Annual Foundation Giving Building a "Culture of Foundation"

The Rotary Foundation is Your Rotary Foundation

Your Foundation is Your Partner Your Foundation provides funds and oversight for club projects in the form of grants. Your Foundation enhances the worldwide recognition of the Rotary brand. The Rotary brand gives your projects instant credibility.

The Rotary Brand

Building a Culture of Foundation EDUCATION Every Rotarian should understand the Mission, operation and programs of their Foundation

Foundation MISSION To enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and alleviation of poverty.

PolioPlus To eradicate polio, Rotarians have mobilized by the hundreds of thousands. They’re working to ensure that children are immunized against this crippling disease and that surveillance is strong despite the poor infrastructure, extreme poverty, and civil strife of many countries. Since the PolioPlus program’s inception in 1985, more than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine. Rotary's US $200 Million Challenge is the Rotary Foundation's response to the two grants totaling $355 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help eradicate polio. Every dollar given to PolioPlus will be counted toward the $200 million match, which must be completed by 30 June 2012.

Matching Grants Provide matching funds for the international service projects of Rotary clubs and districts.

Simplified Grants Support the service activities of districts locally and abroad.

Ambassadorial Scholarships The Foundation sponsors one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world. Scholars study in a different country, where they serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill. Since 1947, more than 47,000 scholars from 110 countries have received scholarships of more than $476 million through The Rotary Foundation.

World Peace Scholarships Each year, up to 100 fellows are sponsored to study at one of the six Rotary Peace Centers for a master’s-level degree or professional development certificate.

Group Study Exchange Annual awards are made to paired Rotary districts to cover travel expenses for a team of non-Rotarians from a variety of professions. Rotarian hosts organize a four- to six-week itinerary of vocational, educational, and cultural points of interest. Since 1965, more than 57,000 individuals (almost 12,000 teams) from 100 countries have participated at a cost of more than $92 million.

Disaster Recovery Allows Rotarians to donate money in response to specific disasters. Funds are distributed to local committees to support recovery efforts. The program was created in , and the Foundation currently administers four Disaster Recovery accounts: Hurricanes Stan and Wilma (Guatemala and Mexico), Hurricane Wilma (United States), the Earthquake in India and Pakistan, and Solidarity in South Asia. Total contributions to the accounts were $6.4 million.

Building a Culture of Foundation AWARENESS Make Foundation top of mind Promote Foundation programs Devote a minute each meeting to mention some aspect of Foundation

Building a Culture of Foundation PROMOTE GIVING Ask for the donation Make Foundation one of the Club's charities Matching Funds programs Sustaining Member Program Special events/Fund raisers Contests

Building a Culture of Foundation RECOGNITION Appropriate recognition of donors builds awareness and promotes enhanced giving Recognition should be public There are multiple levels of recognition. Encourage members to strive for the next level.

EREY Every Rotarian Every Year A Rotarian achieves EREY status annually by making a donation Clubs are encouraged to be 100% EREY each and every year

Sustaining Member Sustaining Member status is achieved each year when a Rotarian has contributed a total of $100 to the Foundation during that year Encourage clubs to cover for members and send the whole donation early in the Rotary year

Paul Harris Fellow Recognition from the Foundation who gives $1,000 cumulative Not limited to Rotarians Also awarded to anyone on behalf of whom $1,000 is given

PHF+ 1 Multiple Paul Harris Fellow given to a person who has been awarded more than one Paul Harris Fellowship

Paul Harris Fellow Society Recognition for a pledge to give $1,000 per year to the Foundation for a total of gift of $10,000

Major Donor Any person who has given a lifetime total of $10,000 or more

District 6980 Foundation Goals 1.Each Rotarian donates $100 annually We want to be the first District ever to be a 100% Sustaining Member District All Clubs All Rotarians 2.Each Club donates $100 per member

Building a Culture of Foundation RECORD KEEPING Review Reports Understand Reports Correct Reports

Submitting Contributions Use the correct form One form for each contribution Mail to: The Rotary Foundation Collections Ctr Dr Chicago, IL 60693

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