Rotary Foundation - Rotary's own charity

The Rotary Foundation is a not for profit corporation enabling Rotarians and their partners to achieve sustainable solutions to global problems. Widely recognised as being in the top 5 for Best Value Charity Giving, it celebrated its 1st 100 years in 2017

The Rotary Foundation - celebrating 100 years of doing good in the world in the Rotary year 2016/17
The Rotary Foundation - celebrating 100 years of doing good in the world in the Rotary year 2016/17

The Mission of the Rotary Foundation

updated October 2021

The mission of the Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotary members and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. This support is essential to make possible projects, funded with Foundation grants, that bring sustainable improvement to communities in need.

Visit the main Rotary Foundation pages

Read the annual report for the year ending June 2019 (*)

Or go straight to the finances in the annual report 

* You will see links to giving pages here. Please note that Rotary Clubs and Rotarians and non-Rotarians in the UK give through Rotary Foundation UK, so that individual giving can benefit from Gift Aid.

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Disaster response grants for support of Ukrainians in our local commmunities

Deadlines for club applications: Sunday 23rd October and Sunday 6th Novermber.

Application form

Guidance notes

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For more information or to invite a member of the Foundation Committee to speak to your Rotary Club members, contact John Philip, Chair of the District 1090 Rotary Foundation Team.


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Rotary Foundation - Rotary's own charity pages:

End Polio Now

more Rotary's remarkable commitment. Working with an incredible network of people, we really are so close to eradicating polio. (10 pages below this)

our Rotary Scholars in 2017/18

Rotary Scholars

more This is the one of Rotary's largest programmes, running since 1947. (1 page below this)

Rotary Youth Exchange – USA Tour ’81 Alumni Association

Inspiring Alumni from Rotary Programmes

more Each year, thousands participate in Rotary's educational and youth programs, all known for fostering international understanding and friendship. But the experience doesn't have to end when the program is over.

Our Vocational Training Team, teaching emergency birth skills in Uganda

more Our Vocational Training Team was established in 2013, with its first visits in 2014, followed by visits each year since then (1 page below this)

The Centenary of the Rotary Foundation

more help us celebrate 100 years of the Rotary Foundation

Rotary Working for Peace

more Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution is a top priority for members of Rotary and one of the organisation's seven Areas of Focus. (5 pages below this)

Humanitarian Grants: District Grants and Global Grants

more Humanitarian grants from the Rotary Foundation enable Rotarians to support service projects that provide water wells, medical care, literacy classes and other essentials to people in need. Rotarian participation is key to the project's success. (5 pages below this)

Our Rotary Foundation

Giving to our Rotary Foundation

more a reminder on how funds are spent and how we can continue to give to the Foundation