Every year, the District Governor and District receive many Global Grant project proposals from Clubs and Districts around the world. They are requesting funding, DDF and Club contribution, to important and interesting projects. Clubs in our District are doing the same, contacting other Clubs in our District and globally. It is a way of raising funds for projects......
Unfortunately, the District can’t support each request from other Districts with DDF. Our general policy says, that the District may match Club cash support dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per Club and project. The word may is important. There is just a limited amount of District Designated Funds available each year. At the same time, we want every project to get some DDF, as the Rotary Foundation is matching DDF 100%, Club cash 50%. We apply these rules to all projects, whether District 7070 Clubs are the lead Club or ‘just’ sponsoring projects from other Districts
Those, who have explored D7070’s website, www.rotary7070.org, may have noticed the option Foundation Project Bank under The Rotary Foundation tab. Embarrassingly, the Project Bank has been empty. Until now! Starting January 2020, we will be publishing brief presentations of projects from D7070 Clubs as well as other Districts in the Rotary world. For each project, you will find a brief summary of the project, incl. project title, Global Grant project number (if known), area of focus, location of the project and contact information.
We want Clubs in District 7070 to post their Global Grant proposals on the Project Bank site. It is a tool to find sponsor Clubs for projects in addition to visiting Clubs. In addition, by visiting the website and Project Bank, Clubs can find projects they may want to support. The project information will be kept on the website for six months, unless Clubs request to have the information taken down sooner.
Please, contact Past District Governor Lars Henriksson, Chair, District Foundation Grants Sub-Committee, for more information, incl. submitting Global Grant presentations and requesting District Designated Funds matching to cash contributions. Lars can be reached at lars@norditrade.com, or cell. 416 402 6093