What global grants support
Global grants can fund:
- Humanitarian projects
- Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies
- 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 they’re funded
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 gifts and endowment earnings to fund a global grant. The Foundation will provide a 100 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions. There is no minimum World Fund match.
Qualification
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. Learn more about the qualification process and grant management. Your club and district Rotary Foundation chairs can help you plan how to use your District Designated Funds and learn how to qualify your club.
Submitting a successful grant application
Consult with local experts early in the planning process to build a strong project plan and global grant application. The district resource network (see below) can help.
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 Rotarians 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. Learn more about the Global Grant Lifecycle.
Note: Sponsoring clubs and districts must submit their applications by June 30 to the Rotary Foundation for scholars who will begin studies in August, September, or October.
Monitoring & evaluation
Measuring outcomes is an integral part of global grant projects. Proper monitoring and reporting ensure that Rotary grants have a positive impact.
Learn more in the Global Grant Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Supplement.
You will be required to fill out an online global grant report. To prepare, you can download this template.
- Vision
- Community need
- Cooperation
- Responsibility and Stewardship
- Empowerment and Sustainability
- An idea close to home
- Son in medical school, and he wanted to be a humanitarian,
- Uganda - Developing country, with economic needs and health care challenges. In Uganda sixteen women a day die from childbirth.
- Focus on healthcare education
- Exchange healthcare professionals
- Support network of professionals
- Improve community health center infrastructure
- Develop distance education programs
- Create regional training centers
- Support a network of professionals
- $80K, $130k, $250k
- Drexel University, their college of nursing, computing, public health, international programs, and health sciences
- After 7 years, 3rd phase effort in progress
- Completed 5 VTT exchanges
- Installed computers
- Improved infrastructure at 4 health centers
- Conducted HBB and HMS training
- Major agreement with Drexel and Mbarara Health Center
- Making a difference!
- A model for Midwife Healthcare Education in Developing Countries