Securing Tomorrow. Those two words so simply explain the mission of the Permanent Fund of The Rotary Foundation.

The strategy behind the Permanent Fund is certainly long range in both philosophy and application. Wishing to build an endowment that will properly balance the income and outgo of the Annual Programs Fund the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation established this initiative in 1996 seeking to build a major investment that will exist in perpetuity and, by doing so, assure that the work of The Rotary Foundation will live on well beyond anyone walking the face of the earth today.

Typically a Rotarian, or any individual, will make arrangements in their estate plan for a gift to be made to the Foundation after that person’s passing. The gift can be cash, securities, real estate or other type of tangible assets. Detailed information regarding all of these options and more are readily available on the Rotary International website. Scroll down the left-side column and review the various options.
Recognition comes in two ways, as a Benefactor or as a member of the Bequest Society of The Rotary Foundation. You can become a Benefactor as easily as executing a fully revocable agreement to provide for a gift of at least $1,000 in your estate to The Rotary Foundation. Establishment of a gift that will enable membership in the Bequest Society is detailed here.

District 6990 is proud to have hundreds of Benefactors and more than fifty Bequest Society Members as of the end of Rotary year 2009-2010. To join either group contact 2010-2011 District 6990 Permanent Fund Chair Sir David North.