1. District 5160 Foundation Day
Zone 25 RRFC Steve Lewis
January 19, 2019

2. REGIONAL ROTARY FOUNDATION COORDINATOR
Existing Zone 25 and the new Zone 27 effective 1, July 2019.
2018
2019

3. OUR ROTARY FOUNDATION – POWERED BY ROTARIANS!
Our Foundation is actually very unique in that it’s powered by Rotarians.
Our projects are created by, funded by and delivered by members of our Rotary club.
And, you’ll be serving as Club President in the second year of The Rotary Foundation’s Second Century of doing good in the world!

4. We should be very proud of Our Rotary Foundation:
11th year in a row that OUR Foundation has achieved the highest Charity Navigator rating of 4 stars.
And on December 1st 2017, our Foundation earned a perfect score of Less than 1% of the thousands of charities rated by Charity Navigator have ever earned a perfect score of 100!
18 months ago, our Foundation was named the “World’s Outstanding Foundation by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, some 30,000 members strong.
CNBC named The Rotary Foundation as #3 in the top 10 charities changing the world.
Talk about building pride in OUR Foundation!

5. “Rotary’s tomorrow depends on what we Rotarians do today.”
This statement has never been more true when you consider that our Rotary Foundation has been around for more than 100 years and it’s growth and stability over the years has really helped us to achieve Bigger, Better and Bolder projects the world over.
ARCH C. KLUMPH

6. LEGACY GIVING Leave a Legacy, A Legacy of Hope! Endowment Fund
The Rotary Foundation offers many vehicles for fulfilling our philanthropic wishes and our desire to continue to doing good in the world long after we’re gone. As most gifts are made through our estates, these can be easy gifts to give.
Remember, you are a part of the Rotary Family…. Be a part of it forever!
How many Foundation Bequest Society members or Benefactors in the room?
CLICK: Our new Endowment goal is $2.025B by the year 2025! Can you imagine the additional ‘good’ we Rotarians could accomplish each year with the annual interest income from $2B! Contact your District Foundation Committee Chair (DRFC) for ways to share Legacy Giving with your Club members.
Endowment Fund

7. Triple Crown Donor Major Donor Paul Harris Society Bequest Society
4/17/2019
Triple Crown Donor
Major Donor
Paul Harris Society
Bequest Society
Go for the triple crown. Thank you for accepting the challenge of recognizing Triple Crown Donors here in D5160!

8. I’m a firm believer in what we give our attention to, grows
I’m a firm believer in what we give our attention to, grows. Last year, Trustee chair Paul Neutzel set a comprehensive goal of $360m dollars. We actually achieved $414.7M in total contributions! That didn’t happen without focus, actionable plans by our districts and srong leadership from the district leadership teams. Zones 25/26 were ranked in the 6 measured giving categories as one of the top 6 Zones in the world. We have some exciting work to do to continue to meet that level of achievement. We have some very generous and committed Rotarians in our zones.

9. 2017 – 2018 Year End Fundraising Results
ANNUAL FUND: $ 642,528
AF PER CAPITA: $ #48
POLIO PLUS: $ ,469
ENDOWMENT FUND: $ 118,454
OTHER GIVING: $ 160,936
TOTAL GIVING: $1,017,387 #42
Total Giving Per Capita: $306.90!
529 Districts = GLOBAL RANKING
34 Zones = GLOBAL RANKING
ZONE 25
$ 5,276,808 #5
$ #3
$ 1,548,577 #5
$ 2,523,487 #2
$ ,561 #6
$10,222,432 #4
Here is how D-5160 ended the year last June 30th, ranking #48 out of 529 District’s in the world for Annual Fund Per Capita Giving of $ and #42 in the world for Total Giving which amounted to: $1,017,387 which really means when you average this out, your Total Giving per capita was $ for each Rotarian in D5160! Congratulations and thank you!
Here is where Zone 25 ended up. As you can see, with your help, we posted some incredible rankings because of such generous Rotarians here in Zone 25!

10. 2018 – 2019 Dec. 31 Fundraising Results
ANNUAL FUND: $ 357,307
AF PER CAPITA: $ #38
POLIO PLUS: $ ,185
ENDOWMENT FUND: $ ,519
OTHER GIVING: $ ,626
TOTAL GIVING: $ 488,637 #35
D-5160 Total Giving Per Capita: $148.97!
523 Districts = GLOBAL RANKING
34 Zones = GLOBAL RANKING
ZONE 25
$ 2,784,716 #4
$ #4
$ ,601 #5
$ ,549 #5
$ ,763 #12
$ 4,661,119 #3
Here’s our current standings as of 31, December, where D-5160 is still ranked in the top 50 Districts in the world for both AF per capita giving at #38 and Total Giving ranking last month at # As you can see from the Zone 25 numbers, wer are again posting some incredible numbers and this is without a $1M+ Legacy Gift that came out of D5180 this past year.

11. BUT’ IT’s NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MONEY IS IT!
This little girl named, Sophie, from a very poor Myan village in Guatemala who followed Rotarians around for three days while they installed both a clean water and sanitation system in her village. Her mother was very proud to note that her children, including Sophie were among the healthiest in the village because she could now feed them good food, including fruits and vegetables with the help of a Rotary Foundation funded grant from the previous year.
As she looks into your eyes, she’s praying that one day just maybe someone like you with the help of a similar Rotary Foundation program will change the life of her three cousins who live in a neighboring village just as her life has been changed. You see my friends, through our Rotary Foundation, we Rotarians actually do Make Dreams Real!
By actively engaging your members in the various programs of The Rotary Foundation, your return on that investment is committed, dedicated and happy MEMBERS who will in fact attract similar minded friends to join their Rotary Club. The positive impact that FOUNDATION funded projects have, not only our local communities, but communities around the Globe are a huge part of who we are. It is in fact a huge part of our BRAND!
The ‘good’ that is accomplished with the help of our FOUNDTION is simply a huge part of our continued success as an Organization, this incredible Organization that you and I call Rotary!

12. What’s the VALUE in story telling – in this case, sharing a personal ‘Rotary’ story? (inspire, touch the heart, moving, motivational, educational, personal….. )
How many of you are thinking right now that you may not have a personal Rotary story to share? Have you have ever contributed to The Rotary Foundation? If you have, then you in fact have thousands of stories to share, because each one of those Foundation stories are YOUR stories too!
If time permits, share a ‘personal’ 2 minute story of your own.

13. Rotarians really do Make Dreams Real!
Your Foundation,
my Foundation,
our Foundation, … truly
our legacy of hope for
generations to come!
Rotarians really do Make Dreams Real!
Remind members of your club, that The Rotary Foundation is Your Foundation, My Foundation, Our Foundation – truly our legacy of hope for generations to come!
And, that through our continued annual support of our Foundation, we Rotarians really do Make Dreams Real!

14. Thank YOU for supporting our Rotary Foundation!!
Thank you for your participation today and Congratulations on your suburb global ranking with respect to your Fundraising to our Rotary Foundation.
How many club President’s in the room? Remember, you get to set the FOUNATION TONE in your club on July 1st!
Thanks for inviting me to your District’s Foundation Day. I hope to see many of you on the Rotary Trail in the future!
Steve Lewis
Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator – Zone 25