1. Things We Do Better Than Most Other Charities
Support donor-driven projects
Bridge the business community to an international need
Manage costs effectively
Provide ongoing stewardship
Respond to evolving world needs and donor interests
Things we do better than anyone else… (read slide)
Why shouldn’t The Rotary Foundation be the charity of choice for our members?
Please continue you support of the Rotary Foundation

2. Rotary Foundation SHARE Funding
District Designated Fund (DDF)
TRF Program Funding
Rotarian Donations
World Fund
Interest 2 2

3. Two Needs, Two Ways of Giving
For support
today
To secure tomorrow 3 3

4. APF-SHARE 3-Year Cycle
2005
2006
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2012
Funds from Annual Giving available to districts 3 years after they are contributed - through SHARE
Contributions made to the Annual Programs Fund in become available in
Contributions made in available in
Here is another illustration of our investment cycle. The funds you had available this year are the direct result of your efforts in The funds your clubs will spend come July, are a result of your efforts in
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Your efforts will come back to you during the Rotary year.
How do you want to be remembered 3 years from now?

5. Your Contribution at Work
Permanent Fund earnings
also support the World Fund
After three years, funds are split
between DDF and World Fund
Funds are invested
for three years
Contributions to the
Annual Programs Fund
Year 3 1 2
3-H Grants
One GSE Team per District each year
Matching Grants (matches district
and club input)
Volunteer Service Grants
50% – World Fund
Matching Grants
District Simplified Grants
Ambassadorial Scholarships
Rotary Centers
Extra GSE Teams
University Teacher Grants
50% – District Designated Funds
Fifty percent (50%) of all contributions come back to your district through District Designated Funds (DDF) in three years to spend on educational and humanitarian programs chosen by us; even grants that may be used for projects in our local community. Through the SHARE system, your contributions to the Foundation help both the locally and globally.
Here’s an example:
Year 1: Your district raised $100,000 in
Year 2: $50,000 is available in DDF for programs you select.
Year 3: Spending takes place in
Programs funded through District Designated Funds include: Matching Grants; District Simplified Grants; Ambassadorial Scholars; Rotary Centers for Int’l Studies; additional Group Study Exchanges, University Teacher Grants etc.
The other 50% goes to the World Fund and is used to fund other Foundation programs in which we can participate, such as 3-H Grants, GSE and Matching Grants. (Each district receives one GSE that is funded from the World Fund.) and Volunteer Service Grants.
The Rotary Foundation provides a 1:1 match for District Designated Funds (or SHARE) contributions and a 0.5:1 match for new cash contributions for Matching Grants. And, districts can request up to 20 percent of District Designated Funds (DDF) for a grant to support multiple projects locally or internationally.

6. Every club will set its APF & Permanent Fund goals
Suggested Annual Programs Fund goals:
100 % Member Participation
US$100 per capita
10-15 % Increase
These are all great stories, that began with contributions to the Annual Programs Fund. The Annual Programs Fund is the primary source of unrestricted support for the programs of The Rotary Foundation. It is for these programs; for the beneficiaries, why we give. It is for the stories these programs permit us to tell.
For us to continue doing all of the great things we do, it is necessary for Every Rotarian to participate in the programs and to support the Foundation Every Year.
In the next century, if Rotary is to be there to:
provide the largest privately funded scholarship program in the world
feed the hungry
care for the sick
shelter the poor
and lead the way toward peace and world understanding,
…then Every Rotarian needs to support the Annual Programs Fund with a contribution of US$100 or more, Every Year.

7. educate thousands of students; promote peace and global understanding.
“What an impact this wonderful organization has had on my life! I can hold my head high and say...
I helped to …
eliminate Polio;
educate thousands of students;
promote peace and global understanding.
I am doing all of this because I am a Rotarian! “
I’d like to close with a few words from a Rotarian from District 5650, in Nebraska, USA.
When Mary Garrison commented on why she is a Rotarian, she responded by stating:
“What an impact this wonderful organization has had on my life! I can hold my head high and say...
I helped to …
eliminate Polio;
educate thousands of students;
build numerous houses, schools, medical clinics;
I am helping promote peace and global understanding.
I am doing all of this because I am a Rotarian! “
I hope you feel proud that you are a Rotarian and you now understand that we need your help to build a solid future for OUR Rotary Foundation.
- Mary Q. Garrison
Wilber Rotary Club
District 5650

8. Your Support is Critical to
Every Rotarian can become a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member by making one or more Annual Programs Fund gifts totaling at least US$100 each year.
Please join ME and Every Rotarian in supporting OUR Rotary Foundation, Every Year.
Thank you.