THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
District Foundation Update – April 2011
FOUNDATION CHAIR -
Rick Moore, PDG
Rotary Club of Charleston Breakfast
ANNUAL GIVING
Dr. Kay A. Oldhouser-Davis, PDG
Chair
Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise
PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY
Lou Mello
Chair
Rotary Club of Mt. Pleasant
MAJOR GIFTS
Ione H. Cockrell
Chair
Rotary Club of Columbia Capital
FOUNDATION SEMINAR
Larry Montague Jr.
Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise
DISTRICT 7770 ROTARY FOUNDATION
ANNUAL GIVING UPDATE
PDG Kay Oldhouser Davis, Editor
April 2011
We are tracking close to where we were at this time last year so we definitely have the
opportunity to once again be a million dollar district if we finish strong. In order to do this,
it is essential that all year-end contributions get recorded for this Rotary year.
Historically, nearly half of all annual contributions to The Rotary Foundation are received
between April and June. Delays in processing money and recognitions already exist at the
Foundation, and the situation is only going to get worse as the end of the Rotary year
approaches. Many clubs have a tradition of waiting until mid-June – or later – to send in their
contributions for the year. If this is your club’s tradition, please think of May as the new
June and submit your contributions no later than the end of May and preferably even earlier.
This will allow the Foundation staff to credit and record your contributions sooner, acknowledge
donors in a more timely fashion, meet any year-end recognition event deadlines, and ensure you
have the opportunity to submit requests for adjustments and/or corrections before the end of the
Rotary year. This will be very important for clubs that are trying to earn the EREY and the
100% Sustaining Member Club banners for 2010-11.
Please ensure that all contributions are being sent to the following address:
The Rotary Foundation
14280 Collections Center Drive
Chicago, IL 60693
Thank you so much for your dedication and support of our Rotary Foundation. With your
continuing help, we can have the most successful year ever in our district. By supporting The
Rotary Foundation, we are Building Communities Bridging Continents.
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Top 10 Annual Programs Fund (EREY) Wish List for 2010-2011
1. Every Rotarian in District 7770 contributes something to APF in 2010-2011.
87% in 2009-10; 81% as of 4/18/11
2. Every club averages at least $100 per member.
65 clubs in 2009-10; 45 clubs as of 3/31/11
3. Every club earns the Every Rotarian, Every Year Banner in 2010-11.
45 clubs in 2009-10
4. Every club meets its APF goal (without counting matching grant contributions).
48 clubs in 2009-10; 21 clubs as of 3/31/11
5. Every Rotarian in District 7770 is a Sustaining Member for 2010-11.
68% in 2009-10; 29% as of 4/18/11
6. Every club is a 100% Sustaining Member club for 2010-11.
30 clubs in 2009-10
7. The number of STAR Clubs increases.
24 clubs in 2009-10; 10 clubs as of 3/31/11
8. The number of active PHS Members in the district increases.
218 at the end of 2009-10; 227 as of 4/21/11
9. The number of clubs with at least one PHS Member increases.
61 clubs at the end of 2009-10; 58 as of 4/21/11
10. The number of 100% PHF Clubs increases.
23 clubs at the end of 2009-10; 33 as of 4/21/10
100% Paul Harris Fellow Clubs
Congratulations to the 6 newest 100% Paul Harris Fellow Clubs: Moncks Corner; St. John’s
Parish; Murrells Inlet; Orangeburg Morning; Beaufort & Lake Marion at Santee. Those
clubs join the other 27 clubs that have been previously certified: Manning; Charleston
Breakfast; Sumter Sunrise; St. George; Sumter Palmetto; Myrtle Beach Sunrise; North
Myrtle Beach; Georgetown Breakfast; Summerton; Carolina Forest Sunrise; Columbia
East; Florence; Florence Breakfast; Florence West; Hilton Head Island; Lexington;
Okatie; Spring Valley; Sumter; Hilton Head Island-Sunset; Pawleys Island; Chapin
Sunrise; Andrews; Hampton County; Goose Creek; Darlington & Daniel Island.
