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

What is a Million Dollar Dinner?

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

Critical Steps

Location & date

Prospect List

PromoteInvite

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

Million Dollar Dinner Committee

POLL QUESTION

Where would you look to recruit supporters for a Million Dollar Dinner?

Take the POLL

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