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Arch C Klumph - RI President 1916-17

“… it seems proper that we should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in the world.”

Rotary Foundation has changed the lives of literally millions of people around the world

How?

What is ‘The Rotary Foundation’? It is Rotary’s own Charity!

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New Grant Model Goals

• Simplify ... programs and processes
• Focus .... to increase global impact
• Support ... global and local efforts
• Increase ... ownership at District & Club
• Enhance ... Rotary’s public image

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Packaged Grants Global Grants District Grants End Polio Now Humanitarian Programmes

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• Mercy Ships
• Water ... UNESCO-IHE
• Aga Khan University ... health education scholarships
• ... but limited opportunities

Packaged Grants

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• In April 2014, Rotary Foundation Trustees

decided to phase out packaged grants, after an assessment of the program showed significant changes between the

• riginal goals and the actual experience
• f Rotarians.

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• Assist in funding humanitarian service projects in

co-operation with Rotarians in another country

• Minimum amount of project $30,000
• Must address one of the six Areas of Focus
• Must demonstrate sustainability
• Rotary Foundation matches DDF 1:1 & Club

contributions ½:1

Global Grants

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Peace and Conflict Resolution/Prevention Disease Prevention and Treatment Water and Sanitation Maternal and Child Health Basic Education and Literacy Economic and Community Development District Foundation Goals

Comply with the Future Visions Plan

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How does a Global Grant work for a project?

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• Thurrock Gateway: RDEP India - $8,000
• Harlow Tye: Sand Dams - $3,808
• D1240: Guildford Eye Project - $1,807
• Global Grant Scholarship: Jonathan Porter at UoE
• Billericay Mayflower: Uganda Water Project - $3,000
• Hadleigh Castle: Mseleni Children’s Home, South Africa -

$8,000

Global Grants

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Global Grants

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• Must be in line with The Rotary Foundation Mission
• Can be used for Local or International projects
• Must meet community need
• Must have significant Rotary involvement
• Projects should be promoted in the local media
• Club contribution normally matched 1:1

District Grants

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• Chelmsford: Toilet Block, School in Pakistan - £8,182

(£3,600)

• Harwich & Dovercourt: Barge trip for handicapped young

people £2,000 (£1,000)

• Brentwood Breakfast: Crossroads Young Carers Activity

Day £500 (£250)

• Colchester Trinity: Good Life Orphanage, Mombasa

£2,500 (£1,250)

• Hadleigh Castle: Disabled Youth Games £3,000 (£2,000)
• Colchester: Young Carers Day Out - £1,500 (£750)

District Grants

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District Grants can now be used to fund participation in Youth Programmes, including:

• Rotary Youth Exchange
• Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
• Rotaract
• Interact

These programmes provide young people with the

• pportunity of a lifetime.

District Grants

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The Rotary Foundation is one of the world’s largest, private sponsors of University-level International Scholarships.

Scholarships

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Global Grant Scholarships at Essex University:

• Jonathan Porter from Ajax, Ontario,

Canada (D7070) studying International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

• Abigail Tibbetts from Tyler, Texas, USA

(D5830) studying Ideololgy and Discourse Analysis. Contact Colin Daines for talks.

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ANNUAL FUND – SHARE

Invested for 3 years Investment Income covers costs

Clubs or Individual Donations

District Designated Fund World Fund

District Grant

50%

Income From Permanent Fund

Polio Challenge

50% 50%

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2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017

Three Year APF Investment Plan

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Unused DDF rolls forward to the next year; Districts notified in August

2014-15 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Unused DDF is calculated; Districts notified in May

Funds Raised Funds Spent

SHARE System

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Investment Plan Pays for Administration

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Rotary Foundation Wateraid Oxfam Christian Aid Save the Children

Fund Raising & Admin Campaigning Prog Management Direct Action

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District Foundation Goals

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• In 1985 there were 365,000 cases of polio

annually

• WPV2 - No cases reported since October 1999
• WPV3 – No cases reported since November 2012
• WPV1 – 291 cases so far this year (v. 341 in 2013)
• Pakistan – 246; Afghanistan – 20; Nigeria – 6;

Non-endemic countries - 19

End Polio Now

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Keep fund-raising for Polio!

• World’s Greatest Meal (www.wgmeal.com)
• Crocus Buttonholes (www.rotarygbi.org)
• Grow your own crocus project for schools

(www.rotarycrocus.com)

• Any other ideas! (www.purplepinkie.com)

End Polio Now

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Fundraising

£5 a month and gift aided, makes you a Sustaining Member District Foundation Goals

very

• tarian

very ear

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• A bequest of $1,000 or more makes you a

Benefactor - 5% of the membership

• A bequest of $10,000 or more makes you eligible

to join the Bequest Society

• The principal of the Permanent Fund is never

spent so you become a supporter of Rotary Foundation forever

Leave a bequest to the Permanent Fund

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Rotary Foundation Goals 2014-15

• To eradicate Polio ... Let's finish the job!
• To support Rotary's own & only Charity, through continued

giving

• To ensure the progress of our new grants programme by

participating in sustainable, educational & humanitarian projects

• To foster understanding, goodwill & peace by promoting &

publicising the Rotary Peace Centres programme

John Kenny - Chairman of Trustees 2014-15

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Don’t let Foundation confuse you!

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The Rotary Foundation makes the Difference

Thank you Rotarians!