ROTARY FOUNDATION AND D6400 GRANTS This page contains application and report forms for the Rotary Foundation and D6400 grants. Details on eligibility, deadlines and funding can be found in the application forms. In order to be eligible for a grant your club must be qualified and that means that at least two of your club members attended a grant management seminar. In order to receive support from the District Designated Funds (DDF) your club must have contributed at least USD $100 per capita to the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation. Please note that the Rotary Foundation District Community Grants are funded by DDF and the District match for Global Grants is also funded by DDF.
The District Rotary Foundation Committee grants team would like to thank all the clubs that are participating in the 2022-23 D6400 District Grants program. Rick Caron, District 6400 Grants Chair coordinated the grant request process. The club grant requests were reviewed and all were approved by the District Rotary Foundation Committee voting members – Sue Goldsen, Chair; PDG Rick Caron, PDG Neil McBeth, AG Margaret Wiliamson, DG Traci Sincock and DGE Russ Jones.
Report from the District Rotary Foundation Committee As the Rotary year changes so does membership on committees. Please note the new DRFC Committee for the 2023-24 year
The 2024-2025 DRFC organizational chart can be found at this link 2024-2025DRFC Org Chart
and the new policy on committee structure can be found at this link. DDF ALLOCATION POLICIES Click here
The Rotary Foundation District Community Grants: The Rotary Foundation funds district community grants that pay for scholarships, travel, and projects that all align with our mission to help Rotarians contribute to world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving people’s health, supporting education, and alleviating poverty.
D6400 Endowed Water Fund Jennifer Jones and Nicholas Krayacich Pooled Funds for Water and Sanitation “Endowed / Directed Gift E10953” WATER FUND POLICIES click here.
The links give you access to the documents should you wish to read more.
July 1, 2020 marks a dramatic, and, perhaps, permanent change to the way the Rotary Foundation (TRF) funds global grants. As of now, TRF will no longer match cash contributions. This has had a dramatic impact on our global grant applications that have not yet reached the “Authorization Required” phase of the process. Also, for our Canadian Clubs, the Government of Canada (GoC) matching program has been depleted of funds and there is no commitment for new funds. As an example, a club contribution of $10K with a DDF match of $10K would get a GoC match of $20K and a TRF match of $25K for a $65K grant. Without the GoC match and with TRF only matching DDF, the grant total is $30K. The impact can be substantial.
But Global Grants remain an excellent way of doing good in the world. In 2019-2020 our District and 12 clubs have been involved with other clubs in other districts in 11 approved Global grants with projects in 6 countries for a total of $2,111,746. The most recent approval is Rotary Club of Detroit in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bombay with a total budget of $263,540 to “provide: (i) ergonomically designed group handwashing facilities, (ii) indoctrination, behaviourial change communication and training in benefits of handwashing to primary and secondary rural school students, teaching staff & school management committees and to parents and (iii) menstrual hygiene management to adolescent girls and female teachers.” Congratulations to Detroit and all the clubs involved in the approved grants. Next year promises a continuation of this trend with 20 applications in various pre-approval stages.
The Rotary Foundation 2024-25 District Community Grants have been Approved.
Congratulations to the 33 clubs that have applied for one or more 2024-25 District Community Grants from the Rotary Foundation. Approval for all the applications was received on July 17, 2024 and you can now start your projects. This year we had 32 applications (26 single club and 6 collaborative club) applications which is 8 more than last . Five of the grants are international with 1 in Nigeria, 1 in Tanzania, and 3 in Ghana. The total value of all grants $148,712, with $72,742 of that total given by the Rotary Foundation through the District Designated Funds earned by your contributions to the Annual Fund made three years ago. All those that will benefit from the projects thank you for your contributions. Here is the complete list.
