History of The Rotary Foundation
At the 1917 convention, outgoing RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed to set up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International. In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals. When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.
Evolution of Foundation programs
1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.
1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.
1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.
Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totaling more than $1 billion.
More on the Council on Legislation
"While the enactments adopted by the 2016 Council increase clubs' flexibility in meetings and membership categories, they don't permit clubs to deviate from Rotary's essential elements:
- We are still business, professional, and community leaders. Our qualifications for membership have not changed.
- The Object of Rotary, our basic tenets, have not changed.
- Our essence statement - join leaders, exchange ideas, and take action - have not changed.
- Our values of fellowship, integrity, diversity, service, and leadership have not changed.
- The Four-Way Test, one of our most important distinguishing features, has not changed.
"The changes the Council did make ... empower clubs to adapt to a changing environment to remain relevant in our second century of service."
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Rubber Ducky Ticket Sales: Volunteers are needed to help sell Rubber Ducky tickets at Starbucks and the NSYMCA. The next Starbucks selling dates are 6/18 and 6/25. If you can spare an hour or two to sell tickets, please contact one of our Rubber Ducky Team Captains; Howard Schultz, Jordan Schmidt, Dave Masters, Joe Loescher and Joe Cavanaugh. 
