A foundation under the Nevis Multiform Foundations Ordinance, 2004, and one of the most adaptable entities in any jurisdiction. At formation it takes the form of a foundation, a trust, a company or a partnership, and it can change form later.
Every package includes Nevis government fees and the first year of registered agent and office service. Each foundation is drafted to your plan, so it starts with a consultation and the final fee is confirmed in writing.
Package 1
A Multiform Foundation drafted to your purpose, with you as founder.
US$2,400
One-time · administration from US$2,600 / yr · 5–10 business days
Package 2
A professional nominee founder, so your name isn't on the foundation's record.
US$3,600
One-time · annual fee confirmed in writing · 5–10 business days
Package 3
Professional nominees as founder and on the council, so your name isn't on either record.
US$4,800
One-time · annual fee confirmed in writing · 5–10 business days
Refund guarantee
We refund your money in full for any Nevis company formation services that we cannot deliver. Refund policy
Day 0
A private call about your purpose, family and assets. We recommend a package and confirm the fee in writing.
Days 1–5
You send certified KYC documents for the founder, council members and beneficiaries. We verify them and run sanctions and background checks.
5–10 business days
We draft the charter and by-laws, appoint the council and register the foundation with the Nevis Registrar.
Ongoing
You endow the foundation with its assets. We handle annual administration and keep the foundation in good standing.
Choose the legal form, oversight and purpose, then click any part of the diagram to see its role.
A foundation owns itself. It has no shareholders and no members, only a purpose, a council and, if you choose, beneficiaries.
For families whose advisers, heirs and banks sit in different legal traditions, the Multiform Foundation looks familiar to each of them.
i.
Choose to be treated as a foundation, trust, company or partnership. Pick whichever best matches your home country's recognition rules.
ii.
If your family moves or the law changes, the foundation can convert without transferring its assets.
iii.
With no shares or members, there's nothing for a founder's creditor to seize and no interest to pass through probate.
iv.
Families in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East often find a foundation easier to accept than a common-law trust.
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A council administers it, with an optional supervisory board. By-laws can set out succession, education and distribution rules in detail.
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A charitable or mixed purpose can run alongside private benefit, so family giving has a permanent structure.
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”Attributed to Warren Buffett
From families who established a Nevis Multiform Foundation with us.
As an Italian family, a trust felt foreign to us. The foundation was something our notary understood immediately.
We combined a scholarship fund with private family benefit under one charter, which I hadn't thought was possible.
When we moved from Spain to Portugal, the foundation adapted without our having to move a single asset.
Our foundation was registered in under two weeks, with the charter and by-laws exactly as we had planned them.
The nominee founder and council were appointed under clear agreements, and our letter of wishes guides every decision.
At formation the foundation elects the legal form it will take: a foundation, a trust, a company or a partnership. It can change that election later, which makes it unusually adaptable.
If your heirs and advisers are in common-law countries, a trust is usually simpler. If they're in civil-law countries, where trusts can be poorly understood, a foundation is often easier to recognise and administer.
Yes, subject to the charter. As with a trust, protection is strongest when distributions are at the council's discretion.
Yes. A common structure is a Multiform Foundation holding a Nevis IBC or LLC, which in turn holds operating or investment assets.