- Adrian AM: Adrian Community Preschool Program Expansion, $7500
- Allen Park: Champaign Park, Gingham Dog Park (wood fill/treatment) and Milward Rotary Park (painting / landscaping), $5000
- Blissfield: Christmas Bag Project and OTC Medications w Literacy Component, $5000
- Canton: Canton Rotary STEM Mentoring Scholarship Program, $5000
- Carleton: Park Benches for Walking Trail and for Ball Diamond at Ash Township Unity Park, $5340
- D6400-Global e-Club: Provision of Water, Electricity & Furnishing a Maternity Ward in Ozuomee Community in Nigeria, $5000
- Dearborn Heights: Making Positive Choices Makes a Difference, $5000
- Detroit: Youth Leadership Conference – 2025, $5000
- Essex: Christmas Baskets for Community Families in Need, $3650
- Gibraltar: Medical ID Bracelets, $5000
- Grosse Pointe: Life Remodeled –Anchor Detroit, $4480
- Kingsville Southshore: Filling the fridge at Kingsville Community Food Bank, $5000
- LaSalle Centennial: Holiday Hope baskets, $5000
- Leamington: Meals on Wheels Program, $5000
- Livonia: Rotary Reading Partners, $2000
- Livonia AM: AAA PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER LIVONIA, $5000
- Monroe: Centennial Service Project New Pollinators at the Munson Park North Meadows, $5000
- Plymouth: Studio equipment for 88.1 the Park (high school radio station), $5388
- Plymouth AM: PARClife Early Learning room project, $3254
- Southgate: Peace Poles for the Community, $2100
- Trenton: Hope for Girls in Ghana, $5000
- Wayne: Restoring History, $5000
- Westland: Hygiene and Bedding Kits, $5000
- Windsor-Roseland: Windsor-Roseland Peace Picnic, $2000
- Windsor-St. Clair: 50th Anniversary – 3 Projects in 12 Months of Service, $5000
- Windsor (1918): Support for Traditional Birth Attendants in Tanzania, $5000
- Taylor, Southgate, Woodhaven-Brownstown, and Dearborn Heights: Fish and Loaves Pantry Food Donation, $4000
- Essex, Livonia AM, Harrow, and Passport to Service: Make Miracles Happen – Fosu Ghana Incubator project, $8000
- Windsor-Roseland and Windsor (1918): Rehabilitation and Training Equipment for the Workshop of the Disabled – Jirapa, UWR, Ghana, $4000
- Windsor-St. Clair and Leamington: Migrant Workers Bike Light Program, $2000
- Belleville and Wayne: Loads of Laundry: Access to Clean Clothing in Schools, $4000
- Windsor-WIDE, Kingsville Southshore, and LaSalle Centennial: Bed Builds, $6000
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Use the appropriate link below to get the application form for The Rotary Foundation District Community Grants for either a single club application or a collaborative application (2 – 4 clubs). The application deadline is May 30 for projects planned in the next Rotary year.
District Community Grant App – Single Club download here
District Community Grant App – Collaborative download here
When the grant is complete use the link to get the form to create the final report. Also, please send 2 – 3 pictures of the project, especially of Rotarians at work, with your final report. The report and photos must be sent to rotary6400grants@gmail.com by May 30 of the Rotary year in which the project was completed.
District Community Grant Final Report Form Individual and Collaborative download here
Global Grants
Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs and districts strengthen their global partnerships.
Read A Guide to Global Grants for detailed information on planning your project, applying for a grant to fund it, carrying it out, and reporting on your progress and outcome.
Full information in Global Grants is available at https://my.rotary.org/en/take-action/apply-grants/global-grants
GLOBAL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP The Rotary Foundation funds scholarships with global grants and district grants. For information about district grant scholarships, clubs should contact their
district Rotary Foundation committee, and districts should refer to District Grants Scholarship Best
Practices.
OVERVIEW
Through global grants, Rotary members can support future leaders in fields related to the areas of focus:
• Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
• Disease prevention and treatment
• Water, sanitation, and hygiene
• Maternal and child health
• Basic education and literacy
• Community economic development
• Environment
Global grant scholarships fund graduate–level coursework or research for one to four academic years. A key feature of global grants is the partnership between the district or club in the study location (host sponsor) and the district or club in the scholar’s home country (international sponsor). Both sponsorsmust be qualified before they can submit an application.
Letter to Presidents/CLUBS – Global Scholar Program DISTRICT 6400 DOWNLOAD HERE 2023-2024
Global_Grant_Scholarship_Supplement Download here