Naming opportunities
Naming opportunities
Special opportunities are available to create an endowment or make a directed gift in your name or the name of a loved one. Endowed gifts are invested in perpetuity, with part of their earnings spent on a designated program. Directed gifts are spent in their entirety, usually in the following Rotary year.
Endowed global grant fund
- US$500,000 or more: You can specify up to three of the following: the district sponsor, the area of focus, the general geographic region of the project, or the type of grant activity, such as a project or scholarship.
- US$250,000 or more: You may choose up to two of the options listed above
- US$150,000 or more: You may choose one grant activity type, such as a humanitarian project, scholarship, or vocational training team.
Named endowment
If you donate US$25,000 or more, you can direct the money to one of the following:
- Area of Focus: funds global grants in one area of focus
- World Fund: funds global grants in all areas of focus
- SHARE: supports the World Fund and provides district designated funds to your district
- Rotary Peace Centers: supports Rotary’s partnership with leading universities around the world to train professionals in conflict resolution, peace studies, international relations, and related disciplines
Directed gift global grants
- US$150,000: A one-time gift that provides funding for global grants in up to two areas of focus of your choice or to a special initiative of the Foundation, such as WASH in Schools
- US$30,000: A one-time gift that provides your district with funds for one or more global grants in an area of focus of your choice
- US$15,000: A one-time gift that provides funding for a global grant in an area of focus of your choice without specifying the district that will sponsor the grant
Rotary Peace Centers endowment opportunities
- US$1.5 million: Endows a Rotary Peace fellow every year
- US$1 million: Endows a Rotary Peace fellow every two years
- US$1 million: Endows a visiting lecturer every year
- US$750,000: Endows a Rotary Peace fellow every three years
- US$500,000: Endows a Rotary Peace fellow every four years
- US$250,000: Endows one Rotary Peace certificate fellow every year
- US$100,000: Endows an annual seminar at a Rotary Peace Center
- US$25,000 and up: Provides general support
Rotary Peace Centers directed gifts
- US$75,000: Provides funding for a Rotary Peace Fellow to complete a two-year master’s degree program
- US$75,000: Provides funding for up to 10 internships or research projects for peace fellows
- US$60,000: Provides funding for five fellows enrolled in the three-month professional development certificate program
- US$10,000: Provides general support
Rotary Peace Symposium directed gifts
- US$400,000-US$500,000: Underwrites the cost of the Peace Symposium
- US$50,000-US$100,000: Provides full funding for a donor-specified element of the peace symposium (speakers, Rotary Peace Fellow travel, etc.)
- US$10,000-US$25,000: Provides funding for a hosted reception connected to the Peace Symposium
- US$10,000 and up: Provides general support for the Peace Symposium
Entrepreneurial named gift for peace
- US$75,000-US$1 million: Funds new opportunities within Rotary’s peace programs for global grants and the Rotary Peace Centers, such as workshops and retreats, and other initiatives.