Fund Raising FAQs
Where will my money be kept?
The money will be handled by a Canadian Rotary Club and a U.S. Rotary Club.
Donations collected by IHS colleagues and race teams will be batched by the Team Captains and given or mailed to a member of the identified Canadian or U.S. Rotary Club. Tax receipts will be issued by the appropriate Rotary Club if applicable in that country. These local Rotary Clubs will accumulate and hold the funds and select projects to apply them to.
U.S. Donations
Please have donors in the U.S. make their checks payable to The Denver Southeast Rotary Club. Team Captains in the U.S. will send the batched donations to:
Denver Southeast Rotary Foundation
C/O Mihoda & Company, P.C.
770 West Hampden Ave., Suite 325
Englewood, CO 80110
This year we have added to capability to accept donations online. For online donations in the U.S., please visit https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/online_sales/nonprofit_donation.cfm?id=624
*Please specify specify Race Accross Africa.
Canada Donations
Please have donors in Canada make their cheques payable to “The Rotary Club of Calgary”. Team Captains in Canada will send the batched donations to John Orian in the IHS Calgary office:
200, 1331 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, Alberta
T2G 0K3
John Orian will hand deliver the donations to a member of the Rotary Club of Calgary.
We do not have the ability to accept donations outside North America.
For online donations in Canada, please visit http://www.rotaryevents.net/
What is Rotary?
Rotary is a volunteer organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members belonging to more than 32,000 Rotary clubs in nearly 170 countries. Rotary International is the world's first service club organization. Members volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. For more information, log on to www.rotary.org.
What organization will be using my money?
Funds collected in the Race across Africa event will be used to support organizations that have proven to be successful at implementing projects that provide clean drinking water in rural African villages.
How is the money distributed to the organization?
All funds will be channeled through Rotary Clubs and will be spent on projects selected by the sponsoring Rotary Club.
Is my donation tax deductible?
Where appropriate, the Rotary Club receiving the donation will issue a tax receipt. These receipts are only applicable in the U.S. and Canada. Only donations received by check or made online will be eligible for tax receipts. Cash donations will not receive tax receipts.
How much of my donation goes toward administrative expenses?
Your entire donation will go to the Rotary Clubs to be distributed for clean water projects in Africa.
Is the organization that is receiving my money a 501(c)3 organization (U.S. charitable org designation)?
Yes, for donors who pay U.S. taxes. All funds collected in the U.S. will be deposited into the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast which is a 501(c)3 charitable foundation based in Denver, Colorado.
All Canadian donations will be received by Rotary Club of Calgary which will issue a tax receipts valid in Canada.
How will I know that the money will be spent to support bringing clean drinking water to Africa?
Rotary Clubs will provide updates to IHS when the money has been distributed to the executor of a project. Project updates will be published on the IHS project website.
Will my money be given to government organizations in any of the war-torn areas (i.e. Sudan, Kenya)?
Absolutely not. Our aim is to provide help directly to NGOs (Non Government Organizations) that are bringing clean drinking water to local communities.
I want to designate my money to go to projects in a specific region in Africa. How do I do that?
As we do not have the infrastructure to track such requests we will not apportion any of the total funds to specific regions of Africa, or to specific projects.
I would prefer that my money go to support something other than clean drinking water in Africa. Can I designate another organization?
At this time the intent is to only support projects that provide clean drinking water. Certain projects may seek to provide clean water by rectifying sanitation problems, others by harvesting rainwater. All the accompanying education around the event will focus on alleviating problems caused by the lack of clean drinking water.