November 2025 is Rotary Foundation Month

November 2025 is Rotary Foundation Month, a time for Rotary members to celebrate and support The Rotary Foundation, which provides funding for service projects that improve lives in communities around the world. During this month, Rotarians often hold fundraisers, dedicate meetings to Foundation topics, and encourage increased contributions to the Annual Fund to support causes like promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, and supporting education.
What Rotary Foundation Month is about:
  • Purpose: To raise awareness and funds for The Rotary Foundation, which transforms donations into sustainable projects.
  • Focus: Members are encouraged to support the Foundation’s global and local impact through giving and service.
  • Activities: Clubs and districts organize events like fundraisers, grant projects, and educational meetings to engage their members. 

For those that have already given, you’re one step closer to your next Paul Harris achievement! And here was the global impact of giving in 2024-25:

Your generosity helped us reach several milestones in 2024-25 that will bring hope, resources, and sustainable solutions to more communities around the globe.

Together, we raised more than US$569 million in the Rotary year that just ended! These funds are more than just donations — they are the means that allow the Foundation to support service projects in communities close to home and around the world.

And together, we reached an incredible goal of surpassing US$2.050 billion for our Endowment. This achievement dramatically enhances the long-term resources available for members to undertake life-changing initiatives far into the future.

Thanks to you, we’ve been achieving meaningful change. In 2024-25 the Rotary Foundation was able to:

• Award 1,424 global grants, 468 district grants, and 74 disaster response grants
• Renew our agreement with the Gates Foundation, recommitting to the fight to end polio
• Award the Programs of Scale grant to an initiative that works to build peace in Colombia
• Partner with Symbiosis International University to create a Rotary Peace Center in India

Because of you, Rotary members are able to address the world’s toughest challenges. This means helping people access clean water, education, health care, and disaster relief, while working steadfastly to eradicate polio.

 

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