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November 2020 | Take action to create positive change locally and globally |
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| Global grant supports ecotourism in Costa Rica | With help from a Rotary Foundation global grant, a group of women in rural Costa Rica are using ecotourism to secure their families’ futures. | |
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| SHARE this Giving Tuesday | Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement of generosity. It’s a day that empowers all of us to give to our communities through service, kindness, and financial support — all acts that Rotary values deeply. One easy way to take action on Giving Tuesday, 1 December this year, is to make a gift to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund-SHARE.
The Annual Fund-SHARE system is Rotary’s primary way of making sustainable projects possible both close to home and around the world. It empowers Rotarians to use these funds to create lasting change where our help is needed most. Last year, the Foundation awarded 490 district grants and 1,359 global grants as a result of Annual Fund-SHARE contributions made by generous donors.
On Giving Tuesday, make The Rotary Foundation your charity of choice so that together, we can keep Doing Good in the World. | |
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| Expanded funding options for global grants | The Foundation Trustees have made another change to the way that global grants are funded, following their decision to stop matching cash contributions to grants because of the high demand for global grants. This latest change will give Rotary clubs and districts more flexibility in financing grant activity.
There’s no longer a minimum World Fund match for global grants. This means that grant sponsors can use any combination of District Designated Funds (DDF), cash, or directed gifts and endowment earnings to fund a global grant, as long as the minimum project budget is $30,000. The maximum World Fund award remains $400,000. As noted before, the Foundation will provide a 100 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions, but not match cash contributions.
The best way to ensure sufficient World Fund resources for grant activity in the future is to give generously to the Annual Fund-SHARE. | |
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Grant model evaluation report | The Rotary Foundation’s global grant model is evaluated every five years. The findings provide the Trustees with critical information about Rotary grants so they can make data-informed decisions about the model. We’re now in the second year of the current cycle. Learn more about the grant model evaluation’s findings from the first year of the cycle. | |
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Updates to the Grant Center | We are continually striving to improve the grant experience for Rotary members and have made two recent changes to the Grant Center: - Grant sponsors now need to provide bank account information as soon as the grant application has been submitted, a change from the previous process in which they sent that information after a grant was approved. Note that providing account information at this earlier stage doesn’t guarantee approval of a grant, but it will lead to a smoother payment process for the grants that are approved. Grant sponsors now receive an email when they submit their application, asking them to sign into the online system and provide the account information.
- Districts officers can now submit proposed district grant spending plan items for review by their regional grants officer directly in the Grant Center. When you look at your district grant report, there’s a new option to submit these items for staff review. This will provide more transparency in the review done by the Foundation and more consistency in project approvals and declines. District officers can see new items as soon as they are approved and see explanations for items that aren’t approved.
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Clarification about international contributions to global grants | The August edition of Giving & Grants contained incorrect information about international contributions to global grants. For global grants, 15 percent of all contributions, not of the project budget, need to come from outside the country. We regret the error. | |
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