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.
 
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