During the past 100 years, The Rotary Foundation has spent $5 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects around the world.
The Rotary Foundation is Rotary’s own charity delivering our vision of a better world.
The Rotary Foundation is supported solely by contributions from the public, Rotary members and friends of the Foundation.
Those contributions, gifts and donations are transformed into service projects that change the lives of thousands of people across the world.
With 91% of funds spent on the programmes and projects it delivers, The Rotary Foundation, based at the Rotary Headquarters in Illinois, USA, is globally recognised for its financial efficiency, accountability and transparency.
Rotary Foundation Grants
Every year, The Rotary Foundation gives hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Rotary Clubs throughout the world for humanitarian projects, vocational training and scholarships in Rotary’s cause areas.
Ranging from small-scale, short-term activities to large, international projects, Rotary grants strengthen global partnerships and provide sustainable and measurable benefits to communities.
Grants from The Rotary Foundation support thousands of projects every year.
The Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom
Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom (RFUK, a charity -No. 1002059 – and limited company – No. 2582374 – registered in England), is an Associate Foundation of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) of Rotary International Evanston, USA. RFUK supports the aims of The Rotary Foundation by providing funding for its programmes and offering a direct service for giving in Great Britain and Ireland.
RFUK has recovered over £1 million in Gift Aid since 2001, allowing even more communities to benefit from The Rotary Foundation
Walsall Rotary Foundation Committee
Our Foundation Committee organizes fund-raising events to fulfill our commitments to TRF and to look for projects to carry out both at home and abroad which can often be with the aid of Global, District and matching grants to help increase funding considerably to ensure a lasting impact from the projects supported.
World Polio Day – 24th October 2026
UNICEF and WHO can vaccine 100 people with Polio vaccine for £00.17p per dose. 
About Polio: Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e.g. contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis.
The Aim: The ultimate aim of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), as it aims to achieve a lasting world free of all forms of poliovirus, is to reach and vaccinate every single child, multiple times, with polio vaccines. Whether through routine immunization or supplementary immunization activities.
Eradicate Polio Now | Global Polio Eradication | GPEI Home
UK Government withdraws financial support for Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Rotary expresses its deep concern
GPEI Statement On UK Announcement To End Its Funding For GP…
UK Government withdraws financial support for Global Polio Eradication Initiative – Rotary District
Contact your MP – To urge them of the importance of continued funding for Stop Polio Now
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