Foundation-2010/2011

“ROTARY’S own charitable Fund”Annual giving programDistrict & Global Grants

Polio plusPlan for Eltham Rotary

Eltham Team: Gary Williams & Mike Wetzler

Annual giving program

• “Every Rotarian every year”,• Annual contributions to Foundation are invested for 3

years,• RI target per Club is US$2000 in 2010/2011, • Tax deductible,• Over 3 years, contributions fund- Foundation operations,

Fund administration & admin expenses,• 50% credited to District (District Dedicated Funds “DDF”)

after 3 years,• SHARE system cuts in @ 3 yrs -50% to District Dedicated

Funds(“DDF”) & 50% to World Fund,

District Grants(50% of SHARE)

• @ 30 June 2010 approx $ 65,000 in District 9790 DDF kitty,• Clubs in District 9790 apply for local community & international Grants,• Cash contributions by Clubs are matched @ 50c in dollar,• Career enhancement-Group Study Exchange ( GSE )- provision for up to

$13,000 funding of a second team in 2010/2011.• District Simplified Grants ( DSG)-max 20% of DDF- apply to humanitarian

efforts (health, hunger, infrastructure),• Size of District Grant (DSG) determines size of any WF Matching Grants,• Education- Ambassadorial Scholarships-to students who have completed

2 years of Uni./secondary college education + one year vocation with strong case for goodwill mission,

• Volunteer Service Grants to Rotarians & partners to plan a project or provide direct service

Global Grants(50% of SHARE)

• 50% of Annual Giving Program goes to World Fund (WF), after 3 years, for Global Grants,

• 100% of Permanent (mainly Corporate) funding goes to WF,• New vision for Global Grants-100 Districts participating in 3 year pilot-basis will be

size of Grant -effective 2013/2014, • Applied to disease prevention & treatment; water & sanitation; basic education &

literacy; maternal & child health projects worldwide,• Matching Grant is dollar for dollar with District (“DDF”) for education,

humanitarian, infrastructure projects-not building- where two Rotary Clubs co-operate,

• Worldwide career development- funding of one GSE team from District per year,• Mike Wetzler has nominated today as Team Leader for outbound team to District

1950, Southern Germany, May 2011,• Justin Justin ( Eltham CFA) & Adam Brown ( Buckleys Beer) have nominated today

as Team Members to District 1950 May 2011

Polio Plus

• US$355 million grant from Gates Foundation,• Rotary Intnl. challenge to raise US$200mn to

eradicate polio worldwide,• Year 3 of the challenge-maybe the last,• Recent outbreak of polio in Russia,• Every Rotary Club has been asked to

contribute >US$1,000 this year.

Plan for Eltham Rotary

• Raise $6,000 for Foundation in 2010/2011,• Where from?• $2,000 Annual Giving – we have 50 members @

$40 /head average will get us there,• $2,000 Polio Plus – the organisers (Pago & Chris) of

the Food/Wine evening on 14th October have agreed to benefit Polio Plus,

• $2,000 @ Conference March 2011 bike ride in whatever form that takes (sponsor Trevor & Ken?)-at this stage plan to support Malaria eradication.