AI Governance Readiness — a short, honest check for boards
Most NFP and charity boards are being asked to have a view on AI — for risk, for funding conditions, for their own strategy — and nobody's actually done the diagnosis yet.
This isn't a lead form for a product. Six real questions, mapped directly to the AICD and Human Technology Institute's actual AI Governance Operating Model — and an honest read on where your board stands.
Grounded in the real thing: these questions map to AICD/HTI's published "SME NFP Board Summary and Checklist" (June 2026) — strategy, governance structure, governance practices, and governance enablers — not a framework we invented.
Built by Michael Szafraniec, 25 years running turnarounds inside NDIS, aged care, disability, and community housing boards, for Exvoria. No results are shared or sold.
Question 1 of 6
AICD/HTI element: AI Strategy
Do you actually know where AI is already being used across your organisation — including features already built into the tools you use (accounting, CRM, marketing)?
Question 2 of 6
AICD/HTI element: AI Governance Structure
Is there one person clearly accountable for AI oversight, and does the board get real updates on it?
Question 3 of 6
AICD/HTI element: AI Governance Practices
Is there an actual written AI policy — one that specifically addresses "Shadow AI" (staff quietly using unapproved tools with sensitive client data), not just a general statement?
Question 4 of 6
AICD/HTI element: AI Governance Enablers
Has anyone — board, staff, or volunteers — had real training on this, or is everyone genuinely guessing?
Question 5 of 6
Real external pressure
Has a funder, regulator, insurer, or auditor raised anything AI-related with you directly?
Question 6 of 6
Your honest self-rating
If you're honest — is your board ahead of this, keeping pace, or genuinely behind?
out of 12, against AICD/HTI's own AI Governance Operating Model
Extra context — not part of AICD's 4-element model