Supporting Global Grants (Criteria for Consideration)
For our international projects committee to evaluate and determine whether we want to become an international partner or contribute to a grant, we require the criteria below to be met.   We have found that this process is very effective at helping ensure that the grants we support are successful.
If all the criteria for consideration are met, please complete steps 1-4 below. After those steps are completed, we can schedule a time for a presentation to our International Projects Committee. The committee will then vote on whether to contribute funding and at what amount.

Does the project meet these criteria for consideration?

  1. Maximum leverage: Rotary Global Grants ideally with strong DDF support from participating Clubs.
  2. Quality Relationships: Host and International Clubs have a track record of successful global grants
  3. Synergies with other projects: Host or International partner has experience/expertise with this type of project
  4. Maximum impact: Ability to quantify and describe the number of people served/impacted, with a strong focus on sustainability (project success will continue long after Rotary is gone)

Once the criteria above are sent to us and approved, please complete the following steps before presenting:

  1. Please create entry on rotary.org entry in the Grant Center
  2. Please complete a draft Global Grant application in the linked Global Grant Application Template or on-line on the Rotary International Grant Center.
  3. Please create a matchinggrants.org entry
    1. Why is this important?   Our District 5440 uses Matching Grants for all DDF requests. We are allowed to apply for $5,000 of DDF per global grant outside our district.  This allows a $2500 donation from our club to net $11,500 for your project ($2500 club cash + $5000 DDF + $4000 World Fund match)  After Dec. 1 the possible match for grants sponsored by another district will increase to $10,000.
    2. Please include an estimated budget
    3. Please include current funding that has already been committed
  4. Please complete the linked PowerPoint slide template or verify your presentation includes all the information in the template. Please send a copy to our Chair before the presentation.