Endowment / Major Gifts
WHAT WE DO: Your Endowment/Major Gift Advisers team provides support and assistance to districts in fund development for The Rotary Foundation, specifically major gifts and bequests. We work collaboratively with TRF Major Gifts Officers, RRFCs, Area of Focus Major Gifts Initiative committees, and district leaders in identification, cultivation, solicitation, and donor stewardship.
HOW WE CAN HELP: Your Endowment/Major Gifts Advisers Team provides districts with tailored guidance on Endowment and Major Gifts including assistance in developing fundraising strategies for encouraging major gifts, planned gifts, and bequest commitments. We provide strategic consulting to support major gift planning, endowment programs and million dollar dinners. We are available for on- site training of district teams, support of district initiatives, events, and interaction with individual donors within the districts.
Marge Cole | Endowment/Major Gifts Advisor
Marge Cole is a native Californian who grew up in the Los Angeles area. She graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara and earned a master’s degree at Syracuse University in New York. She returned to California to teach high school and served as a Principal and Director
of Student Services before retiring in 2004. She joined the Santee/Lakeside Rotary Club in District 5340 in 1996, serving as club president in 2002–23.
Marge has held many different District positions including, GSE Team Leader and Chair; District Rotary Foundation Chair; Ambassadorial Scholar Sponsor; District Governor (2009–10); Council on Legislation Representative; Youth Service Chair; Rotary Grants Committee Chair; District 5340 Major Gifts/Bequest Society Committee; District Rotary Friendship Exchange Committee Chair; and Advisor for the City Heights Rotaract Club. At the Zone level, Marge chaired the Southern California/Nevada PETS (now Southwest PETS) in 2011. She served on several committees for Far West Zones Institutes and served as Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator (RRFC) for Zone 26 from 2016 to 2019.
Jayne Hulbert | Endowment / Major Gift Adviser
Jayne Hulbert has been an active member of Rotary International for nearly 30 years and is the Zone 27 Endowment/Major Gift Adviser for 2025-2028. Jayne was Governor of District 5150 in 2018 – 2019 and District Rotary Foundation Chair from 2019 – 2023. Jayne was the 2024 recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World. Jayne and her husband, Gene Duffy, provided the precious two drops of polio vaccine to children in India. Jayne is passionate about The Rotary Foundation’s grants and giving opportunities. Jayne especially enjoys fundraising, which has resulted in significant increases in donations to The Rotary Foundation. Jayne and her husband are members of the Arch Klumph and Legacy Societies. Jayne has been featured in Rotary Magazine and Rotary Voices and retired as President of a nationwide commercial mortgage banking firm.