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Ways to Give

Donating to Rotary means clean water and sanitation. Health and hope in areas that were once ravaged by diseases like polio. Economic development and new opportunities. Your financial help makes all this happen, and more.

Give where the need is greatest

When you give to The Rotary Foundation, you fuel our service projects - projects that eradicate polio, promote peace, and improve developing communities.

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With your help, we can make lives better in your community and around the world

  • Why should I donate to The Rotary Foundation?

    Giving works because Rotary works. We are proud that 90.8 percent of donations go straight to supporting our service projects.

  • How does The Rotary Foundation use donations?

    Our 35,000 clubs carry out sustainable humanitarian service projects. Using donations like yours, we’ve wiped out 99 percent of all polio cases. Your donations train future peacemakers, support clean water, and strengthen local economies.

  • What impact can one donation have on the world?

    It can save a life. A child can be protected from polio with as little as 60 cents. Our partners make your donation go even farther. For every $1 Rotary commits to polio eradication, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $2.

Giving today

  • A gift to The Rotary Foundation is a meaningful way to honor a loved one.

    Memorial or tribute

  • Rotary Direct allows you to help year-round by automatically giving each month, quarter, or year.

    Recurring giving

  • Support the thousands of service projects our people of action are tackling around the world.

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Your Rotary legacy

  • The Foundation offers several ways to structure your charitable gift, which may result in tax and financial benefits. Learn more about customizing your Rotary legacy.

    Planned giving

  • Make a major impact by supporting a Rotary global grant.

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  • Your gift to the endowment ensures a steady stream of support so we can continue to change the world well into the future.

    Endowment

Support our causes

When you give to The Rotary Foundation, you are directly supporting Rotary’s work. Your gift makes our service projects — projects that eradicate polio, promote peace, and develop communities — happen.

Help us end polio forever

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for over 30 years, and our goal of ridding the earth of this disease is in sight. We started in 1979 with vaccinations for 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic.

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  • Growing local economies

    We carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old. We also strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities.

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  • Supporting education

    More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.

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  • Fighting disease

    We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. We improve and expand access to low-cost and free health care in developing areas.

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  • Promoting peace

    Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. We train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict and help refugees who have fled dangerous areas.

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  • Improving maternal and child health

    At least 7 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.

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  • Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene

    We support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day. We don’t just build wells and walk away. We share our expertise with community leaders and educators to make sure our projects succeed long-term.

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  • Protecting the Environment

    We are committed to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment.

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Leave a legacy

Gifts can be structured to meet a variety of personal objectives.

Other ways to give

Rotary offers a variety of secure ways to donate.

Giving resources

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