What is a Global Grant?
Global grants have a minimum budget of $30,000 and a maximum World Fund award of $400,000. Grant sponsors can use a combination of District Designated Funds (DDF), cash, and/or directed gift and endowed fund program award spendable amounts to fund a global grant. The Foundation will provide an 80 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions. There is no minimum World Fund match. Both the district or club in the country where the activity is carried out and the international partner district or club must first become qualified before applying for a global grant.
To be approved, your application must clearly describe how your project, scholarship, or vocational training team:
- Is sustainable — include plans for long-term success after the global grant funds have been spent
- Includes measurable goals
- Aligns with one of Rotary's areas of focus
- Responds to real community needs — any club or district that applies for a global grant to support a humanitarian project or a vocational training team must conduct a community assessment first and design the project based on what they learn through that assessment.
- Actively involves Rotary and community members
- Meets the eligibility requirements in the grants terms and conditions
Applications are accepted throughout the year and are reviewed as they're received.
Global Grant 2458184 “Let me walk again with prosthetics”
The Rotary e-club of Houston has donated $2,000 toward this global grant sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ciudad Juarez Oriente (D-4110) and the Rotary Club of Los Lunas (D-5520). This grant has been approved by Rotary International in the amount of $40,800 USD. This grant was introduced to our club by Salvador Gonzalez. He is a member of our club and lives in El Paso, Texas.