Corporate Membership Resources
If your club is looking for ways to partner with local businesses, consider offering corporate membership. Corporate membership allows Rotary clubs to engage a corporation – or any business, non-profit, or government entity – by offering an alternative membership package to some of its employees. The new Guide to Corporate Membership includes information about how it works, the benefits it offers, and what you need to do to get started. The guide also includes a template that can be used when connecting with local businesses about this opportunity and sample bylaws.
Now available at https://my.rotary.org/en/document/guide-corporate-membership
Listed below are a few examples of clubs that have implemented corporate membership:
- Check out what has worked and what hasn’t worked for the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia when they implemented corporate membership
- Rotary Club of Welland (Ontario, Canada) not only asks details about the prospective member, but also asks questions to get to know their the company as well in their corporate membership application
- The Rotary Club of Demotte-Kankakee Valley (Indiana, USA) asked local businesses to sponsor employees as Rotarians, which led to 9 members (and counting) that have signed up under the corporate membership program
- Rotary Club of Harrogate Brigantes, England lists their corporate members on their club’s website to showcase their relationships with local businesses
- Prospective members can fill out a corporate membership application to the Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA5, Los Angeles, USA) on their website, and view information on membership dues and charitable giving programs
- Through an established membership approval process, the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton, WI allows a business or other organization to appoint up to three designees (one Primary Member and two Designee Members) to enjoy the benefits of membership