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STAR Club Program
Our District recognizes clubs that contribute at least $200 per member as STAR Clubs. A club
will be recognized as a 2-STAR Club if its annual contribution level reaches an average of $200
per member; as a 3-STAR Club if its annual contribution level reaches an average of $300 per
member, etc.
All clubs that average at least $200 per member by June 30, 2011 will be recognized at the 2011
Foundation Seminar. Congratulations to the following 10 clubs for having already achieved
STAR Club status for 2010-11: Andrews; Beaufort; Chapin Sunrise; Carolina Forest
Sunrise; Daniel Island; Lowcountry; Pawleys Island; St. Andrews (Columbia); Summerton
& Sumter Sunrise.
Club Banner Recognitions
Recognition banners are given to clubs that achieve one or more of the following:
100% Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member Club: To be eligible the club must achieve a
$100 per capita and every active member must personally contribute $100 or more to the
Annual Programs Fund.
Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) Club: To be eligible the club must achieve a $100 per
capita and every active member of the club must personally contribute some amount to the
Annual Programs Fund.
Note: Your membership as of June 30, 2011 is the measurement for these two banners.
100% Paul Harris Fellow Clubs: Clubs can be recognized as a 100% Paul Harris Fellow club if
every member of the club is a Paul Harris Fellow. The district currently has 33 100% Paul Harris
Fellow clubs. Will your club be number 34?
Top Three in Per Capita Giving in the District: These banners are given to the top three clubs in
each district with the highest per capita giving.
District’s Foundation Recognition Points Campaign
As of April 25, 2011, 70,235 points have been used by 296 individuals to become Paul Harris
Fellows/Multiple Paul Harris Fellows or to move closer to PHF/Multiple PHF status. There still
are a few weeks left to request a district match for new individual contributions of at least
$100 to either the Annual Programs Fund or to PolioPlus. Please contact PDG Kay Oldhouser
Davis, kayo@uscsumter.edu, if you have questions or to request a district match for a new
contribution.
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2010-2011 Contribution Results
The top ten clubs in per capita Annual Giving; the top ten clubs in total Annual Giving; the clubs
with 100% of contributing members & the top ten clubs in percentage of sustaining members are
listed below:
Top 10 Clubs in Per Capita Annual Giving
(Results as of 3/31/11)
1. Carolina Forest Sunrise $804.22
2. Lowcountry $278.52
3. Pawleys Island $270.78
4. Summerton $261.40
5. Beaufort $248.39
6. Chapin Sunrise $227.49
7. Andrews $227.27
8. Sumter Sunrise $218.62
9. St. Andrews (Columbia) $204.49
10. Daniel Island $201.10
Top 10 Clubs in Total Annual Giving – Excludes Matching Grant Contributions
(Results as of 3/31 /11)
1. Beaufort $30,800.75
2. Hilton Head Island $19,863.00
3. Carolina Forest Sunrise $19,301.33
4. Florence $19,011.00
5. Columbia $17,986.00
6. Spring Valley $16,344.89
7. Summerville $12,477.50
8. Daniel Island $12,066.00
9. Sea Island $11,605.00
10. Sumter $11,350.06
100% of Members Contributing
(Unofficial Results as of 4/18/11)
Andrews 100%
Bennettsville 100%
Carolina Forest Sunrise 100%
Darlington 100%
Georgetown Breakfast 100%
Hampton County 100%
Hartsville 100%
Kingstree 100%
Lake Marion at Santee 100%
Latta 100%
Lowcountry 100%
Myrtle Beach-Chicora 100%
Okatie-Bluffton 100%
St. George 100%
Summerton 100%
Sumter Sunrise 100%
Surfside Area 100%
Walterboro 100%
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Top Ten Clubs – Percent of Sustaining Members
(Unofficial Results as of 4/18/11)
1. Andrews 100.0%
2. Lowcountry 100.0%
3. Myrtle Beach-Chicora 98.4%
4. Okatie-Bluffton 95.5%
4. Chapin Sunrise 95.5%
6. Summerton 88.5%
7. Hampton County 86.2%
8. Georgetown Breakfast 85.0%
9. Sea Island 85.0%
9. Summerville 81.3%
ONLY TWO MONTHS TO GO!
