Types of Grants
Welcome to Rotary Foundation Grants
 
Three Types of Grants
 
The three types of Rotary International Grants are:
 
District Grants:
 
Fund small-scale, short-term activities that address needs in your community and communities abroad. Each district chooses which activities it will fund with these grants.
  • Humanitarian projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts
  • Scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study
  • Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about a particular field or to learn more about their own
Global Grants:
 
Support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary's area of focus. Grant sponsors form international partnerships that respond to real community needs.
  • Humanitarian projects
  • Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies
  • Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about a particular field or to learn more about their own
Package Grants:
 
Designed by Rotary and our strategic partners to help Rotarians carry out large-scale, sustainable projects framework is provided, you can focus your energy and expertise on bringing the project to life.
  • Like global grants, packaged grants support our areas of focus and can include scholarships, humanitarian projects, and vocational training. The key difference is that the project's framework is provided for you.
  • We offer nursing scholarships and training for health educators with our partner Aga Khan University. With our partner UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, we fund scholarships for water and sanitation professionals. Vocational training and medical service teams work with our partner Mercy Ships.
Qualification:
 

Districts must become qualified in order to receive grant funding from The Rotary Foundation. Clubs that want to apply for global or packaged grants must also be qualified.

The qualification process helps ensure that your district or club understands your financial responsibilities, including stewardship, and is prepared to take them on. Qualification must be completed each year.

Qualify your district:

Becoming qualified is simple. Your district governor, governor-elect, and Rotary Foundation chair should:

  • Read through the district qualification memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the grants application tool, answer a series of questions, and agree to the MOU
  • Conduct grant management seminars for clubs

You can return to review the document and the additional content provided as often as you like. And you may also set additional qualification requirements for clubs.

Qualify your club:

If your club wishes to apply for global or packaged grants, your president and president-elect must:

  • Agree to the club qualification MOU
  • Send at least one club member to a grant management seminar held by your district
  • Complete any additional steps that your district requires

Your club must qualify each year if you plan to apply for global or packaged grants.