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Naming Opportunities

You can direct your Annual Fund gift to SHARE, the World Fund, or an area of focus fund.

Named gift opportunities are available for endowed and term gifts. Endowed gifts are invested in perpetuity with a portion of earnings spent on the intended program. Term gifts are spent in their entirety on the intended program over an agreed-to period of time.


Endowed naming opportunities

  • US$1 million or more: Establishes a named fund in consultation with the donor

  • $500,000 or more: Establishes a named fund that includes a specific area of focus and geographic location

  • $250,000 or more: Establishes a named fund that specifies the participating district

  • $100,000 or more: Establishes a named fund that includes a general Six Areas of Focus

  • $25,000 or more: Establishes a basic named fund designated to the World Fund or SHARE


Term global grants naming opportunities

  • $15,000 funds a one-time gift designated to an area of focus and available on a worldwide basis

  • $30,000 funds a one-time gift designated to an area of focus and may be district specific


Rotary Peace Centers endowment opportunities

  • US$1.5 million endows one Rotary Peace Fellow at a Rotary Peace Center approximately every year

  • $1 million endows a visiting lecturer each year at one Rotary Peace Center

  • $750,000 endows one two-year Rotary Peace Fellow at a Rotary Peace Center approximately every two years

  • $500,000 endows one two-year Rotary Peace Fellow at a Rotary Peace Center approximately every three years

  • $250,000 endows a certificate program fellow approximately every year

  • $100,000 endows the annual seminar at a Rotary Peace Center approximately every year

  • $25,000 and up endows a fund bearing the donor's name and provides general support to the Rotary Peace Centers


Rotary Peace Centers term gift opportunities

  • $75,000 funds a term two-year Rotary Peace Fellow at a Rotary Peace Center

  • $75,000 funds up to 10 applied field internships or research projects for a class of fellows at a Rotary Peace Center

  • $60,000 provides one year of funding for approximately five certificate program fellows

Read: the Rotary Peace Centers brochure (PDF).


Contact information

Those interested in a naming opportunity, contact (847) 866-3354 to be put in touch with the appropriate Major Gifts Officer.