Congratulations to the following 11 clubs for having already met or exceeded their challenge
goals – without including matching grant contributions – as of March 31, 2011: Andrews;
Beaufort; Carolina Forest Sunrise; Lowcountry; Myrtle Beach Sunrise; Okatie-Bluffton;
Pawleys Island; St. Andrews (Columbia); St. John’s Parish; Summerville & Summerville
Evening.
Congratulations also to the following 21 clubs for having already met or exceeded their club
goals – without including matching grant contributions – as of March 31, 2011: Andrews;
Beaufort; Carolina Forest Sunrise; Florence; Georgetown Breakfast; Hampton County;
Hilton Head Island Sunset; Hilton Head Island Van Landingham; Little River;
Lowcountry; Myrtle Beach Sunrise; Okatie-Bluffton; Orangeburg; Pawleys Island; Sea
Island; St. Andrews (Columbia); St. John’s Parish; Summerton; Summerville;
Summerville Evening & Walterboro.
If your club is not listed above, it is time to remind your club members that you need their help
in meeting these goals. Encourage and challenge them to reach the next level in Annual Giving.
Say to them:
“If not a Sustaining Member, please become one. If not a Paul Harris Fellow, please increase
your giving to become one. If not a Paul Harris Society Member, please see if your financial
assets will give you this special recognition.”
When Rotarians are asked to give, they will do so if their dollars will meet a humanitarian need
or support useful services. But they must be assured that their dollars will be managed honestly,
handled efficiently, and applied effectively. So, please remind club members that they can
entrust the Foundation with their dollars and that 100% of their gift will go to programs that
improve lives in their community and around the globe. Also, please remind club members
that one half of the gifts given to the Annual Programs Fund during 2010-11 will come
back to the district to use for District Simplified Grants, Matching Grants, etc. in 2013-14.
Please – Do what you can to bring the Every Rotarian, Every Year banner to your club by the
end of this Rotary year.
Please – Do what you can to make your club a 100% Sustaining Member Club this year.
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TRF-DIRECT Makes Contributing Easier
There is an easy way for donors to contribute to The Rotary Foundation. By enrolling in TRF-
DIRECT, you can automatically transfer funds electronically to the Foundation from your
checking, savings, or credit card accounts.
Once enrolled, you can choose whether to give to the Annual Programs Fund (to support the
Every Rotarian, Every Year initiative) or PolioPlus (to support Rotary’s $200 Million
Challenge). You no longer need to remember when to make your contributions. All transactions
through TRF-DIRECT are secure and will eliminate the worry of checks getting lost in the mail.
One tax receipt is issued at the end of the calendar year for easy accounting. All contributions
count toward Paul Harris Fellow and Major Donor recognition. Annual Programs Fund
contributions count toward Sustaining Member recognition.
If you are interested in this program, the brochure is available for download from the Rotary
website, www.rotary.org, or you can contact Lou Mello (lou.mello@oocl.com) if you have
questions, need additional information, or want to use TRF-DIRECT to become a PHS member.
Recommended APF Contribution Schedule for 2010-2011
25% of Goal by September 15, 2010
50% of Goal by December 1, 2010
75% of Goal by March 15, 2011
100% of Goal by May 15, 2011
All contributions by June 15, 2010
Send Contributions to:
The Rotary Foundation
14280 Collections Center Drive
Chicago, IL 60693
Rotary Foundation Acronyms
Below are some of the common Rotary Foundation acronyms that you will hear/read whenever
the Foundation is being discussed:
APF – Annual Programs Fund
CRS – Club Recognition Summary
DDF – District Designated Fund
DSG – District Simplified Grant
EREY – Every Rotarian, Every Year
GSE – Group Study Exchange
MCR – Monthly Contribution Report
PHF – Paul Harris Fellow
PHS – Paul Harris Society
