Rotary Foundation Awards and Recognition

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Rotary Foundation Awards and Recognition

As a Rotarian, 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.

  • Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member - When you give $100 or more per year to the Annual Fund.

  • Paul Harris Fellow - When you give $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant. To recognize someone else as a Paul Harris Fellow, you can give that amount in their name.

  • Multiple Paul Harris Fellow - When you give additional gifts of $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant.

  • Paul Harris Society Member – When you elect to contribute $1,000 or more annually to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant. 

  • Bequest Society - When you make a commitment for future gifts of $10,000 or more to The Rotary Foundation, you’ll be invited to join the Bequest Society.

$10,000: Bequest Society pin and an exclusive art piece suitable for framing

$25,000: Rotary’s Promise crystal and named endowed fund, plus all of the above

$50,000: Separate named endowed funds directed to two areas of focus or districts, plus all of the above

$100,000: Customized Rotary’s Promise crystal, plus all of the above

$250,000: Posthumous induction into the Arch Klumph Society, plus all of the above

$500,000: Special seating and registration benefits at the Rotary International Convention, plus all of the above

  • Major Donor - When your cumulative donations reach $10,000. Major Donors can choose to receive a crystal recognition piece and a Major Donor lapel pin or pendant. NOTE: Name recognition is not automatic and needs to be reported to RI staff. Recognition items commemorate giving at these levels:

                Level 1: $10,000 to $24,999

                Level 2: $25,000 to $49,999

                Level 3: $50,000 to $99,999

                Level 4: $100,000 to $249,999

  • Benefactor – When you include the Endowment Fund as a beneficiary of $1,000 or more in your estate plans or when you donate $1,000 or more to the fund outright. Benefactors receive a certificate and insignia to wear with a Rotary or Paul Harris pin.

  • Arch Klump Society – When your cumulative donations reach $250,000. Recognition includes an induction ceremony and your picture and biography in the Arch Klump Society interactive gallery at the Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA. You also receive invitations to society events, along with membership pins and crystals that commemorate giving at the following levels:

     Trustees Circle: $250,000 to $499,999

     Chair’s Circle: $500,000 to $999,999

     Foundation Circle: $1,000,000 to $2,499,999

     Platinum Trustees Circle: $2,500,000 to $4,999,999

     Platinum Chair’s Circle: $5,000,000 to $9,999,999

     Platinum Foundation Circle: $10,000,000 and above

  • Legacy Society - When you promise a gift of $1 million or more to the Endowment, you’ll be listed in Rotary’s annual report and invited to exclusive Rotary International and Foundation events. Legacy Society members also receive special recognition items and all the benefits provided to Bequest Society members.