The graphic below demonstrates how contributions to the Annual Fund of The Rotary Foundation find their way into a wide range of Rotary services projects both locally and internationally.
It is important to note that 50% of every dollar contributed to the Foundation returns to our district after three years as ‘District Designated Funds’ (DDF). During that time it earns interest that contributes to the administrative overhead of the Foundation.
As the graphic shows, the district has wide discretion to use DDF share in a number of different ways. Half of the DDF each year is available for district grants to clubs.
The 50% that remains in the world fund is used to support the global work of Rotary in the form of global grants for humanitarian projects, Vocational Training Teams, and Scholarships … all of which can also have a direct connection to our individual clubs and our district.
District Foundation Chair
PDG Colin Olesen
(Maketu)
07 573 6693
Mob 021 967 520
Foundation Administrator
Ken Smith
(Huntly)
Mob 021 071 8919
PO Box 140, Huntly 3740
Grants Chair
Alan Hitchcock
(Tauranga Te Papa)
31 Kinloch Drive
Bethlehem
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 3110
07 579 3154 | 021 280 0000
End Polio Now Coordinator
and Scholarships
Michelle Tanner
(Matamata)
Paul Harris Society
Patrick Cummings
(Hamilton)
District Foundation Chair (Elect)
David Campbell
Committee members
- DG Graham Jull (Te Awamutu)
- DGE Peter Maxwell (Morrinsville)
- DGN Grant Spackman (Havelock North)
- CHAIR: Colin Olesen (Maketu)
- David Campbell (Maketu)
- Patrick Cummings (Hamilton)
- Gretchen Earle (Te Puke)
- Mark Gould (Rotorua)
- Alan Hitchcock (Tauranga Te Papa)
- John McNickle (Turangi)
- John Reid (Taradale)
- Rob Rowson (Whakatane)
- Ken Smith (Huntly)
- Michelle Tanner (Matamata)
- John van Boheemen (Whakatane)
- Ian Walker (Waipukurau)
- Chris Webb (Thames)