the Act of April 24, 2003 on public benefit activities and volunteering, within the scope specified in points 1-25 of this paragraph.

§ 9

The Foundation pursues its statutory aims by:

  1. Providing assistance and counseling, in particular: psychological, sexological, legal, social, crisis, health, professional and addiction counseling.
  2. Running support and self-help groups.
  3. Creating audiovisual materials, film productions (in particular documentaries), text and audiovisual reportage materials, literary and artistic productions characterized by social sensitivity and increasing the visibility and representation of socially weaker groups and those at risk of exclusion.
  4. Implementing social campaigns.
  5. Publishing activities.
  6. Maintaining a library and archive.
  7. Organizing and participating in scientific research.
  8. Advocacy activities aimed at improving the activities and policies of: institutions, public, private and non-governmental entities.
  9. Organizing symposia, training, artistic activities, demonstrations and other events - supporting the rights of individuals and groups at risk, giving them visibility, presenting their achievements, etc.
  10. Supporting the development of organizations with aims similar to those of the Foundation, operating in the country and abroad.
  11. Creating a network of mutual assistance and cooperation of organizations, institutions, local governments, informal groups with similar aims and conducting similar activities.

§ 10

For the implementation of all its statutory aims, within the scope indicated in § 9, the Foundation conducts paid and unpaid public benefit activities, in accordance with Art. 6-10 et seq. of the Act of April 24, 2003 on public benefit activities and volunteering (i.e., Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1057, as amended).

Chapter III: ORGANS OF THE FOUNDATION

§11

The organs of the Foundation are the Foundation Council and the Foundation Board.

§ 12

  1. The managing body of the Foundation is the Board.
  2. The Foundation Board consists of 1 to 3 people and is appointed for an indefinite period.
  3. Members of the Foundation Board are appointed and dismissed by the Foundress. In the event of the Foundress's death, the competence to appoint and dismiss members of the Board passes to the Foundation Council.
  4. Membership in the Board ceases upon resignation, death or dismissal by the Foundress.
  5. Members of the Board may not be persons convicted by a final judgment for an intentional crime prosecuted by public indictment or a fiscal crime.

§ 13

  1. The Foundation is represented, including making declarations of will in property and non-property matters, by each member of the board individually.
  2. Members of the Board may receive remuneration for performing their functions, as well as for performing other tasks for the Foundation. Members of the Board may be employed on the basis of an employment contract, a mandate contract, and also receive remuneration from the Foundation on other bases.

§ 14

  1. The Board adopts resolutions by a simple majority of votes, in the presence of all members.
  2. Board meetings are held at least once a year. They are convened by the President of the Board, and if the President is unable to convene them, by the Vice-President of the Board.
  3. Information about the meeting must be sent at least 1 (one) week before the planned meeting.
  4. Meetings are convened by e-mail via information sent to an e-mail address on the list of addresses maintained by the President of the Board. The obligation to update their address each time rests with each Member of the Board.
  5. The Board may appoint proxies to manage a separate sphere of matters belonging to the tasks of the Foundation.
  6. The Foundress may be a member of the Foundation Board.
  7. Board members may not be persons convicted by a final judgment for an intentional crime prosecuted by public indictment or a fiscal crime.

§ 15

The competence of the Foundation Board includes:

  1. representing the Foundation externally and managing its activities
  2. preparing annual reports on the Foundation's activities and financial statements for a given year;
  3. submitting annual reports on its activities to the Minister supervising the Foundation's activities
  4. managing the Foundation's assets
  5. determining the size of employment
  6. making decisions about joining organizations, creating other entities, merging with other entities
  7. making decisions in matters not reserved in this Statute to the competence of the Founder.

§ 16

  1. The Foundation Council is a supervisory and control body.
  2. The Foundation Council consists of 1-4 members.
  3. Members of the Foundation Council are appointed by the Foundress for an indefinite period.
  4. In the event of the Foundress's death, subsequent members of the Council to replace persons who have ceased to perform this function or to expand the composition of the Foundation Council, are appointed by a resolution of the Council.
  5. The Foundation Council at its first meeting elects from among its members the Chairman of the Foundation Council.
  6. Membership in the Foundation Council ceases as a result of:
    1. dismissal by the Foundress or, in the event of the Foundress's death, dismissal on the basis of a unanimous resolution of the remaining members of the Council;
    2. death of a member of the Council;
    3. written resignation of membership;
    4. loss of legal capacity.
  7. Members of the Foundation Council:
    1. may not be members of the management body or be married to them, in cohabitation, in a relationship of kinship, affinity or official subordination,
    2. have not been convicted by a final judgment for an intentional crime prosecuted by public indictment or a fiscal crime,
    3. may receive from the title of performing a function in such a body a refund of reasonable costs or remuneration in an amount not higher than the average monthly salary in the enterprise sector announced by the President of the Central Statistical Office for the previous year.

