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TITLEMillion Dollar Dinner – The How-tos
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Webinar Discussion Leaders
Carolyn FergusonSenior Major Gift OfficerZone 24 – The Rotary FoundationRotary Club of Ancaster AM, District 7090
Chris OfferEndowment - Major Gift Advisor, Zone 24 WestPast Regional Rotary Foundation CoordinatorRotary Club of Ladner, District 5040
Bryn StylesTrustee – The Rotary FoundationPast RI DirectorRotary Club of Barrie-Huronia, District 7010
In 1917, Arch C. Klumph proposed that an endowment be set up “for the purpose of doing good in the world.”
POLL QUESTION
Has your district ever hosted a Million Dollar Dinner or been part of a Multi-District Million Dollar Dinner?
Take the POLL
Million Dollar Dinner2004 – District 5110 Oregon
Raise US$1 Million for The Rotary Foundation
New donations
Celebration of a 9-12 month campaign
Major Gifts & Bequests of US$10,000 or more
District sponsored event – with TRF support
Zone 24-32 Million Dollar Dinners• District 7090 (ON & NY)
– $1M - May 2015 • District 7010 (ON & QC)
– $2.3M - May 2015• Districts 7230, 7255, 7210, 7980
(NY/CT/Bermuda)– $1.4M - May 2014
• District 7820 (NFL/NS/PEI/St. Pierre-Miquelon) – $1.6M - Oct 2014
• District 5370 (Alta/BC/Sask/NWT) -– $4.5 M - May 2013
• District 5360 (Alta)– $2.3M - Feb. 2012 Total $13.1 Million
Why Host a Million Dollar Dinner?
Support District’s Foundation goals
Major Gifts PolioPlus Annual Giving Future DDF Endowment Funds Bequests Greater awareness of the
Foundation
Logistics of a Million Dollar Dinner
• Select date & location early• Carefully select chair and team
members• Invite senior Rotary leader as keynote
early• Look for corporate sponsors• Develop promotional tools• Build prospect lists• Host dinner & have fun
Types of Gifts to support MDD
• Cash gifts of US$10,000 or more• Bequests of US$10,000 or more• 3 year pledge of US$10,000 or more• Term gifts – area of focus $15,000 to
$30,000• Gifts of insurance – discuss first• Gifts of stock• Named Funds US$25,000 plus• 2:1 Gifts Polio Gates & Gov’t of Canada
Named Funds
$25,000Support World Fund or SHARE or
Peace Centers
$100,000Support an Area of Focus
$250,000Support Area of Focus projects in
a district
$500,000Establish an Endowed Rotary
World Peace Fellowship
$750,000Endows a two-year fellow every
3 years
$1,000,000Work with TRF to meet your
philanthropic goals
How to promote your Million Dollar Dinner
• Select well known Rotary senior leader• Use Facebook, Twitter & other social
media• District website• District newsletter or separate
newsletter• Video• Club presentations & District events– MDD Committee– EMGA & MGO
Million Dollar Dinner – Best Practices
Planning
Committee selection
Promotion
Paper work
Work with Zone Team
Recognition-share stories