Janesville Rotary Foundation

The Janesville Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arm of the Janesville Rotary Club.

The Janesville Rotary Foundation was organized in 1979. The object of the Foundation is â?oTo acquire and own the necessary real estate and equipment for the purpose of conducting and operating a camp for the people of Janesville, Wisconsin and vicinity, and to conduct and operate such camp for the moral, mental and physical betterment of such people and their training in good citizenship, which camp shall be conducted exclusively for educational, benevolent and charitable purposes, which business is to be carried on within the State of Wisconsin and especially within the County of Rock, and to engage in other educational, benevolent and charitable activities to be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.

The Foundation owns Camp Rotamer and is a major contributor to Rotary Gardens.

Fundraisers are conducted by the Foundation to carry out and to fund various youth and other programs. These programs include:

  • "Making the Grade" program
  • Sponsor 2 to Badger Boys State
  • Sponsor 2 to Badger Girls State
  • Sponsor 4-H Trophies
  • Support Washington Seminar
  • Foreign Youth Exchange-Inbound
  • Foreign Youth Exchange-Outbound
  • Boy Scout Career Day
  • 5 High School Scholarships
  • Start Scholarship
  • Senior Honors Luncheon
  • Students of the Month recognition
  • Group Study Exchange
  • Haiti Well Project
  • Various Other Community Service projects