District Simplified Grants (DSG) 2010-2011

The District Simplified Grant program supports service activities and humanitarian endeavors of your Club, including the International ones.

DSGs are funded solely by District Designated Funds, which are funds that result from your contributions to The Rotary Foundation's (TRF) Annual Programs Fund. It is your contributions to the Annual Fund that make up the DSG funds possible. Thank you for your continued support !!!

Project must be new Not a project funded by DSG earlier. REQUIREMENTS Project must be new Not a project funded by DSG earlier. Not a project that your Club has done in the past, or has been doing annually. It should be substantially different. It could be new thrust area of a larger project. If in doubt, please ask.

Active Participation by Rotarian REQUIREMENTS (Coninued) Active Participation by Rotarian Rotarians must be actively engaged in various phases of the project. Planning, organizing, fundraising, publicity, execution, reporting and review. Analysis: What went right and what went wrong. The project must not be a simple pass-through, whereby grant funds are simply awarded to another organization.

REQUIREMENTS (Coninued) Project must NOT fund the following: Building of any structures (houses, schools, work places, etc.), or any structures attached to such structures (hoses, plumbing, electricity lines, etc.) Administrative expenses of another organization. Stipends of any kind. International travel costs (plane tickets, train tickets, etc.).

REQUIREMENTS (Coninued) Cost sharing. This year, the Clubs are required to share the cost of the project that are reasonable, customary, allocable, and allowable under the project expenses. This cost sharing is 10% of the total amount requested from the District. For example, if the amount requested from the District is $1,500, then the required minimum contribution by the Club is $150.

DEADLINE Submit on or before Aug. 15, 2010 Progress Report: Jan, 1, 2011 Final Report: May 1, 2011

Applications: 2009-11 Eight International Projects with 17 clubs (5 last year) Five Literacy Projects (9) Five Health related Thirteen Community Projects (13) Six Multi-Club Projects- 2 to 12 (2)

Applications: 2010-11 Twenty two project (24) Forty five Clubs Participated (31) Requested from the DSG $60,535 ($45,048) Contribution by Clubs $21,866 Contribution by Others $13,107 Total amount budgeted $95,508 Total Projected expenses > $130,000 DSG funds available $39,000 Projected success rate is about 64%