Every year, Clubs that want to participate in the Rotary Foundation Grants Program must be qualified. For the 2019-20 Rotary year, District 7070 has decided to replace the Rotary Foundation Grants Qualification Seminar, normally held a Saturday in February, as we GO ON LINE TO QUALIFY YOUR ROTARY CLUB. IT IS NOW ON LINE. Read more for all of the details and in important update from Lars Henrikkson.......
Grant Management Up-date
Finally, after some delays, the three on-line training modules, The Rotary Foundation, Global Grants and District Grants as well as three Qualification Quizzes, are NOW posted on the www.rotary7070.org wesite. You will find the documents under the Foundation tab. Here is the link.
The on-line training consists of the following three modules:
- Module 1 – The Rotary Foundation (click here)
Module 2 – Global Grants (click here)
Module 3 – District Grants (click here)
A Quiz is connected with each module. Each Quiz has nine questions. At least seven correct answers are required to pass a Quiz.
Quiz Module 1 (click here)
Quiz Module 2 (click here)
Quiz Module 3 (click here)
A Club must do the following to become qualified to apply for a Global or District Grant
at least two of its members have successfully completed the on-line Qualification Training provided by the District, and
the Club President and President Elect have signed the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, and submitted it to the District.
The Qualification, which is a requirement by The Rotary Foundation, is valid for the 2019-20 Rotary year.
District Grant Application Form On-line
The form for a District Grant application in the 2019-20 Rotary year is now available on the District’s website. Dead-line for applications is May 31, 2019. Applications will be reviewed by the District’s Foundation Committee and may be included in the District’s Spending Plan; the District’s application to the Rotary Foundation for a District Block Grant.
The lead Club for a District Grant application must be qualified by May 31, 2019. Clubs, that are not qualified can still support a project financially so long as the lead Club is qualified.
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