Building Our Rotary Foundation
Annual Fund
Permanent Fund
Rotary Foundation Canada
Foundation Recognition
Humanitarian Grants
1. District Designated Funds
2. District Simplified Grants:
3. Matching Grants
4. 3 – H (Health, Hunger and Humanity) Grants
5. Volunteer Service Grants
6. Application Processes
7. Applications Forms
8. Application Deadlines
9. Stewardship

Building Our Rotary Foundation

Every Rotarian, Every Year

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, throughout its history, has prided itself on being responsive to the challenges that confront humanity. Rotary’s hope is that every Rotarian will participate in their Rotary Foundation and help to grow and sustain the Foundation's many wonderful programs.

Rotary’s current goal is to achieve an average of $100 ( US) per member. In District 7070 that amounts to a District Goal of $230,000 (US).

In Canada, contributions to the Rotary Foundation are made via the Rotary Foundation Canada (see more info below)

ANNUAL FUND:

The Annual Programs Fund is the primary source of unrestricted support for the programs of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The mission of the Annual Programs Fund mirrors that of The Rotary Foundation: to support the efforts of Rotary International in the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national, and international humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs.

It is from the Annual Fund, that the Foundation and District 7070 fund our outbound Ambassadorial Scholars, the Group Study Exchange Teams, and the various Humanitarian Grant programs.

Individual Rotarians, Rotary Cubs and our supporters can all contribute to the Annual Programs Fund. The annual Foundation Walk is District 7070’s major fund-raiser for the Annual Fund.

Contributions to the Foundation can be made at any time. Please when doing so utilize the Contribution/Recognition form when forwarding funds to the Rotary Foundation Canada. The form can be downloaded from the District website by clicking here.

A/ Sustaining Members:

Rotarians recognize that without sustained support of the Annual Programs Fund, the programs of The Rotary Foundation cannot happen. Become a Sustaining Foundation Member by contributing at least US$100 to the Foundation each and every year.

B/ Direct Deposit:

Rotarians can arrange to make automatic withdrawals from their bank account to the Foundation on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis.

An explanatory brochure including a form to authorize such deductions can be downloaded from the District website by clicking here.

The contact for getting set up on TRF Direct (direct withdrawal) is Stephanie Kuta at Rotary International. She can be reached at Stephanie.kuta@rotary.org

C/ Credit Card Payment:

Canadian Rotarians can now directly contribute to the Rotary Foundation using their credit card. To do so click here.

PERMANENT  FUND:

The Permanent Fund ensures The Rotary Foundation's ability to meet the urgent needs of the future by building an endowment. The principle is never spent and while some of the investment earnings are used to help finance Foundation programs, the rest of the earnings are retained to help build the endowment.

1. Benefactors:

You may become a Benefactor to The Rotary Foundation by making the Permanent Fund a beneficiary in your estate plans or by making an outright gift of US$1,000 or more to the Permanent Fund.

District 7070 has an active program to encourage Rotarians to become a Benefactor. For information please contact Bill Patchett at 905-372-5271 or patch@eagle.ca our Benefactor Coordinator.
Download form here

An acceptable codicil for Canadian wills is:

“I hereby give and bequeath the sum of  ….$ to the Rotary Foundation (Canada) to be used as the directors of the Foundation may from time to time determine.”

2. Bequest Society:
 
The Bequest Society is made up of Rotarians and their spouses who have made a commitment to include in their estate a gift of $10K or more (US) to the Rotary Foundation.

Bequest Society membership forms can be downloaded from the District website by clicking here.

3. Major Donors:

Some Rotarians and their families are in a position to give sizable gifts to the Foundation. The Rotary Foundation recognizes those couples or individuals whose combined personal outright or cumulative giving has reached US$10,000. All outright contributions made to The Rotary Foundation are included in this total, regardless of the gift designation.

District 7070’s Permanent Fund Coordinator is PDG Bill Patchett at 905-372-5271 or email patch@eagle.ca.

If you and your family are in a position or if you know of someone in your Rotary Club who may be in a position to give a major gift to the Foundation – please like PDG Bill know.

Each year Mike organizes a Major Donors Dinner for Rotarians in southern Ontario. For more information – please contact Mike atat 416.867.7862 or michael.cooksey@sympatico.ca .

ROTARY FOUNDATION CANADA:

Rotary Foundation Canada maintains an office in London, ON. Our Canadian administrator is David Prowse. He handles Canadian donations to the Foundation and issues the applicable tax receipts.

