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Since 1947, more than 30,000 men and women from 100 nations have studied abroad thanks to Rotary. The Ambassadorial Scholarship program was the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. More than 1,100 scholarships were awarded for study in 2002-03. Grants totaled US$26 million.
As of June 2011, Rotary has committed more than US $850 million [4] to global polio eradication. Rotary has received $355 million in challenge grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Rotary committed to raising $200 million by June 30, 2012, and met that goal by January 2012.
Ambassadorial Scholarships (founded 1947) was a program of the Rotary Foundation.The program ended in 2013 and was replaced by the Rotary Global Grant Scholarship, which expands on the Ambassadorial mission, by now ensuring that every Rotary Scholar advance Rotary's International mission to " promote service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace." .
Rotary Club supports local charities. A new funding initiative will provide an estimated $30,000 annually to support local charities. Over the past eight years, the Rotary Club of Springfield ...
Jun. 17—Joplin Noon Rotary Club officials on Thursday handed out more than $24,000 in cash grants to nine local nonprofit organizations. The annual event is deemed one of the most anticipated by ...
Nov. 13—MYSTIC — The Rotary Club of Mystic recently distributed $8,250 in grants to area nonprofit organizations. The club awards grants twice a year using money from its fundraising efforts ...
Effective July 2009, the Rotary Foundation previously ended funding for the Cultural and Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships as well as Rotary Grants for University Teachers. [ 67 ] Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP) is a program that offers scholarships to international college students to study in the state of Georgia.
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", [a] is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are ...