§ 17

  1. The Foundation Council makes decisions in the form of resolutions, by a simple majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the Members.
  2. The Chairman of the Foundation Council directs the work of the Council, represents it externally and convenes and presides over the meetings of the Foundation Council.
  3. Information about the meeting must be sent at least 7 days before the planned meeting.
  4. Meetings are convened by e-mail via information sent to an e-mail address on the list of addresses maintained by the President of the Board. The obligation to update their address each time rests with the Member of the Foundation Council.
  5. The mode of operation of the Foundation Council may be specified by the Regulations adopted by it.
  6. A member of the Council has the right to appoint a proxy designated by them to represent them at the meetings of the Council, provided that the proxy may not be a member of the Foundation's board.

§ 18

The competence of the Foundation Council includes:

  1. supervision over the Foundation's activities;
  2. evaluation of the work of the Board and granting a vote of approval to the members of the Board;
  3. approving the annual reports on the Foundation's activities, approving financial statements, making decisions on the allocation of profit or covering losses;
  4. electing members of the board, in the event of the Foundress's death;
  5. adopting resolutions on amending the Foundation's statute - including changing the Foundation's aims - in the event of the Foundress's death;
  6. adopting resolutions on the liquidation of the Foundation in the event of the Foundress's death;
  7. setting the directions of the Foundation's activities;
  8. the right to inspect all documents related to the foundation's activities;
  9. concluding employment contracts with members of the Board, determining the amount of remuneration of board members under an employment contract and other titles, concluding other contracts with members of the Board.

Chapter IV: ASSETS OF THE FOUNDATION

§ 19

The financial resources indicated in the declaration of will on the establishment of the Foundation as the founding fund amount to PLN 500.00 (in words: five hundred zlotys).

§ 20

  1. The Foundation conducts its financial management in accordance with applicable regulations.
  2. The Foundation is liable for its obligations with all its assets.
  3. The Foundation's financial year is the calendar year. The first financial year ends on December 31, 2023.

§ 21

  1. The Foundation's assets come from:
    1. donations, inheritances and bequests
    2. grants and subsidies
    3. public collections
    4. additional payments and cash benefits
    5. income from real and movable property and property rights
    6. bank interest on capital deposits, securities
    7. funds received from sponsors
    8. paid and unpaid public benefit activities.
  2. The income earned by the Foundation is allocated in its entirety to the implementation of its statutory aims.

§ 22

  1. Income from grants and donations may be used to implement all of the Foundation's statutory aims, unless the donors have decided otherwise.
  2. The Foundation does not accept or make cash payments of a value equal to or exceeding the equivalent of EUR 10,000, regardless of whether the payment is made as a single operation or several operations that seem to be related.
  3. The Foundation may establish decorations, distinctions and other awards and grant them to natural and legal persons who have rendered meritorious service to the implementation of the Foundation's aims.

§23

  1. Income from grants and donations may be used to implement all of the Foundation's statutory aims, unless the donors have decided otherwise.
  2. The Foundation does not accept or make cash payments of a value equal to or exceeding the equivalent of EUR 10,000, regardless of whether the payment is made as a single operation or several operations that seem to be related.
  3. In the event that the Foundation is called to inherit, it accepts the inheritance with the benefit of inventory or rejects it.
  4. The Foundation is liable with all its assets for its obligations.

Chapter V: FINAL PROVISIONS

§ 24

  1. Amendments to the Foundation's statute, including in the scope of changing the aims, are made by the Foundress, subject to para. 2.
  2. After the Foundress's death, amendments to the statute, including in the scope of changing the aims, are made by the Foundation Council.

§25

  1. The Foundation is subject to liquidation in the event of the exhaustion of the Foundation's financial resources and assets, as well as in the event of achieving the aim for which the Foundation was established.
  2. The decision on liquidation is made by the Foundress, and after the Foundress's death - by the Foundation Council.
  3. The liquidators are the members of the last Board, whose duty is to act in accordance with applicable regulations.
  4. The assets of the Foundation remaining after its liquidation are allocated to the aims which the Foundation served. The Board will indicate the specific purpose for which the assets will be allocated. It cannot constitute the individual income of legal and natural persons.
  5. A foundation in liquidation may merge with another foundation.