The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, COORDINATOR COMMUNIQUÉ A forum for Foundation news December 2012

1. The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
COORDINATOR COMMUNIQUÉ
A forum for Foundation news
December 2012
Message from Brenda Cressey, 2013 RRFC Institute Moderator
“Rotary continues to transform the world because of the good works of
Rotarians with the help of our Rotary Foundation”.
As many of us prepare to celebrate this season of PEACE AND LOVE we all
count our many blessings and we take solace in the simple fact that our
“Service” to others allows each of us to be “CHANGE MAKERS” in a world
needing our attentions and concern.
“Doing Good in the World” is an exceptional motto for our Rotary Foundation and one we share in many
of our discussions and presentations to others. This motto alone helps all Rotarians understand the
connection between our projects and the importance of our contributions, no matter how big or small. In
other words, everyone‟s support is just as important as the others! The Every
Rotarian Every Year initiative is proof of that.
What would it take to change the world?
You and Rotary's 1.2 million members believe it starts with a commitment to
Service Above Self.
From our volunteer service in communities at home and abroad to the
support of education and job training, providing clean water, combating
hunger, improving health and sanitation, and most of all to eradicate polio.
Wishing you all “Peace Through Service” and looking forward to seeing
you all very soon in San Diego!
POLIOPLUS
The second annual global “swimarathon” for polio eradication, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Grantham,
Lincolnshire, England, will take place on 23 February, Rotary‟s 108th anniversary. Last year‟s event raised
more than US$100,000, with over 5,000 people in 23 countries swimming at least 100 yards at the same time.
The event drew the support of over 100 Rotary clubs and set a new Guinness World Record for the most
people swimming simultaneously in different countries. To learn more or get your clubs involved, view the
following explanatory video or visit the website.
World’s Biggest Commercial Update
As of 20 December, there are currently 3394 participants from 110 countries in the World‟s Biggest
Commercial. The world leader is the United States with Brazil and India a close second!
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We want your participation, but we need your support to champion the campaign and make it a success.
Here's how you can help:
 Upload a photo of yourself making the “This Close” sign to the commercial. Just go to the website
www.endpolionow.org, click on World‟s Biggest Commercial and follow the instructions to upload a
photo to the constantly expanding commercial.
 Incentivize all your contacts to do the same! Show the commercial to your friends and family and ask
them to participate. Please share it through your own websites, blogs and social media channels. Invite
others to join you to end the fight against polio!
 Set aside time at your next club meeting, speaking engagement or community project to invite people
to make history together. Snap a picture of individuals--or groups -- and instruct them how to upload
the photo to the website--or have a laptop available to do it for them!
 Promote the campaign in fan pages and personal Facebook accounts with the ready to use WBC
Timeline Covers available at www.endpolio.org/resources . For advertising in the websites, you can
find files with web banners options here. They can be adapted to you needs.
To help explain the campaign to end polio, see below for some helpful tools and resources:
 Video Promotional campaign (in languages)
 Key messages about polio
 Ziggy Marley is a musician and a Rotary polio ambassador. His song, Personal Revolution, appears on
“End Polio Now”, an album to benefit fight to end this devastating disease. Now available on iTunes!
 Infographics are easy ways to get your message across. To talk about polio funding see here. To see a
graphic on the status of polio eradication go here.
FUND DEVELOPMENT
Rotary Foundation Contribution Figures for the five months ended 30 November 20121
Annual Fund: US$30.1 million
PolioPlus: US$11.1million
Permanent Fund & Related: US$8.3 million
Other Giving: US$5.2 million
Donor Advised Fund: US$747 thousand
Total Contributions: US$55.5 million
Rotary Peace Centers Major Gift Initiative: US$80.9 million
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This report is confidential. Totals differ from audited financial statements. Other Giving includes flow-
through contributions, such as the sponsor portion of Matching Grants and Global Grants that are not
recognized as contribution revenue on the financial statements. PolioPlus excludes contributions from the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please note the following 2012 Year-end Deadlines for TRF Contributions (USA & CANADA):
(For those of you located outside of the US & Canada, please consult the Rotary International Office
serving your area to confirm year-end deadlines for your regions(s).
Credit Cards: Online via www.rotary.org – must be authorized on or prior to 31 December 2012, midnight
(Central Standard Time).
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Fax: (847-328-4101) / Phone: (866-976-8279) - must be received prior to the close of business on 31
December 2012.
Mail (least preferred): Sending credit card information by mail is less secure and slower than contributing on-
line. If submitting credit card contributions by mail it must be postmarked by 31 December 2012 and
received by the Foundation by 8 January 2013:
Checks: must be postmarked 31 December 2012 or prior and received at the Foundation by 8 January 2013.
