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. Please Read more for all of the details, where your club stands and in important update from our District Grants Chair Lars Henriksson.......
Foundation Grants Qualification Up-date
After a slow start in March and April, Rotarians in District 7070 have begun taking the on-line training modules about the Rotary Foundation and its Grants programs. Many have seen the advantage of being able to take the training and qualification at a time that suits them. Not being forced to attend a specific seminar in the early part of the year. Interestingly, we have also seen more members from Clubs sign on for the training and take the quizzes that are connected with the modules. All in all, close to 50 Rotarians in the District have successfully completed the quizzes.
As probably everyone in District 7070 know by now, a Club must do the following to be qualified (allowed) to apply for Global or District Grants from the Rotary Foundation.
have at least two of its members successfully complete the on-line training modules, and
submit an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to the District, signed by its President and President-Elect.
Clubs must be qualified throughout a project
The qualification is for the 2019-20 Rotary year. Please, note that as long as a grant-financed project is active, the lead Clubs must be qualified. A Club that started a Global Grant project in the 2018-19 Rotary year (or earlier) must also be qualified for the 2019-20 Rotary year, if the project isn’t completed in the 2018-19 year.
Qualification can be done throughout the 2019-20 Rotary year
While May 31, 2019 is the deadline to apply for District Grants, Clubs can still be become qualified throughout June and into the new Rotary year. This will give Clubs the opportunity to become qualified and allow them to apply for Global Grants in the 2019-20 Rotary year. And even if Clubs at the end won’t apply for funds, becoming qualified is one important way to enlighten the Club members of the Rotary Foundation and its importance to Rotarians and the world.
Ten Clubs Qualified – More to Come
At the time of writing this article, 10 Clubs are qualified, i.e. have met both requirements. Alliston, Brighton, Stirling, Toronto, Toronto Bay Bloor, Toronto Danforth, Toronto Leaside, Whitby Sunrise, Willowdale, and York. Another five Clubs, Belleville, Scarborough, Toronto East, Toronto Eglinton and Whitby, have met the requirement of having at least two members completing the training. They only need to submit the MOU to become qualified. In total, 21 Clubs have started the process of becoming qualified. At the publication of this DG Newsletter, the numbers have most likely – in traditional Rotary manners – increased.
Every Club Qualified. Every Rotarian Trained
Of course, we would like to see every Club qualified. Every Rotarian can take the training. The modules and quizzes are available on the Rotary District 7070 website, www.rotary7070.org. Click on Foundation in the top banner. A list of options will show up. Click on NEW. 2019-20 Grant Qualification Process and Documents and you will find the modules https://www.rotary7070.org/sitepage/2019-grant-qualification-procedure-and-traini
Please, feel free to contact Past District Governor Lars Henriksson, lars@norditrade.com if you have any questions or comments.
Links to the Grant Management Resource Material
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:
- Module 1 – The Rotary Foundation (click here)
Module 2 – Global Grants (click here)
Module 3 – District Grants (click here)
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.
Quiz Module 1 (click here)
Quiz Module 2 (click here)
Quiz Module 3 (click here)
- 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)
For more information on the Qualification process, please contact PDG Lars Henriksson, lars@norditrade.com.
District Grant Applications for 2019-20 RI Year – Deadline of May 31, 2019 Has Passed
For Clubs in D7070 applying 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 was 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