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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
Designating your gift
You can direct your Annual Fund gift to SHARE, the
World Fund, or an area of focus fund.
SHARE is the primary source of funding for
Rotary Foundation programs. It’s also the
only Annual fund designation that generates
funding for the District Designated Fund.
Contributions to Rotary Foundation funds enable Rotary Districts use their DDF to pay for the
Rotarians to carry out humanitarian educational Foundation activies they choose to participate
projects. Donors may direct their gifts to three
main funds : the Annual Fund, which support in.
the Foundation’s humanitarian and educational WORLD FUND contributions provide the
programs worldwide: the Permanent Fund, which Foundation’s portion of funding for approved
provides an endowment; and the Polio Plus Fund. grants. Through the World Fund, the
Foundation Trustees can allocate funds where
Annual Fund
the needs are the greatest.
AREAS OF FOCUS contributions provide the
Foundation’s portion of funding for activies
addressing critical humanitarian issues and
needs.
POLIOPLUS FUND
The Annual Fund makes it possible for Rotary
Clubs to transform lives worldwide. Your generous
support funds local and international projects
that advance The Rotary Foundation’s mission. All
contributions to the fund and spent on quality
Rotary projects.
Since the PolioPlus program’s inception in 1985,
more than two billion children have received oral
polio vaccine. But Rotary’s work is not done. The
disease has not yet been eradicated. After 25 years
of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the
brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but
a strong push is needed now to root it out once
and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic
proportions.
The Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) initiative
encourages all Rotary Club members to help us Reaching the ultimate goal of a polio-free world
reach our goal to support The Rotary Foundation presents ongoing challenges, not the least of which
financially each year. is US$535 million funding gap through 2012. As
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