Madison Rotary Foundation vs.
Rotary International Foundation
The
Rotary International Foundation is the joint effort of 31,000
Rotary Clubs around the world. The foundation funds educational
and exchange programs such as Group Study Exchange,
Ambassadorial Scholars and makes matching grants for
international projects proposed by individual districts or clubs
around the world. The Rotary International Foundation also
funds health, hunger and humanitarian programs, of which PolioPlus, which seeks to eradicate polio from among the world's
children by the year 2005, is perhaps the most well-known.
The Madison Rotary
Club provides $12,000+ per year in support to the Rotary International
Foundation through semi-annual contributions. Also the Paul Harris
Fellow Program (which consists of $1,000 donations made by or in the
name of individual club members to Rotary International) is also a
significant funding source for the international foundation.
The Madison Rotary
Foundation is supported in an annual fund drive of the Rotary Club of
Madison members at the end of each year, and supports local social
projects, youth activities and awards and locally selected international
projects. These local grants are made out of the proceeds of the annual
fund drive, as well as out of the earnings from the corpus of the
foundation. The annual grants are made in accordance with criteria
adopted by the foundation and are periodically updated to reflect the
charitable giving wishes of the Madison Rotary Foundation members -
which is all members of the Rotary Club of Madison.
Four Rotary Club of
Madison Committees evaluate grant requests of agencies and programs and
make recommendations for disbursements to the Club and Foundation
Boards. These four committees are the Community Grants Committee, the
Youth Awards Committee, the Youth Exchange Committee and the
International Service Committee.
It is important to
understand that there is no direct relationship or cross-funding
between the local club foundation and the international foundation -
except if the local foundation nominates and makes contributions for
Paul Harris Fellows, or unless the local foundation contributes to a
project which is eligible for matching funds by Rotary International.
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