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

The Rotary Foundation

            The mission of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.  There cannot be world understanding and peace when people are hungry, sick, uneducated and living in squalor. 

 

The Rotary Foundation is comprised of these major funds:

·         ANNUAL PROGRAMS FUND:  Supports Ambassadorial Scholars, Group Study Exchange, District Simplified Grants, DDF Matching Grants.

 

·         THE WORLD FUND:  Supports Humanitarian Grants, World Peace Scholars, 3h Grants, Matching Grants.

 

·         THE PERMANENT FUND:  An endowment fund established in 1982.

 

·         THE POLIO PLUS FUND:  Supports the ongoing efforts of RI to eradicate polio.

 

DONOR DESIGNATIONS

·         Staining Member $100 per year

·         Paul Harris Fellow $1,000 in cumulative giving to the foundation

·         Benefactor $1,000 or more to the Permanent Fund

·         Paul Harris Society $1,000 in annual giving to the foundation

·         Bequest Society $10,000 or more to the Permanent Fund

·         Major Donor $10,000 or more to the APF, PF, or TRF