United States Lockbox Address: Canada Lockbox Address:
The Rotary Foundation The Rotary Foundation (Canada)
14280 Collections Center Dr. c/o 911600
Chicago, IL 60693 USA PO Box 4090 STN A,
Toronto, ON M5W 0E9, Canada
Wire transfers: Must be initiated prior to 31 December 2012 and received by 4 January 2013.
Securities: must be received in The Rotary Foundation‟s gifted securities account by 31 December
2012. Instructions are available for the U.S. and for Canada, or can be found by searching for „stock transfer‟
on rotary.org.
Charity Miles, United Airlines and Rotary International
As a year-end holiday gift, United Airlines is again offering a donation of 10 million miles to benefit charity
miles partners. Help Rotary win United Airline air miles by voting at
http://10millioncharitymiles.com/charity/39. Help us get to #1 by voting today and every day until
December 25, 2012. Last year, we took second in the contest, receiving 2.5 million charity miles. Your vote
could help Rotary come in first this year!
District Governors-elect Work to Achieve 100% Participation in Giving
In July, Rotary International President-elect Ron Burton asked each district governor-elect to join him in
making a personal contribution to The Rotary Foundation before the 2013 International Assembly. By doing
so, they will become the first class ever to have every district governor-elect make a gift. As of 17 December
2012, 67% of district governors-elect had made a contribution to The Rotary Foundation and seven zones
have already achieved full participation for the amount totaling US$349,793.75.
Yesterday, each RRFC should have received a communication with details about those DGEs that have yet to
contribute in their zones. RRFCs will continue to receive updates on their progress as they work to achieve
this milestone.
Percentage of
District District
Total District Governor- Governor-
Governors- elect elect
Zone elect Contributors Contributors
1 14 12 86%
2 9 9 100%
3 11 7 64%
4 14 5 36%
5 14 2 14%
6 18 3 17%
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7 18 14 78%
8 21 20 95%
9 12 8 67%
10 13 9 69%
11 18 9 50%
12 12 7 58%
13 14 8 57%
14 11 9 82%
15 15 13 87%
16 15 5 33%
17 16 11 69%
18 15 10 67%
19 14 7 50%
20 23 12 52%
21 23 11 48%
22 24 8 33%
23 30 13 43%
24 17 14 82%
25 10 10 100%
26 13 13 100%
27 15 11 73%
28 12 8 67%
29 16 14 88%
30 12 12 100%
31 14 14 100%
32 20 17 85%
33 15 15 100%
34 14 14 100%
Grand
Total 532 354 67%
FUTURE VISION PILOT OPERATIONS
Club and district timelines updated
Updated versions of the club and district timelines are now available.
First packaged grant with Oikocredit
Check out this news story about the first packaged grant with Oikocredit to develop women‟s business skills
in the Philippines.
Qualification update
Districts continue to complete the qualification process in great numbers. The statistics for qualification as of
18 December are below:
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Total Number of
Status Districts Pilot Nonpilot
Qualified 390 62 328
Pending Verification 5 2 3
Pending 1 0 1
Draft 99 22 77
None 43 17 26
Attached is a list of all districts and their qualification status.
The online district qualification process is available to all 2013-14 governors, governors-elect, and district
Rotary Foundation committee chairs and is the process by which districts ensure that they have the necessary
financial and stewardship controls in place to manage their grant funds. Districts must be qualified in order
for districts to apply for a district, global or packaged grants. Qualification related documents are available on
the Foundation Grants FAQ page.
Tutorial videos on new grants system
New tutorial videos are available to help Rotarians learn about district qualification and the district grants
application process. The videos are available in English and languages:
District Qualification Process
DE: https://vimeo.com/50299781 IT: https://vimeo.com/50326562
EN: http://vimeo.com/49926534 JA: https://vimeo.com/50396748
ES: https://vimeo.com/50396515 KO: https://vimeo.com/50143901
FR: https://vimeo.com/50166040 PT: https://vimeo.com/50154388
District Grants online application
DE: https://vimeo.com/53708329 IT: https://vimeo.com/53708328
EN: https://vimeo.com/52872249 JA: https://vimeo.com/53708333
ES: https://vimeo.com/53704315 KO: https://vimeo.com/53708330
FR: https://vimeo.com/53708327 PT: https://vimeo.com/53712601
Prepare for 2013 Rotary Foundation Training in San Diego, California, 18-19 January
If you are still learning about the new grants, be sure to go to www.learn.rotary.org and take the course titled
“Future Vision: Introduction to Future Vision”.
For general information on global grants, go to www.learn.rotary.org to take the following courses:
 Future Vision: Building a Global Grant
 Future Vision: Managing Grants
 Future Vision: Areas of Focus
Ensure that your district Rotary Foundation committee chairs come to San Diego prepared. If they did not
attend GETS training, ensure they have reviewed the materials that the governs-elect received at GETS.
Districts should be working on finalizing their district committee structure, implementing the district MOU,
determining how they will allocate DDF, and determining how district grants will be administered. Resources
and additional suggestions for preparing for San Diego can be found in the document titled Preparing your
District for Rotary Foundation Grants in 2013.
