NOVEMBER IS FOUNDATION MONTH!!!

What is the Rotary Foundation?

T he 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 Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

Rotary Foundation Highlights

Polio Plus

After 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

Reaching the ultimate goal of a polio-free world presents ongoing challenges, not the least of which is a hundreds of million dollar funding gap. Of course, Rotary alone can't fill this gap, but continued Rotarian advocacy for government support can help enormously.

As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high.

S ince the PolioPlus program's inception in 1985, more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine. But Rotary's work is not done: The disease has not yet been eradicated. Contribute to the PolioPlus Fund online or by mail to support Rotary's goal of a polio-free world.

Upwards of US$1 billion per year from all sources is needed in donor contributions to fund the final eradication phase. (Visit polioeradication.org for the most updated figures.) This level of expense is expected to decrease as wild poliovirus transmission is interrupted in the four remaining polio-endemic countries and outbreaks in previously polio-free countries are reduced. The budget for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is revised quarterly to reflect changes in epidemiology as well as financial contributions made by Rotary and other donors to the program.

Rotary's Challenge is our response to the two grants totaling $355 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help eradicate polio, which goes until 30 June.

Make a one-time gift or enroll in recurring giving to help End Polio Now.

• Learn how you might be able to donate US$5 to polio eradication via text message .
• Call the Contact Center at 1-866-9ROTARY (1-866-976-8279) or email contact.center@rotary.org or an international office if you have questions
• Subscribe to the End Polio Now newsletter
• Read more about our work fighting polio

Rotary Peace Centers

Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution

R otary Peace Fellows are leaders promoting national and international cooperation, peace, and the successful resolution of conflict throughout their lives, in their careers, and through service activities. Fellows can earn either a master’s degree in international relations, public administration, sustainable development, peace studies, conflict resolution, or a related field, or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict resolution

Visit the Rotary Peace Center's Facebook page or contribute on the causes page.

Rotary Foundation Grants

Making the world a better place!

Rotary Foundation grants support Rotarian efforts to change lives and serve communities through projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, save mothers and children, support education, and grow local economies.

Rotary's new grant model, often called the Future Vision Plan, is both simplified and streamlined, reducing the number of Foundation grant types from 12 to three. The new model goes into effect on 1 July 2013.