Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. The Rotary Foundation recognizes donors to express their gratitude for your commitment and offer individual and club recognitions, as well as naming recognitions that let you honor a friend or family member with a named or endowed gift.
Individual recognitions
- Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member – You become a Sustaining Member when you give $100 or more per year to the Annual Fund.
- Benefactor – The Benefactor recognition was approved in 1985. You become a Benefactor when you include the Endowment Fund as a beneficiary 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, Paul Harris Fellow, Major Donor or Bequest Society pin.
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- Paul Harris Fellow – The 1956 - 1957 Board of Trustees created the Paul Harris Fellow designation. You become a 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. You are recognized as a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow with each additional gift of $1,000. There are 9 levels. These are:
- Paul Harris Fellow: $1,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +1 (1 Sapphire): $2,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +2 (2 Sapphires): $3,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +3 (3 Sapphires): $4,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +4 (4 Sapphires): $5,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +5 (5 Sapphires): $6,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +6 (1 Ruby): $7,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +7 (2 Rubies): $8,000
- Paul Harris Fellow +8 (3 Rubies): $9,000
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- Paul Harris Society member – This was originally created in 1999 in District 5340. It became an official Rotary Foundation program in 2013. You become a member of the society when you give $1,000 or more annually to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant. Society members receive a certificate and insignia to wear with a Rotary, Paul Harris Fellow, or Major Donor pin.
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- Bequest Society member – At their October 1999 meeting, The Rotary Foundation Trustees approved the adoption of a bequest society recognition. You become a society member when you give $10,000 or more via your estate plans. All society members receive recognition from the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, and donors can choose to receive an engraved crystal recognition piece and a Bequest Society pin. These levels are:
- Level 1 (1 Diamond): $10,000
- Level 2 (2 Diamonds): $25,000
- Level 3 (3 Diamonds): $50,000
- Level 4 (4 Diamonds): $100,000
- Level 5 (5 Diamonds): $250,000
- Level 6 (6 Diamonds): $500,000
- Level 7 (7 Diamonds): $1,000,000
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- Major Donor – The Trustees approved Major Donor Recognition in 1991. You become a Major Donor when your cumulative donations reach $10,000. You can choose to receive a crystal recognition piece and a Major Donor lapel pin or pendant. There are 4 levels. Recognition items commemorate giving at these levels:
- Level 1 (1 Diamond): $10,000
- Level 2 (2 Diamonds): $25,000
- Level 3 (3 Diamonds): $50,000
- Level 4 (4 Diamonds): $100,000
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- Arch C. Klumph Society – This recognition was inaugurated by The Trustees in 2005. You become a member of the society when your cumulative giving reaches $250,000. The Rotary Foundation will invite you to an induction ceremony at the Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA and include your picture and biography in the Arch C. Klumph Society interactive gallery. You will also receive invitations to society events, along with membership pins and crystals that commemorate giving at one of these 3 levels:
- Trustees Circle (1 Diamond): $250,000
- Chair’s Circle (2 Diamonds): $500,000
- Foundation Circle (3 Diamonds): $1,000,000
Resources & reference
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