Members/Alumni of Governance 500 belong to the following networking groups:

1. Voices – Activists & media practitioners
2. Intellectuals – Policy developers & professionals
3. Organisers – Mobilisers & grassroots campaigners
4. Politicians – Candidates & appointees
5. Civil Servants – Government employees
6. Sponsors – Capitalists & financiers
7. Controllers & structuralists – Political party players
8. Defenders & legalists – Lawyers and Civil Society Organisations

These groups execute projects from time-to-time.