1. District 5470 Rotary Foundation Seminar
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District Grants
Cliff Anson
April 24, 2016

2. District Grants: TRF Mission.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

3. District Grants What are district grants?
District grants fund smaller, short-term activities that address needs in both your local community and communities worldwide. Each district gets to choose which activities it will fund with these grants.
You can use district grants to fund a variety of activities which will be determined by the District Grant Committee, including:
Humanitarian projects, disaster recovery efforts, scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study (District Grant Committee discretion).
District Grants and funded as a block grant.
Districts must be qualified before they can administer district grants.

4. District Grants
All District Grant requests for initial consideration need to be submitted to the District 5470 District Grant chair by June 17, 2016,
Budget is $84,000 (May withhold 20% for 2nd cycle)
A second offering is possible in the spring.
2.Must support the MISSION of TRF: “The mission of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.”
3. No minimum budget
4. Short term impact- can be local or international
5. Can support scholars for any level of study locally or internationally- this will be a committee decision.
6. Active Rotarian involvement
7. Adheres to grant terms and conditions. Club is financially responsible to see project is completed or money will have to be returned to RI

5. District Grants
Include active Rotarian participation
Adhere to stewardship guidelines
Demonstrate cultural sensitivity
Activities align with Foundation’s mission
Club Level Merit Examples:
Contributing to TRF
Active in the District
Multiple club participation

6. District Grants: Certification
All Clubs must be certified annually by attending an in-person district provided training
The club president and president elect (or club officer) must sign an MOU, send to GG chair 
District and Clubs must have a financial plan.
All documents supporting grants must be retained
All cash receipts must be kept for 5 years
The District must have a financial review of all accounts annually
At this time, club certification cannot be done on line

7. District Grants
There is no minimum award amount for a District grant, regardless of activity type.
The District Fund award amount for will be $5,000 per club. If the budget allows, the District will attempt to match dollar for dollar the clubs contribution.
If grant requests exceed budget the committee may apply a pro-rata match.
We have increased available funds for multiple club projects If funds are available we may reinstitute as follows:
$1,500 additional for the second club in the project
$1,000 additional for the third club in the project

8. District Grants: Examples
$11,365 for a bicycle library
$2,500 to purchase a defibrillator
$20,000 to provide a summer enrichment program.
$2,000 to start a community garden
$1,500 for computers for VITA (tax prep service)
$5,380 to equip a 4H club meeting space
$10,228 for dental equipment in Armenia
Potential International Grants with successful past experience
These grant amounts represent the total contributions from The Clubs, District 5470, and additional contributors combined.

9. District Grants: Lessons Learned
Grants can be accepted during the Rotary year.
Funding for the District Account timing.
Timing for expenses to be eligible for matching funds.
No match for expenditures before RI approval of District spending plan.
Need a bigger committee and better communication.
Better use of the District website.
Applications need to be editable files (Word docs.)

10. District Grants
Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) Go to the District 5470 Web Page

11. District Grants: Proposal Form

12. District Grants: Final Report

13. District Grants: Committee
Cliff Anson (Chair) RC of Grand Junction
Chris Unfug RC of Grand Junction
Russell Helm RC of Florence
Dawn Block RC of La Junta

14. District Grants: Questions?
District Grant Chair: Cliff Anson