The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International focuses on enabling Rotarians to fund humanitarian projects, with significant contributions from districts and clubs. In the 2016-17 year, approximately $396,672 was allocated to match global grant projects, highlighting the importance of TRF in humanitarian efforts. Over the past five years, substantial funding has been raised, contributing over $4.45 million to various initiatives.

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The Rotary Foundation
of Rotary International
How TRF Helps Fund
Your Rotary Grant
Projects...
Presented by
PDG Mike Montgomery

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of Rotary International
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Started with a simple idea....
“enable Rotarians to do good
in the world...”
• Eradicate Polio
• Peace Fellowships
• District Grants
• Global Grants

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of Rotary International
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In a world of foundations,
This one is different.
Today we’ll focus on two funds:
• Annual Fund
• World Fund

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of Rotary International
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It starts with YOU!
2012-13 District 5030’s 3000 Rotarians
King Co. + South Snohomish Co.
Contributed $554,821 to the Annual
Fund of The Rotary Foundation of
Rotary International (TRF)

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of Rotary International
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This past July… JULY 1, 2016
The Rotary Foundation transferred half of
that $554,821 to our District Designated
Fund (DDF) for the 2016-17 Rotary Year.
The other half went to the World Fund.
So... $277,410 + residual ≈ $396,672 DDF

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of Rotary International
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District Governor & Finance Committee
determines how to apply the DDF:
For 2016-17
• 50% ($142,650) goes to fund the District
Grant (block grant).
• 50% + residual ($283,294) goes to
matching funds for Global Grant projects.

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The Rotary Foundation
of Rotary International
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International vs .. and ..
your Club’s Foundation
Partners, not competitors!
They complement each other!

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of Rotary International
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Great Idea -- $50,000 budget
Water & Sanitation Project – Ethiopia
Your club - $ 5,000
Edmonds Daybreakers - $ 5,000 $15,100
Lynnwood - $ 5,000 cash
Addis Abba Sunrise - $ 100

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of Rotary International
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Great Idea -- $50,000 budget
Water & Sanitation Project – Ethiopia
District Match (DDF)*
Your club - $ 5,000 $ 5,000
Daybreakers - $ 5,000 $ 5,000
Lynnwood - $ 5,000 $ 5,000
Addis Abba - $ 100 N/A
$30,100
* To a max of $15K per club per project
Rotary Foundation Month, NOV 2015

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of Rotary International
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Great Idea -- $50,000 budget
CLUBS DISTRICT WORLD FUND
$ 5,000 $ 5,000 DDF $15,000 DDF
$ 5,000 $ 5,000 DDF $ 7,550
$ 5,000 $ 5,000 DDF
$ 100
$15,100 + $ 15,000 DDF + $22,550
$52,650

11. What do we do…really?
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In just one Rotary year (2015-16+)!
Foundation report:
• 91 pages of Global Grants in 14-1/2 mo;
• 1,112 Global Grants approved;
• 19 Global Grants approved every week!
Note: Global Grants fund projects with budgets of
$30,000 to $200,000.

12. Congratulations D-5030
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DDF
2011-12 $ 300,433
2012-13 $ 277,410
2013-14 $ 318,067
2014-15 $ 314,827
2015-16 $ 404,084
2016-17 $ 396,672
$2,011,493 ($353,172 still unspent)
$2 million of DDF put to projects in 6 years +
Club Cash + World Fund match = Est. $4.5
million to projects you wanted to do!

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TRF funding accounts for over 68% of
clubs’ humanitarian project budgets.
Without TRF matching funds, most
humanitarian projects would not get
off the ground!

14. When You Support The
Rotary Foundation…
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• You significantly increase funds avail-
able to do good in your community.
• You significantly increase funds
available to do good internationally.
• You absolutely enable Rotary’s reason
for being!

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Every Rotarian Every Year
• Use Rotary Direct *
• Sustaining Member = $8.34 / mo.
• District Goal = $16.67/ mo.
• Paul Harris Society = $1,000/ year
(= $ 83.34/ month)
* Only contributions to “SHARE” will apply to
DDF or count toward EREY!

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The Rotary Foundation
of Rotary International
• Reach for the stars!
• Community driven, Memorable,
Sustainable, Effective!
• Team up and Cooperate!
Celebrate The Rotary
Foundation Centennial!

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The Rotary Foundation
of Rotary International
Thank you very much!
Dictionaries for 3rd Graders - Seattle
Village library in Kenya

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of Rotary International
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of Rotary International
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2011-12 $ 649,639
2012- 13 $ 772,085
2013-14 $ 797,855
2014-15 $1,451,782
2015-16 $ 783,622
$ 4,454,983
Thank you for supporting The Rotary Foundation!
In just the past 5 years... you contributed $4.45
million to several funds of The Rotary Foundation
of Rotary International.

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of Rotary International
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D-5030 Polio Plus contributions:
2011-12 $ 67,378
2012-13 $ 55,077
2013-14 $ 66,141
2014-15 $ 43,699
2015-16 $ 47,149 (as of MAR 31)
$279,444