Rotary Foundation

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty. The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

The Rotary Foundation has two main streams of activity: programs and fundraising. Fundraising directly feeds program activities.

What makes The Rotary Foundation unique is its three-year funding cycle and the Foundation's mechanism for program participation, known in Rotary as SHARE.

Through the three-year cycle, funds contributed in any given year are invested for three years before being spent on programs. This ensures that all contributed dollars go directly to programs; only investment earnings are used to pay administrative costs. In years in which the Foundation's investments have performed well, the Foundation has been able to channel extra monies into program awards.

SHARE is the system the Foundation uses to allocate Rotarian contributions toward programs. At the end of the fiscal year, District 7510's contributions to the Annual Programs Fund is split, with 50 percent going to the district (to our District Designated Fund, or DDF) and 50 percent going to The Rotary Foundation (known as the World Fund, or WF). Districts can choose from a wide variety of options as to how they wish to spend their DDF. The Foundation uses the World Fund to pay for certain program activities available to all Rotary districts. The system allows Rotary districts and the Foundation to SHARE in the process of deciding how best to use Rotarian contributions.

For more information on Rotary District 7510's Foundation activities, please visit the Foundation section of the site.