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)
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