The Rotary Foundation

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The Rotary Foundation
My Foundation My Charity of Choice
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AGENDA

• Overview of the Foundation
• Review of Each Sub-Committee
• Educate Communicate - Participate

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The Rotary Foundation
Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinators
Immediate PDG
DGE
District Governor
Rotary Foundation Committee
Sub-committees
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Thank You

• Last year, clubs
• Pledged 253,866 to the Annual Programs Fund
• Achieved 306,211 or 120 of goal
• Average per cap of 134.60

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Rotary Goals Objectives
The Mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International is to enable Rotarians to advance
world understanding, goodwill and peace through
the improvement of health, the support of
education and alleviation of poverty.
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Mission Statement

• District Foundation Committee
• Helping Rotarians to do good in the world.

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SHARE - How it Works
Contributions to Annual Programs Fund
The Rotary Foundation Invests for 3 years
50 back to the District as District Designated
Funds
50 goes to World Fund
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PROGRAMS

• 2013 - 2014
• Vocational Training Teams
• World Peace Fellowships (World Fund)
• District Grants
• Global Grants
• International / Local Humanitarian Aid
• Alumni
• Polio-Plus
• Paul Harris Society
• Permanent Fund

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SCHOLARSHIPS

• Rotary Scholarships Given as club grants or
  Global Grants
• District Grants may be used to match club dollars
• Global grants must be a minimum of 30,000 for
  each scholarship. The scholars must meet the
  criteria for Global Grants.
• Committee Chair Henk VanAndel Edmonton
  Northeast

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World Peace Fellowships

• Masters Degree - US50,000 2 year Fellowship
• Professional Development Certificate - US11,000
  3 month intensive studies (now available to
  Rotarians)
• Current Recipient- John Lamming- sponsored by the
  Rotary Club of Grande Prairie
• These programs are funded through the World Fund
• Committee Chair Ivan Docker RC Edmonton
  Strathcona

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Vocational Training Team

• Funded from the District Designated Funds
• 2013- 14 partner country Honduras
• Team Leader Rotarian - TBA
• Committee Chair- Marilyn Mucha -Edmonton Whyte
  Avenue

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GRANTS

• District Grants District Designated Funds are
  used to assist in funding local or international
  humanitarian service projects. Application form
  is available on the District website
• Global Grants Support Humanitarian Service
  projects in the international community. All
  applications are done online at Rotary.org. The
  minimum grant amount is set at 30,000. All
  Global Grants must meet requirements as
  stipulated by TRF. These grants must be aimed at
  the six areas of service and must be sustainable.

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TANGIBLE BENEFITS

• International humanitarian aid projects
• Polio Plus Partners
• Ecuador water project
• Surgery Ecuador
• Water and Sanitation in Sir Lanka
• Learning Centre in Brazil
• Technical college in Ethiopia
• Belize school and community partnerships

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SOURCES OF FUND SUPPORT

• Annual Programs Fund This is the essence of the
  Every Rotarian Every year initiative. We
  encourage all Rotarians to be sustaining members
  giving US100 every year for 10 years to the APF.
• Last years end result was 306,211!
• Committee Chair Mary Drader, RC Drayton
  Valley

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SOURCES OF FUND SUPPORT

• Permanent Fund / Planned Giving Through Wills,
  estate, insurance, stocks, etc.
• Permanent Fund monies are never spent, they are
  invested, and the interest earned each year goes
  to the Annual Programs Fund or World Fund.
• Two recognitions
• Benefactor - US1,000 in your will. Receive
  wings to attach under your Rotary pin.
• Bequest Society - minimum of US10,000
• Committee Chair Brian Wilkie, RC of Edmonton
  Sunrise

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PolioPlus Committee

• In keeping our promise to eliminate Polio from
  the world we have immunized over 2 Billion
  Children.
• In one day over 170 million children were
  immunized in India.
• We have to eliminate polio from the remaining 3
  countries in the world where it is found.
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation two to one
  matching
• Committee Chair John Wojcicki, RC of Edmonton

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The Paul Harris Society

• The Paul Harris Society is a special district
  recognition program designed for Rotarians who
  wish to support the Rotary Foundation in a more
  substantial way each year
• Recognizes individual donors who make a
  commitment to contribute a minimum of US1,000
  per year to the Annual Programs Fund, Polio Plus
  and Polio Plus Partners, or the Humanitarian
  Grants Program.
• Currently over 70 members in the District
• Committee Chair Carol Devereux, RC of Fort
  Saskatchewan

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TRF-DIRECT

• A new, convenient way is now available for you to
  make regular contributions to The Rotary
  Foundation through TRF-Direct.
• Simply fill in how much you would like deducted
  from your chequing or savings account or from
  your credit card.
• Indicate frequency monthly, quarterly,
  bi-annually, annually.
• Mail it in to The Rotary Foundation, and you are
  all set!
• Form is available on the District website under
  Foundation.

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MAKING A DONATION

• For TRF-Direct forms only mail to
• The Rotary Foundation
• Annual Giving, FN500
• One Rotary Center
• 1560 Sherman Avenue
• Evanston IL 60201-3698 USA
• OR

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MAKING A DONATION

• Send a cheque to
• The Rotary Foundation Canada c/o 911600,PO Box
  4090 Stn AToronto, Ontario M5W 0E9
• Please include the appropriate form

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Alumni Basics
Who are Foundation Alumni?

• Current Chair Charlie Schroder- RC St. Albert
• Former Ambassadorial Scholars
• Former Rotary World Peace Fellows
• Former GSE Team members and leaders
• Former recipients of a University Teachers
  Grant .. Contd

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Alumni Basics
Who are Foundation Alumni?

• Former Rotary Volunteers who have received a
  grant from the Foundation
• Former Discovery Grant recipients
• Former Individual Grant recipients

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How many Foundation Alumni are there?

• 118,000 Total Alumni
• (approximate for Oct. 2010)
• 42,000 are Ambassadorial Scholars
• 69,000 are GSE members
• 18 of Rotarians are alumni

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Rotarian Actions
Actions clubs can take

• Invite Alumni to join your club
• Ask Alumni to speak to your club
• Invite Alumni to serve on Selection committees
• Invite Alumni to help with Foundation
  Presentations
• Invite Alumni to work on service projects

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FAMOUS QUOTE

• Rotarian Treacy Duerfeldt asks,
• If two-thirds of the world about four
• billion people can live on 2 per day, then
• shouldnt the rest give at least that much?
• Consider making your annual gift today.

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THANK YOU

• Thank you for your support of the Rotary
  Foundation
• Further Information is available on our District
  Website
• Call or email Ross Tyson, District 5370
  Foundation Committee Chair at either (780) 478
  3983 or
• e-mail at jrtyson_at_telusplanet.net