Global Grants
Global Grants are larger projects ($30,000 to $200,000 budget) that are carried out by two sponsor clubs. The Host Club is where the project is physically located. The International Club (usually your club or another club in our district) must be from another country. In District 5340, your club contributions to a project can be matched with up to $10,000 of District Designated Funds (DDF) for approved projects. The DDF is matched at 80% by The Rotary Foundation.
How to Find Global Grants
To view lists of past, current, and potential projects, visit http://www.matchinggrants.org/global. To see JUST District 5340 projects use the SEARCH feature in the upper right hand corner -- enter 5340 and the year that interests you.
You can explore many projects on this website: Service Project Center
A club can participate in a Global Grant project in multiple ways:
- Developing a new project
- Contributing financially to a project
- Sponsoring an existing project looking for an international partner
How to Do a Global Grant
You can learn HOW to do a Global Grant by attending the Global Grants Seminar held in the spring of each year. The slide deck is available on this website after that date. Two club members must attend and complete the quiz with a passing score, and a Club Memorandum of Understanding (download by clicking on the link) that must be completed for a club to be qualified to do a global grant. To receive District Designated Funds for a project, the club must have contributed per capita at least $100 to The Rotary Foundation the prior Rotary year. These qualifications are required each year.D5340 grants are generally managed in this way:
- Develop the project with your host partner.
- Enter the details on http://www.matchinggrants.org/global for the District Rotary Foundation Committee to review. The grant must be fully pledged for DDF allocations to be considered.
- Enter and submit the grant application on The Rotary Foundation website.