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DG Bronwyn referred to Rotary grants during her visit to the club on 10th July. As it seems how grants operate has a high mystery element for many we asked Bernie, our most experienced grants member, to help reduce the mysterious aspects.  Bernie has provided the following outline, as brief as possible but encompassing the principal points. - GLOBAL GRANTS:
• Larger projects with sustainable, high impact outcomes. • Aligned to 6 areas of focus. • Require an International partner that must be a Rotary District, or Rotary Club. • Minimum grant is US$15,000 from The Rotary Foundation [‘TRF’] (i.e. min grant budget is US$30,000) TRF will match club contributions at 50% & ‘DDF’ [see 2 below] contributions at 100%. • MOUs required from both International and Host partners. - DISTRICT DESIGNATED FUND (‘DDF’)
• District 9800 has a limited amount of funds that may be available to assist your Grant • The maximum available in 2017-18 has been set at $US7,500. This is dependent on a number of conditions: o The application originated from a District 9800 Club o Funds being available o The application MUST be discussed with the District Foundation Committee (‘DFC’) before completing the online application o The DFC is satisfied that the application merits support - DDF funding for Grants initiated by other Districts will be limited to matching contributions from District 9800 Clubs to a maximum of $US5,000. The application must be discussed with the DFC before being entered online and the DFC must be satisfied as to the merit of the application.
- DISTRICT GRANTS:
Local Community Are for smaller local community projects in Australia, that are new for the Club - Require active Rotarian participation.
- Minimum grant $1000.
- Limited to a maximum of $2,500 matching club Dollar for Dollar.
- Payment to club at the time of approval and a requirement to provide a report in a satisfactory form on completion of the project.
International •Require an international partner that can be a Rotary District, a Rotary Club or a third party. Preference to Rotary partners. •Should be in an Area of Focus and demonstrate Community involvement and sustainability •Grant limited up to $5000, matching clubs 50 cents in the club dollar. •Club accountable for funds management in line with MOU. •Payment to the club may be in full at the start or at 50% at both the start and finish,dependant on the size of the grant and this is at the discretion of the DGC Members should note this is intended to be no more than a useful guide. Grant applications are progressed through your Team Leader and the club Board. Please click on READ MORE below to continue this item. |
Some of our accomplishments were:
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