Ways To Give To The Rotary Foundation (Canada)
There are numerous ways to support The Rotary Foundation (Canada). Your donation changes lives! Every amount contributed to The Rotary Foundation (Canada) is spent in support of humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs and their operations. Clubs and districts apply for and receive Foundation grants to carry out worthy projects worldwide.
Donate Online
When you donate online, you get to choose where your donations go. Support thousands of service projects our people of action are tackling around the world. Outright gifts can be made easily with The Rotary Foundation (Canada) online contribution form. This method expedites processing your tax receipt and Paul Harris Fellow recognition points. For online donations please visit https://my.rotary.org/en/donate.
- Memorial or Tribute Donations: A gift to The Rotary Foundation is a meaningful way to honour a loved one.
- Recurring Donations: Rotary Direct allows you to help year-round by automatically giving each month, quarter, or year
Donate by Cheque
Make your cheque payable to The Rotary Foundation (Canada) and send it with a completed recognition/contribution form, Click here for a copy of the form or here for a multiple donor form.
For where to send the donation(s), please visit our Contact page.
Donate by Phone
You can call into The Rotary Support Center and make a payment over the phone with your credit card. Call 1-866-976-8279 to make your donation.
For where to send the donation(s), please visit our Contact page.
Leave A Legacy
You can be an important part of the Foundation’s next century of serving humanity by including a gift to Rotary’s Endowment in your estate plan. Your gift will be carefully stewarded to provide funding for the programs you know and love, year after year. The principal is never spent, and available earnings are used to make a lasting difference in people’s lives.
Join the many Rotarians and friends who have made commitments to improving and enriching lives around the globe by creating your personal legacy with The Rotary Foundation.
Through Rotary, you can ensure your legacy reflects the impact you want to leave in the world. Choices include:
- World Fund offers unrestricted support wherever the need is greatest and provides a match so every Rotary district can participate in Foundation programs.
- SHARE splits annual earnings between the World Fund and District Designated Funds so districts can participate in Foundation activities to improve communities locally and around the world across all seven of Rotary’s areas of focus.
- Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals to become effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.
- Rotary’s seven areas of focus provide humanitarian projects, scholarships, and vocational training teams. Your legacy may be directed to support these activities in one or more of these areas.
- Basic education and literacy
- Community economic development
- Disease prevention and treatment
- Maternal and child health
- Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Environment
How to include Rotary in your estate plans
One of the most popular ways to include Rotary in an estate plan is through a will or codicil. Whichever method works best for you, please remember to use the official legal name The Rotary Foundation (Canada).
Here are a few examples for your adviser to consider:
◆ For a general gift of a certain percentage or portion of your estate: “I give to The Rotary Foundation (Canada) one-fourth of my estate.”
◆ For a gift of a specific asset: “I give 500 shares of [name] stock to The Rotary Foundation (Canada).”
◆ For a contingent bequest, which takes effect only when certain conditions are met: “In the event my spouse does not survive me, I give to The Rotary Foundation (Canada) the remainder of my estate.”
◆ For a residual bequest, which directs the disposition of all or a portion of whatever remains after all other required amounts are paid: “I give the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to The Rotary Foundation (Canada).”
As always, remember to consult independent tax and legal advisers before making any charitable gift.
Personalizing your fund
You can personalize your legacy with a separately identified fund that bears your name, your family’s name, or the name of a loved one, and with larger gifts it may be possible to direct the use of the funds more-narrowly to specific programs or regions. The minimum amount to establish a named fund is a commitment equal to US dollars $25,000. Example: The Louis Harrison and family endowment for Basic Education and Literacy.
Ways to fund your bequest
In addition to a named gift in your will, you may name the Rotary Foundation Canada a beneficiary of your retirement plan, your life insurance policy, or as a residual beneficiary of your Donor advised fund.
Notify us of your intentions
By completing our Legacy Notification form, we will confirm that your gift is named correctly, that your vision for your legacy is formalized on our records, and that we may recognize your commitment within our Benefactor, Bequest or Legacy Society.
Donate Public Securities
Contributing appreciated securities to The Rotary Foundation (Canada) may benefit you in two ways:
- You may avoid paying capital gains taxes
- You may receive a charitable tax deduction
Stocks may be transferred either electronically or by mail. Do not mail stock certificates to the Foundation’s post office box. Stocks and Securities are transferred to the Rotary Foundation (Canada) via RBC Dominion Securities. Download an information sheet for procedures for transmitting gifts of publicly traded securities to The Rotary Foundation (Canada).
For additional information on making a gift of stock, or if you’re interested in contributing mutual funds, bonds, or closely held securities, please fill out the contact form on this page.
Life Insurance- A powerful and simple way to support our work
When the original purpose for a life insurance policy no longer applies such as educating children now grown or providing financial security for a spouse- your policy can become a powerful and simple way to support our work. There are three popular ways to give life insurance to the Rotary Foundation Canada.
- Name The Rotary Foundation Canada as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy and your estate will receive a tax receipt for the proceeds of the policy.
- Take out a new policy, naming The Rotary Foundation Canada as the owner and beneficiary and receive annual tax receipts for the premium payments. (* gift acceptance terms apply)
- Transfer ownership of a paid-up policy naming The Rotary Foundation Canada as the beneficiary. You will receive a tax receipt for the fair market value of the policy. (*gift acceptance terms apply)
Like many charities, The Rotary Foundation has a gift acceptance policy that covers insurance gifts and limitations may apply. Please contact plannedgiving@rotary.org to learn more about these opportunities.
Workplace Matching Gifts
Over 15,000 companies have matching gift programs to encourage your support of the Rotary Foundation (Canada). More information is available on the following fact sheets:
Donor Recognition
Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. We recognize donors to express our gratitude for your commitment, offering individual and club recognition as well as naming opportunities that enable you to honor a friend or family member with a named or endowed gift. The following type of recognition is given:
- Individual
- Club
- Naming Opportunities
- Directed Gift Global Grants
- Rotary Peace Centers Endowment
- Rotary Peace Centre directed gifts
- Rotary Peace Symposium Directed Gifts
- Entrepreneurial Named Gift for Peace
Learn more here.
Have questions specifically on how to give? Contact Carolyn Ferguson, Senior Major Gifts Officer for The Rotary Foundation, through the contact form.