THE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERSMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVETHE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERS

MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE

Permanent Fund Committee Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

5 November 2007

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Today there are still far too few mediators who are experienced practitioners in conflict resolution. There is an urgent need to produce another generation of people who can play a mediating role in the future.

Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.

Rotary Centers:Peace is PossibleRotary Centers:

Peace is Possible

The Rotary Centers have been selected by the Trustees as the highest educational priority

for the Foundation

THE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERSMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVETHE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERS

MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE

… is committed to raising US$95 million dollars

by 30 June 2015

THE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERSMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVETHE ROTARY CENTERSTHE ROTARY CENTERS

MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVEMAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE

US$95 million by 30 June 2015

Fund 120 fellows per year

Major gifts based

US$95 million by 30 June 2015

Fund 120 fellows per year

Major gifts based

Investing in the Future of Investing in the Future of Peacemaking: US$95 MillionPeacemaking: US$95 Million

Investing in the Future of Investing in the Future of Peacemaking: US$95 MillionPeacemaking: US$95 Million

Phase I (2005 – 2010)• US$50 million endowed

• US$5 million named

Phase II (2010 – 2015)• US$40 million endowed

Phase I (2005 – 2010)• US$50 million endowed

• US$5 million named

Phase II (2010 – 2015)• US$40 million endowed

Three Year Fundraising GoalsThree Year Fundraising GoalsThree Year Fundraising GoalsThree Year Fundraising Goals

2007-2008 US$8,000,000

2008-2009 US$12,500,000

2009-2010 US$15,500,000

TOTAL US$36,000,000

Major Gift ProspectsMajor Gift ProspectsMajor Gift ProspectsMajor Gift Prospects

• 400 major gifts needed

• 5 solicitations for each gift received

• 2,000 major gift prospects required

• Focusing on 0.2% of all Rotarians

• 400 major gifts needed

• 5 solicitations for each gift received

• 2,000 major gift prospects required

• Focusing on 0.2% of all Rotarians

Investing in the Future of Investing in the Future of PeacemakingPeacemaking

Investing in the Future of Investing in the Future of PeacemakingPeacemaking

NUMBER OF GIFTS

AMOUNT OF GIFT

TOTALS

40 $ 500,000 (+) $72.5 M

360 $10,000 to $500,000 (+)

$22.5 M

400 Grand Totals $95 Million

MAJOR GIFTSMAJOR GIFTSFUNDRAISINGFUNDRAISINGMAJOR GIFTSMAJOR GIFTSFUNDRAISINGFUNDRAISING

Identification

Cultivation

Solicitation

Identification

Cultivation

Solicitation

Volunteer StructureVolunteer StructureRCMGI Committee:RCMGI Committee:

Volunteer StructureVolunteer StructureRCMGI Committee:RCMGI Committee:

Dr. Edward Blender, Chairman (USA)

Judy M. Magub (Australia)

John F. Germ, Vice-Chair (USA) G. Kenneth Morgan (USA)

William Benter (Hong Kong) William E. Skelton (USA)

Jackson San-Lien Hsieh (Taiwan) Gulam A. Vahanvaty (India)

Kyu Hang Lee (Korea) Yoshimasa Watanabe (Japan)

Ron D. Burton, Liaison Trustee (USA)

Volunteer StructureVolunteer StructureVolunteer StructureVolunteer Structure

RCMGI Committee:RCMGI Committee:RCMGI Committee:RCMGI Committee: Advise the Trustees on progress on this initiative

Share the Rotary Centers story and our shared dream for peace 

Work with staff in making sure that goals are met by helping identify potential donors, cultivate them and ask them for support

New Brochures, Rotary Centers

Newsletters and DVDs

• Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker, Zone 25, USA

• Edward and M. Patricia Blender, Zone 25, USA

• Paul G. and Jean Elder, Zone 28, USA

• Masafumi and Hatsumi Fukui, Zone 3, Japan

• Gerald L. and Vicki Harp, Zone 29, USA

• Jackson Hsieh, Zone 4, Taiwan

• Bill Huntley, Zone 17, UK

• Al Jubitz, Zone 23, USA

• Charles C. Keller, Zone 28, USA

• Noboru and Yasuko Ohkubo, Zone 3, Japan

• Kyu Hang Lee and Hee Sung Park, Zone 9, Korea

Endowments for Rotary CentersEndowments for Rotary Centers

• A. R. Ramachandra and Suseela Reddy, Zone 22, Canada

• Paul F. and Carolyn C. Rizza, Zone 28, USA

• Rotary District 2650, Zone 3, Japan

• Rajendra K. Saboo, Zone 5, India

• Philip J. and Kathleen M. Silvers, Zone 25, USA

• Shigeo and Megumi Takayama, Zone 2, Japan

• Sakuji and Kyoko Tanaka, Zone 2, Japan

• Marilyn and William P. Tennity, Zone 24, USA

• Anonymous, Zone 4B, Hong Kong

• Anonymous, Zone 30, USA

Endowments for Rotary CentersEndowments for Rotary Centers

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