From our leaders

This year, the family of Rotary showed the world that our commitment to service never wavers. In a time when many organizations were forced to pull back, Rotary moved forward. We adapted, collaborated, and delivered meaningful impact in communities around the world.

At the heart of this year’s success was our shared commitment to peace. The 2025 Presidential Peace Conference marked the opening of our newest Rotary Peace Center in partnership with Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Türkiye. This inspiring gathering brought people together to educate, to listen, and to strengthen our collective capacity for peacebuilding in the Middle East and beyond. 

We continued our fight to end polio, even as the virus remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Rotary has stayed the course, working tirelessly behind the scenes with global partners and governments, navigating disruption, and identifying new sources of support. Our ability to remain focused on solutions has brought us closer than ever to a polio-free world.

This year, we also announced our fifth Programs of Scale awardee, Pathways to Peace and Prosperity in Colombia. This initiative, in partnership with the World Food Programme, helps communities recover from conflict by building economic opportunity, improving food security, and restoring hope for a better future.

And thanks to the generosity and dedication of our entire Rotary family, we received US$569 million in gifts and commitments, surpassing our US$500 million fundraising goal for 2024-25.

We also reached US$2.050 billion in net assets and expectancies, exceeding our ambitious Endowment milestone of US$2.025 billion by 2025! Rotary officially announced this goal at the 2017 Rotary Convention and in less than 10 years, we were privileged to celebrate our success at this year’s outstanding convention in Calgary, Canada. 

Thank you for believing in The Magic of Rotary. When our family of Rotary comes together, shares our gifts, and supports one another, there is no challenge we cannot overcome and no dream we cannot achieve.

With gratitude,