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The Rotary Foundation
is Rotary's vehicle for service throughout the world. The Foundation supports all the programs for which Rotary is known, from Polio Eradication to Global and Ambassadorial Scholarships, Humanitarian Aid, International Youth Exchange, Disaster Relief, Peace and Conflict Resolution, local community grants, and much more.
Members and non-members alike support Rotary's many projects with your contributions to the Foundation. Rotary Foundation is a 501(C)(3), not affiliated with any political, national, religious institution or ideology. All donations are IRS tax-deductible if you itemize.
Some of our Club members donate just once, some are Sustaining Members of the Foundation, Paul Harris Fellows, or Benefactors, and these categories are explained below. Some designate a specified amount as an automatic withdrawal or credit card charge to support Foundation Giving. Whether it's a dollar or more, your contribution WORKS!
How to donate: Go to https://my.rotary.org/en/donate or see your Club Secretary.
On the website…..Choose between: One-Time Gift or
Your choice of monthly, quarterly or an annual donation
By cash, check or credit card auto-pay
LEVELS OF GIVING -- EVERY DOLLAR HELPS !
Rotary Foundation Donor
$1 or more!
Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member
$100 cumulative donation over time (First $50 is matched by the Club!)
EREY (Every Rotarian Every Year) -- JUST 28 CENTS PER DAY !
$100 annually, EASIEST through auto-deduct or auto-charge @ $8.33 /month or more
Paul Harris Fellow
$1,000 cumulative donation over time
Paul Harris Society
Pledge of $1,000 per year
Major Donor
$10,000 cumulative donation over time (can include two spouses' separate totals)
Benefactor
$1,000 or more by will or inclusion as a beneficiary in an insurance policy
Bequest Society
$10,000 or more by will or inclusion as a beneficiary in an insurance policy
FOUNDATION RECOGNITION POINTS
You can gift or designate a recipient of Paul Harris points that you earn by donating.
FORCED TO TAKE TAXABLE IRA DISTRIBUTIONS at age 70 1/2?
RE-DIRECT part or all of your IRA distributions to THE ROTARY FOUNDATION ! The IRS allows you to PAY NO TAXES on the amount you are required to withdraw, if you use that to donate to Rotary Foundation! It's a win-win!
STEP ONE: Write to your plan administrator, indicating the amount you are requesting to re-direct as a donation per Section 408(d)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be sent to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (FEIN 36-3245072) c/o Vicky Perez, Senior Gift Adm. Specialist, Rotary Foundation, 1560 Sherman Ave., FN 120, Evanston, IL 60201-3698.
STEP TWO: Write to Vicky at the address above to tell her that you have directed a donation in this manner, with the name of the IRA Administrator from whom she will receive payment, and your Member ID Number so that you are properly credited. You may also advise Vicky if you wish to designate a particular fund, eg Annual (SHARE) Fund, Polio Plus, or a specific area of focus.
STEP THREE: Follow up to make sure it gets done on time to avoid penalties for non-withdrawal of funds!
Questions? Contact vicky.perez@rotary.org or call 817-866-3401 or our District's Paul Harris Society Chair, Claire Gierat (Belvidere), at gieratclaire@comcast.net, 815-979-3200.
Thank you for ALL you do!
Submitted by Claire Gierat, Paul Harris Society and District Governor Scott Shore
ALL THIS TO SAY...
whether it's a dollar a day or a whole lot more, your donation works to save lives,
help those in desperate need, bring peace, and improve the world. THANK YOU!
For info, or to give on-line, visit
Mail Contributions to
The Rotary Foundation
14280 Collections Center Drive
Chicago, IL 60693, USA
Questions? Email:
To make a contribution by phone:
1-866-976-8279
PC ROTARY DONOR INFO:
ROTARIANS ARE PROVIDED A MEMBER ID NUMBER WHICH IS ALSO YOUR FOUNDATION ID NUMBER. SEE YOUR CLUB SECRETARY FOR YOUR NUMBER IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT HANDY.
PUTNAM COUNTY ROTARY RECEIVES CREDIT FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
OUR CLUB NUMBER IS 3070
OUR ROTARY DISTRICT ALSO RECEIVES CREDIT FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
OUR DISTRICT NUMBER IS 6420.
THESE CREDITS HELP OUR CLUB AND DISTRICT OBTAIN GRANT SUPPORT WHEN SPONSORING CLUB & DISTRICT PROJECTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
Questions? Email PutnamCountyRotary@gmail.com
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION !
Foundation Quotes:
Our 35,000 clubs carry out sustainable humanitarian service projects. Using donations like yours, we’ve wiped out 99 percent of all polio cases. Your donations train future peacemakers, support clean water, and strengthen local economies.
When you give to The Rotary Foundation, you fuel our service projects - projects that eradicate polio, promote peace, and improve developing communities.
Donating to Rotary means clean water and sanitation. Health and hope in areas that were once ravaged by diseases like polio. Economic development and new opportunities. Your financial help makes all this happen, and more.
Our partners make our donations go even farther. For every $1 we commit to polio eradication, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $2. Many local corporate employers also match our contributions.
CHARITY NAVIGATOR, the world’s premier charitable cause watchdog, gives Rotary Foundation its highest possible rating – Four Stars! Volunteer run, fiscally managed, collaboratively supervised by Rotarian partners in every corner of the globe where service projects happen.
Half of what we donated to the annual fund returns to the District three years later in the form of matching community grants!
HELP support our work as Rotarians in all SIX AREAS OF FOCUS .... Peace, Water, Maternal Health, Literacy, Economic Independence & Disease Eradication !
EVERY level of giving is appreciated and honored.
A legacy --- a gift left by will or part of an insurance policy -- helps to guarantee Rotary’s future ability to give hope to those in need.
A gift of any value to the Foundation can be a thoughtful and heart-felt recognition of a milestone event, appreciation for a gesture of kindness, or a tribute to the memory of a close friend.
The women of a community in India, previously forced to weave without enough compensation to feed themselves or their children, now have their own machines, their own business and their independence – changing a tradition of exploitation to a new culture of economic freedom.
Children at schools in Kenya now have clean, safe water to drink and a chance to thrive, to learn, and to lead their communities into a new age of health, ambition and prosperity.
Expecting mothers in South America are provided medical screening and prenatal care. Babies are born with clinical support to help ensure the health of both mother and child.
Literacy programs in Central Africa teach the fundamentals of learning while also educating young students about sanitation, self-protection and disease prevention.
Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution institutions throughout the world offer scholarships and support for tomorrow’s ambassadors and peace-builders.
National immunization efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan traverse remote mountain villages and militant-held terrain, to administer polio vaccines that will prevent new and uncontrolled outbreaks, as we continue our quest to end polio now and forever.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !
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