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RRFCs should have received the Rotary Foundation Training Workbook and Leaders‟ Guide. Please take
some time to become familiar with the materials. There will be many opportunities for RRFCs to have their
questions answered on Thursday, 17 January during Train the Trainer.
TRF PROGRAMS
ROTARY PEACE CENTERS
Chulalongkorn class to begin in January 2013
Seventeen Rotary Peace Fellows from 11 countries will travel to Bangkok, Thailand, in January to participate
in the three-month professional development certificate program at Chulalongkorn University. In addition to
coursework, the session will include two field studies. Fellows will travel to northern Thailand and Nepal to
explore topics in conflict analysis and post conflict resolution. To learn more about the Rotary Peace Centers
program at Chulalongkorn University, please visit http://www.rotary-chula.org/.
Peace Fellows in the field
Class 10 fellows from the University of Queensland began their Applied Field Experiences last month. Below
is a sampling of some of the work peace fellows are engaging in:
 Erica Jeffrey is working with Dance 4 Peace in Mindanao, the Philippines to assist in conducting
training, workshops, and classroom programming using Dance 4 Peace‟s progressive pipeline
curriculum and developing further programs. Dance 4 Peace empowers young people to be leaders
and peacemakers in their schools and communities using dance and creative movement.
 Rick Roeder is using his knowledge of conflict resolution and mining law to study the circumstances
that lead people to engage in violence as a means of conflict resolution in some places and non-
violent forms of conflict resolution in other regions. Rick will be researching in Australia, Chile, and
South Africa.
Rotary Peace Center’s dinner celebrates achievements
Rotary Peace Centers supporters and friends gathered at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel in New York City
for a dinner on 3 November 2012 to celebrate the achievements of the Rotary Peace Fellows. The event
followed Rotary-UN Day, underscoring Rotarians‟ enduring commitment to world peace, which included a
presentation on Telling Stories that Matter by Rotary Peace Fellow Kiran Sirah.
Rotary Peace Forums
The first of three Rotary Peace Forums was held in Berlin, Germany from 30 November to 2 December to
champion President Sakuji Tanaka‟s RI theme, Peace Through Service. Over 1,800 Rotarians were in attendance;
and five Rotary Peace Centers alumni presented in a panel moderated by Past RI General Secretary Ed Futa.
Stay tuned for the next two Rotary Peace Forums in:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: 25 to 27 January 2013 - The Green Path to Peace
Hiroshima, Japan: 17 to 18 May 2013 - Peace Begins with You
For more information check out: www.rotary.org/peaceforums
Rotary Peace Fellows post on The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation website
Rotary Peace Fellows have been posting articles on The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation website. Current
and former fellows whose writing has been highlighted include: Mark Flanigan from ICU, Kiran Sirah from
UNC, and Edward Chinhanhu from Chulalongkorn University. Check out the blog posts by clicking on the
fellow‟s names or by visiting http://www.tutufoundationusa.org/news/.
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Rotary Peace Fellow Application
The 2014 Rotary Peace Center application will be available on-line in January 2013 via the Rotary Peace
Centers website. Applications are due 1 July 2013.
Sign up to receive more Rotary Peace Centers news.
ALUMNI RELATIONS
Rotary Program Participation Survey
Former Rotary program participants can provide their information to Rotary International through a new
survey. This survey is intended for all Rotary Foundation alumni – former Ambassadorial Scholars, GSE
participants, Rotary Peace Fellows, and Global Grant recipients – as well as former Rotaractors, Interactors,
Youth Exchange, and RYLA participants to update their contact details and stay in touch with Rotary.
Encourage past programs participants to visit
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Alumni/contactinfo/Pages/ridefault.aspx to share their story
and discover new opportunities with Rotary.
Alumni Updates
Christina Fleming, USA, Rotary Peace Fellow, University of Bradford, UK, 2006-08,
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Monarch Beach Sunrise, CA, District 5320, USA
After finishing her peace fellowship at the University of Bradford, Christina went on to
complete a master's degree in nursing for nurse-midwifery at Yale University. She recently
took this knowledge into the field where she works for Doctors Without Borders, staffing the
field hospital at the Gendrssa Refugee Camp in the Madan area of South Sudan. When she
returns from South Sudan in 2013, she will start a PhD at Johns Hopkins University in
Health and Violence working on programs for refugees and survivors of violence.
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
SHARE Tip of the Month
Unused DDF at the end of the current Rotary year continues to roll forward into the next year‟s DDF
balance. This does not change with the new grant model in 2013-14. However, as stated in the Foundation
Committee Manual (publication 300), “Funds that roll over to the following year cannot be used for district
grants.” What can these funds be used for? Global grants and donations.
Questions about SHARE? Contact Steve Lyons, 847-866-3362; steve.lyons@rotary.org.
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