The mailing address for contributions to the Foundation is:

The Rotary Foundation (Canada)
Box B9322
P.O. Box 9100, Postal Station F
Toronto ON
M4Y 3A5, Canada

Tax Receipts:

Rotarians can forward any tax receipt related inquiries to the Foundation Canada office at trfcanada@crcid.org or phone 519-473-3646. The TRF Canada fax number is 519-471-8982.

FOUNDATION RECOGNITION:

The Rotary Foundation provides a number of forms of recognition for donations to the Foundation. At this time these are handled through the Foundation office at RI in Evanston.

To verify recognition credits or to order recognition items such as Paul Harris Fellows, please contact Mitch Lowenstein at The Rotary Foundation. Mitch can be reached at Mitchell.Lowenstein@rotary.org  or at (847) 866-3365.

For more information about how you can help the Rotary Foundation grow go to:
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/development/annualprograms/index.html

Humanitarian Grants

The Rotary Foundation offers several grant programs that Rotary Clubs can access for their humanitarian projects. The programs have different dimensions but the general type of project expenditure which the Foundation will help finance are illustrated in the Humanitarian Grant Eligibility document, click here.

Please note: The Rotary Foundation uses the US dollar for all grant and administrative purposes.

1. District Designated Funds

2. District Simplified Grants:

3. Matching Grants

4. 3 – H (Health, Hunger and Humanity) Grants

5. Canadian Rotary Collaboration for International Development

Canadian Rotary Collaboration for International Development CRCID is a supplementary funding source available to Canadian Rotary clubs engaged in sustainable World Community Service projects and programs. CRCID receives its funding from the Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
CRCID matches Canadian Rotary funds as CIDA funds are available. It is recommended that the host Rotary club financially contributes to the project and that a Matching Grant application is made to The Rotary Foundation prior to seeking CRCID funding.
CRCID funding is contingent upon Rotary projects and programs adhering to its policies and procedures. These can be found in the CRCID Policy Manual.

Programs:

CRCID’s Mandate is poverty reduction with funding allocated towards the following program sectoral priorities:

• Health Concerns;
• Literacy and Education;
• Micro-Credit (New); and,
• Water Management.

Approved Programs and Projects require the submission of regular financial and narrative reports to ensure the project is being successfully implemented. These reports are utilized to inform Rotary International, the Canadian Government, Canadian Embassies and the Canadian Public of current international activities and the impact upon the local communities being assisted.

In order to increase the impact of the available funding for Rotary initiatives, CRCID will approve programs that are geographically focused. For the current list of programs and countries and projects please refer to the CRCID Approved Programs page.

6. Volunteer Service Grants:

The award is a flat grant of US$3,000 for an individual or $6,000 for a team of up to five members. A single project site may not benefit from more than one grant award at any given time. An individual volunteer may receive no more than two Volunteer Service Grants per Rotary year. Additional information is available at http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/FundAProject/VolunteerServiceGrants/Pages/ridefault.aspx

7. Application Processes:

The District 7070 Grants Subcommittee is available to assist clubs in completing applications. On completion, all grant applications must be forwarded to the District’s Foundation Grants Committee for review, and where requested, consideration of a DDF contribution. Applications sent directly to the Rotary Foundation will be returned. Please note consideration of grant applications must be in advance of the project or the aspect of a multi-year project for which funds are being requested. Retro-active applications will not be considered.
In District 7070, completed District Simplified and all Matching Grant applications (whether DDF is requested or not) must be forwarded to PDG Lars Henrikkson, D7070 Foundation Grants Sub-committee chair. This can be done electronically via email at lars@norditrade.com or by mail to 132 Banff Rd. Toronto ON M4P 2P5. For more information please contact Lars by email or by phone at (o) 416-489-8438.

Applications for the Volunteer Service Grants and 3-H Grants may be made directly to the Rotary Foundation.

8. Applications Forms:

District Simplified Grant Application: the form can be downloaded by click here.

District Simplified Grant Report Form: the form can be downloaded by clicking here.

Matching Grant Application Form: can be downloaded by clicking here.

Matching Grant Report Form: the form can be downloaded by clicking here.  

3- H Grant applications can be downloaded from the District website clicking here.  

For Volunteer Service Awards can be downloaded from the District website by clicking here.

9. Application deadlines:

10. Stewardship:

Report forms can be downloaded from the district website by clicking here.