Come as a guest
The short answer
Rotary dues have three layers. Rotary International charges every club a small per-member amount each year. The district adds its own fee. Then each club sets its own dues on top to cover meals, meeting space and projects, which is why two clubs ten miles apart can charge very different amounts. Rotary Club of Broward keeps the club layer low because most meetings are online and there is no required lunch. Visiting is free, and we will give you the current figure when you come.
Key takeaways
- Rotary Club of Broward: $400 a year for an individual, $500 for a couple or two from one company, $125 for each additional person, from January 1, 2027. The lowest in District 6990.
- Dues are set club by club. Ask the club, not a search engine.
- Rotary International's share is modest and published every year.
- A club with a required weekly meal costs far more than one without. This club has no required meal.
- Rotary Club of Broward is a 501(c)(3), so dues and donations may be deductible. Confirm with your tax advisor.
- You can visit as a guest for free before paying anything.
What Rotary Club of Broward charges
From January 1, 2027: $400 a year for an individual. $500 a year for a couple, or for two people from one company as corporate members, and $125 a year for each additional person after that. Billed once a year, not quarterly.
For comparison, most clubs in District 6990 charge $300 to $400 a quarter, which is $1,200 to $1,600 a year. The difference is the meeting itself: most of ours are on Zoom and none of them come with a required meal.
The three layers of Rotary dues
First, Rotary International's per-capita dues, billed to each club twice a year and set by the Council on Legislation. This pays for the global organization: staff, programs, the brand, the website you log into as a member. Second, district dues, set by District 6990 for trainings, the district conference and grants. Third, club dues, which every club sets for itself.
The third layer is where the range comes from. A club that meets for lunch at a hotel every week has to bill members for fifty lunches a year. A club that meets for coffee or online does not. We are in the second group.
Easier than reading about it: come to a meeting. Come as a guest
Come as a guestWhat you do not pay for
Visiting. Guests are welcome at meetings and socials at no charge. Service projects. The beach cleanups and care kit builds are free to join, and we raise donations separately to cover the kits. Most socials. When we meet at a restaurant you buy your own tacos, the same as any night out with friends.
The tax question
Many Rotary clubs are 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, which means dues are not charitable deductions. Rotary Club of Broward was approved by the IRS in September 2026 as a 501(c)(3) public charity. That changes the answer: dues and donations may be deductible as charitable contributions, subject to the usual IRS rules about receiving goods or services in return. Keep your receipts and ask your tax advisor.
Gifts to The Rotary Foundation, including PolioPlus, are deductible in the United States regardless of your club's status, because the Foundation is itself a 501(c)(3).
What the money buys
A seat at a weekly meeting, with best-in-class speakers when we book them. A circle that includes a retired county property appraiser, nonprofit executives and founders, in a county of two million people. A say in where the club's project money goes. And a Rotary membership card that opens the door to any of 46,000 clubs when you travel, which members use more than you would think.
Sources
- Rotary International: Join Rotary www.rotary.org/en/get-involved/join
- IRS: Charitable contribution deductions www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/charitable-contribution-deductions
- Charity Navigator: The Rotary Foundation www.charitynavigator.org/ein/363245072
- Rotary District 6990 rotary6990.org