Important Training Sessions- Future Vision Grant Management

Beginning July 1, 2013 our Rotary Foundation will implement a new grant model to support club and district humanitarian and educational projects. This model has already been tried by about 100 pilot districts in the Rotary world and was called Future Vision. You may have read about it in our Rotarian magazine or heard about it from your club’s participation in the District 6740 Foundation Seminar last fall.

Briefly, the key elements of the new grant model are:

· Two types of grants will be offered – Global grants and District grants

· District grants will allow clubs and districts to address humanitarian needs in their communities and abroad through a block grant coming from the district’s District Designated Fund (50% of District 6740’s giving to the Rotary Foundation in 2010-2011, given back to the district)

· Global grants developed by club(s) or the district for a humanitarian effort with a host partner in another country, can receive matching funds from the Rotary Foundation for a project budget of from $30,000 to $200,000.

· Projects will support one or more of 6 areas of focus:

Ø  Peace and conflict prevention/resolution,

Ø  Disease prevention and treatment,

Ø  Water and sanitation,

Ø  Maternal and child health,

Ø  Basic education and literacy,

Ø  Economic and community development.

· All projects must reflect sustainability

· Responsibility for planning and execution of a project and complete reporting to ensure  stewardship of the funds involved is required.

Reflecting the new grant program, clubs and districts which will participate in Rotary Foundation grants will be required to be qualified. To ensure that clubs will be able to be qualified, several Grant Management seminars have been scheduled throughout D6740 to accommodate clubs and their representatives who will attend. The President, the President-Elect and the Rotary Foundation Chair from the clubs are invited to attend one of these grant Management Seminars and begin the process of qualifying the club.

Grant Management Seminars have been chosen at locations, hopefully convenient for the clubs. The seminars will be held as follows:

February 15, Lexington – Bingham Davis House, 218 East Maxwell Street - (5:00 – 8:00 PM)

February 16, Erlanger – The Colonial Cottage, 3140 Dixie Highway - (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

March 1, London – Laurel County Adult Education, 90 Bennett Circle - (5:00 – 8:00 PM)

March 9, Flemingsburg – Fleming County Hospital, 55 Foundation Drive - (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

March 16, Paintsville – Ramada Inn, 624 James S. Trimble Blvd. – (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)