Rotary Benefactor

You may become a Benefactor to The Rotary Foundation by making the Permanent Fund a beneficiary in your estate plans or by making an outright gift of $1,000 or more to the Permanent Fund. Simply notify the Foundation, in writing, of your bequest.

Benefactors will be presented with:

* a commemorative certificate
* an insignia that may be attached to a Rotary or Paul Harris Fellow pin
* a letter of appreciation

Each Benefactor is recognized at the time of his or her first gift. Subsequent gifts receive a letter of appreciation.

To be recognized as a Benefactor, complete the form on the Rotary International website. Or, if you prefer, you may print the form and mail or fax it to:

The Rotary Foundation (FN300)
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Fax: 847-866-1894

Codicils are a painless way to remember the Rotary Foundation in your will. Codicils bequeathing monies for the Foundation are now available on-line--prepared by attorney Kevin Shleicher from the Ingleside Rotary Club for $1,000.00, $5,000.00, $10,000.00 and $25,000.00. $1,000.00 and $5,000.00 codicils will designate you as an Rotary Foundation Benefactor. $10,000.00 and above makes you a member of the Bequest Society.

If you are willing to bequest funds to the Rotary Foundation, print out the codicil of your choice, and sign it in front of a notary and two witnesses--you will need to know the execution date of your current will--and send a copy of it to the Rotary Foundation.