District Grants
Clubs can use district grants to fund a variety of district and club projects and activities, including:
- Humanitarian projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts
- Scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study
- Youth programs, including Rotary Youth Exchange, the Preston Johnson Speech Contest, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotaract, and Interact
- Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves
HOW ARE THE GRANTS FUNDED
The Grants are funded by contributions from Rotarians in District 6920 to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Share Fund three years prior. The Rotary Foundation sends 47.5% of the funds donated by our District back to our District. Half of the Foundation Funds for our District are used to fund Club District Grant projects, and the balance is used to fund Global Grants. How much a Club receives in District Designated Funds depends on the Club’s giving to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Share Fund three years prior.
HOW DO CLUBS APPLY FOR A GRANT
Clubs must qualify to apply for a grant.
To qualify a Club must,
- Be current with Rotary International and District dues
- Be up to date on all prior District grant reports
- Incoming Club President must have attended President Elect Training
- At least one member of the Club must attend and complete District Grants Training
Once qualified, clubs apply for Grants on DACdb
Apply
Apply via the Grants module of DACdb.com
Plan, but don’t start spending until you receive District Approval.
The documents to help you through this are in the box on the right.
The Club’s MOU must be uploaded to the Documents tab.
(after you put in the grant basics)
Report to Get Paid
Grant awards will be paid on a reimbursement basis. As soon as the project is finished, clubs may submit the Final Report for Reimbursement.
Critical Reminders:
- Record itemized expenses in the Expense Receipts section on the Expenses tab. Upload and attach legible copies of receipt/invoices for each expense.
- Record payments in the Payments section on the expenses tab. Upload and attach legible copies of bank documentation (front and back of canceled checks/bank statements) or credit card statements to support each itemized expense.
- The itemized expenses and the payments should have a difference of $0.00. If it doesn’t, you need to achieve a difference of $0.00, before submitting the Final Report.
- When you upload files in the grants module,do not use any type of special characters or punctuation in the naming of your documents
- You need at least one picture for your project. Upload pictures in the documents tab under Images.
- When you are ready to file for reimbursement, complete the Final Report tab, be sure you’ve completed the expense tab and uploaded at least one photo/video under Documents tab/Images, and then submit the final report for Club signatures. The last person to sign the final report should click Submit Final Report in the upper right.
District Contacts
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Anne Cordeiro
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Grant Documents
Download these documents to help you through the process
Click link below to view your club’s allocation
Step-by-Step View Applying for a Grant on DACdb
Step-by-Step View Filing Your Final Report on DACdb
RI Helpful Documents
Video of how to complete District Grant application and Final Report– Log on to DACdb, Click on the Support/Learning Tab, type the word grants in the keywords, hit enter, and a list of resources will pop up, select the video Grant Application and Grant Final Report – 2024 – VIDEO