During the past 100 years, the Rotary Foundation has spent more than £3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects around the world. With 91% of funds spent on the programmes and projects it delivers, the Foundation is widely recognised for its financial efficiency, accountability and transparency.
The essence of how it works is that Rotary Foundation turns donations into projects that are aimed at changing lives for the better, both close to home and around the world.
The Foundation helps to create goodwill and peace by improving health, the quality of education and the environment, and therefore alleviating poverty. Practical help includes:
- protecting children from polio
- providing clean water to help fight waterborne illness
- anti-bullying campaigns that provide a safe environment for children.
Rotary Foundation Grants
Each year, the Foundation gives around £54 million worth of grants to Rotary clubs throughout the world for humanitarian projects, vocational training and scholarships in Rotary’s causes. Ranging from small-scale, short-term activities to large, international projects, the grants support over 1,000 projects every year.
The Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom
The associated Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom (RFUK) supports the aims of the Rotary Foundation and has recovered over £1 million in Gift Aid since 2001, allowing even more communities to benefit from the Rotary Foundation.
Rotary on the Brink of Polio History
Since 1985, Rotary’s key humanitarian priority has been to rid the world of polio. For more than 30 years it has led the campaign to rid the world of polio, protecting 2.5 billion children from paralysis and death. today, the number of cases is down by 99.9%.