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| Welcome To The Yakima Rotary Trust Website. The Trust was founded in 1994 to provide a funding resource for long-term Community Projects.
The Trust is unique in that it supports local projects that will have a profound long term impact on our Community. The mission of the Trust is to Make our Community a Better Place to Live. The Trust board is comprised of three Yakima Rotary clubs. All of the board members work to assure that projects undertaken by the Trust will be selected by people who share the core values of Rotary and a passion for our Community. The goal of the Trust is to select or create projects that will have a long term impact. Funds are used to directly support a qualifying project. Or, funds can be used as magnets to attract matching donations. For example, John Quick bequeathed $200,000 to Rotary. It was turned into a $1.2 million project via matching contributions. These funds purchased property in Southeast Yakima. The result: a Community eyesore has been cleaned up and made into an attractive area for recreation. The YRT administered Mary Monroe Davis Scholarships program awarded $319,400 for the 2010-2011 school year. These scholarships may be renewable, plus we anticipate awarding $200,000 new scholarships in 2011 to Yakima County residents planning to attend accredited two or four year colleges or universities, staged over three more years. |
January 2016Mary Monroe Davis applications may be submitted from Jan 4 – Feb 11, 2016. |