Dave Willman, Foundation Chair, District 5450 provided an overview on how the Foundation serves as a tool to fuel our club service projects. When you give to the Annual Fund – SHARE, The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives close to home and around the world.
The Rotary Foundation raised more than $434 million in 2021-22 to support programs that spur positive, lasting change.
In the past year, the Foundation :
*Awarded 1,199 global grants ($73 million in program awards) to support large-scale projects, scholarships, and vocational training teams
*Allocated 478 district grants ($27 million in program awards) to support short-term service projects that address community needs and fund scholarships, youth programs, and vocational training teams
*Funded 207 disaster response grants ($8 million in program awards) for immediate response, short-term assistance, and long-term rebuilding following disasters
*Awarded 33 PolioPlus grants ($149.1 million in total funding) to UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and other agencies to support global polio eradication efforts, immunization campaigns, and virus transmission monitoring countries where polio is endemic
*Approved 11 PolioPlus Partners grants ($1.4 million in total funding) to support urgent, member-led social mobilization projects, such as National Immunization Days and surveillance activities in high-priority countries
*Selected 130 Rotary Peace Fellows to study at Rotary Peace Centers around the world to become catalysts for peace and development
* And to top it all off, we've earned 14 consecutive four-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
Learn more at: my.rotary.org/annual-fund-and-share