The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.

 
The Rotary Foundation has received Charity Navigator's highest rating - Four Star Charity

Rotary is dedicated to causes that build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.

The world has no shortage of problems. To focus Rotary efforts at its various levels, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) has identified areas where Rotary can contribute to lasting change.  These specific causes, known as the 7 Areas of Focus, help us align our local work and maximize our global impact. 

Promoting peace

Fighting disease

Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene

Saving mothers & children

Supporting education

Growing local economies

Protecting the environment

 
 

Rotary’s programs are developing the next generation of leaders, providing funding to make the world a better place, and making peace a priority. And our programs are not just for club members. Learn how you can make a difference in your community through Rotary.

Rotary Peace Fellowships

Rotary Community Corps

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)

Rotary Youth Exchange

New Generation Service Exchange

Grants

Scholarships

 
Causes
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A Rotarian astronaut lives her out-of-this-world dreams

Rotary member and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti dreamed of space travel since she was a kid. Now, she’s sharing the cosmic awe with her fellow earthlings

Finding family in France

Rotary Youth Exchange alum Athena Trentin shares her advice for young travelers

No limits with accessible travel

Long overlooked, travelers with disabilities are finding fewer barriers

Crowd control: Rethink the way you travel

Throngs of tourists are overwhelming the world’s most popular destinations. Here’s how to rethink the way you travel — and an alternative bucket list to get you started.

Keep the Buzz going to fight polio

Unexpected bumps fail to dampen Bashar Asfour’s epic road trip around Europe in an electric VW Buzz to raise money for polio eradication