Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation and is the “charitable arm” of Rotary. 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. To find and download the current Rotary Foundation Newsletter or a back issue, click here.

Why Should I Support The Rotary Foundation? Because…

Thirty Million People A Year Die From Hunger

75% of them are children – one third of total world child mortality
840 Million people in the world are malnourished – they are always hungry
This is one out of every seven people worldwide

45,000 people a year die each month in congo

From non violent causes – malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia or malnutrition

1.2 Billion People Don’t have safe Drinking water

This is 1/5 of the people in the world
2.4 Billion people in the world live without any sanitation

A Billion People in the world can’t read or write

This is more than 1/5 of the people in the world
There are 900 Million illiterate people on this earth, of whom two thirds are females
In the US there are 40 million functionally illiterate adults

And because…EVERY DOLLAR You Donate
Will Be Spent On POVERTY

Some Major Projects Funded By The RI Foundation

PolioPlus: $633 Million has been funded
More than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine in the world for the eradication of Polio.

PolioPlus Partners Goal: $100 Million By 2010-2011
Donations will be matched by “The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Challenge Grant”
This program allows Rotarians to participate in the polio eradication effort by contributing to specific social
mobilization and surveillance activities in polio-endemic countries.

Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants: $74 Million has been funded
For Projects that enhance health, help alleviate hunger or improve human development.

Matching Grants: $291 Million has been funded
To support the service activities or humanitarian endeavors of districts in communities locally
and internationally.

District Simplified Grants: $21 Million has been funded
To support the short-term service activities or humanitarian endeavors of districts in
communities locally or internationally.

Ambassadorial Scholarships: $490 Million has been funded
This is one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world.

Group Study Exchange (GSE): $96 Million has been funded
More than 57,000 individuals (about 12,000 teams) from 100 countries have participated.

$991 Million Has Been Spent On Rotary Foundation Programs
Since It’s Inception In 1948!