Donors have the power to add restrictions, change bylaws, and alter the foundational structure of the organization — but they do not hire or fire staff, direct day-to-day decisions, or manage operations. That authority belongs to the board and staff. This separation exists for a reason. Donors provide the mission and the guardrails. The organization's people execute within them. Conflating the two would make the org ungovernable — no staff can function effectively when every operational decision is subject to a donor vote. When donors want to change the rules that everyone agreed to when they joined — the foundational structure, the mission, a core restriction — that requires a supermajority of approximately 75% of votes cast. This threshold ensures that changes to the constitution of the organization reflect genuine broad consensus, not a momentary majority on a low-turnout vote. Everything outside that scope is the board's domain.