Posted by Lars Henriksson, Chair, District 7070 Rotary Foundation Grants Committee

The Rotary Foundation requires that every Club that wants to apply for a District or Global Grant must be qualified.  The Qualification must be renewed every year.  Each District is responsible for the qualification process in its District.  For the 2019-20 Rotary year, District 7070 has replaced the traditional qualification seminar with an on-line process. STOP THE PRESSES: The Rotary Club of Toronto has just qualified !! . Read more for all of the details and in important update from our District Grants Chair Lars Henriksson.......

Grant Management Up-date

The D7070 Qualification process consists of three modules, that can be found on the District’s website (https://www.rotary7070.org/sitepage/2019-grant-qualification-procedure-and-traini)  The three modules: The Rotary Foundation, Global Grants and District Grants as well as three Qualification Quizzes   

The on-line training consists of the following three modules:

For each module, there is a Quiz, consisting of nine questions on the content of the module.  In order to pass, the respondent must have at least seven correct answers to each Quiz.   Once a Rotarian has completed all three Quizzes successfully, s/he is qualified and s/he will be counted towards the Club Qualification

At least seven correct answers are required to pass a Quiz.

A Club is qualified when
  • at least two of its members have successfully completed the three Quizzes. and
  • the Club President and President-Elect have signed and submitted the MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) to the District.  (A copy of the MOU can be found at the above website)
 
Individuals and Clubs will be notified once they are qualified.  A list of Qualified Clubs will also be posted on the District’s website.
 

STOP THE PRESSES: THE ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO IS THE FIRST CLUB TO QUALIFY !! .

 
For more information on the Qualification process, please contact PDG Lars Henriksson, lars@norditrade.com.
 

 

District Grant Applications for 2019-20 RI Year – Deadline May 31, 2019

It is time for Clubs in D7070 to apply for District Grants.  The application forms can be found on the Foundation Grant Qualification site of the District’s website.  Application for a District Grant is made to the District.  Deadline is May 31, 2019.

District Grants are intended to be used for short and medium-term projects, that can take place in the local as well as international community.  Furthermore, District Grant projects can take place in countries and areas where there are no Rotary Clubs

The matching process for District Grants adopted by D7070 encourages cooperation between Clubs.  Please, note that the leading Club for a project must be qualified.  However, while we want to see all Clubs qualified, Clubs that of some reason have decided not to be qualified, can still financially support projects lead by a qualified Club.

For more information on District Grants, please contact PDG Lars Henriksson, lars@norditrade.com

 

 

Want DDF for a Global Grant Application?  Talk to the District first!

The Rotary Foundation is matching Club cash contributions to a Global Grant project 50% and DDF (District Designated Funds) 100%.  This makes it very attractive to have DDF contribution in a project.  However, the amount of DDF available is a function of how much money we raised in our District for the Foundation’s Annual Fund three years ago.  In short, we will always have a limited amount of DDF to hand out.  And the District wants to share that amount with as many projects as possible. 

Lately, we have seen examples of Global Grant applications where Clubs have listed DDF without any contact with the District.  They have assumed that DDF will be available.  However, the allocation of DDF to a project must be authorized by the District Governor and District Foundation Committee Chair.  This is the final step before an application is formally submitted to the Rotary Foundation.  By not discussing with the District at an early stage, they run a risk there won’t be DDF available, when the DG and DFCC are supposed to authorize the DDF contribution.

To prevent this from happening, we will from now on require every applicant to request DDF on a special form prior to starting their Global Grant application.  The form can be found on the District’s website.  Based on the information provided, a project will be given an amount of DDF they can work with in their application.  (This is the process that most Global Grant applicants have followed over the years.)

Projects that have not sent in a DDF request form at the start of the project application process may run the risk of not receiving any DDF.

 

 

There are still Government of Canada Funds available  

In the 2015-16 Rotary year, Government of Canada funds were made available to Canadian Rotary Clubs for Global Grants projects meeting certain requirements.  This five-year program is providing CAD1.2 million per year.  These funds will match Canadian Rotary Club cash contributions as well as DDF from Canadian Districts dollar for dollar to certain Global Grant projects.  The Rotary Foundation will then match the GOC contributions 50 cents to the dollar.  Certain restrictions apply, but it is always worthwhile checking the eligibility.

Information can be found on the Rotary Foundation Canada website www.trfcanada.org.  Once there, please click on the GOC Programmes.

More information

For more information, please contact Lars Henriksson, Chair, District Foundation Grants Sub-Committee.  Lars can be reached at email lars@norditrade.com or tel. 416-489 8438