District 5300 District Assembly, April 2009 INTERNATIONAL MATCHING GRANTS Clive Houston-Brown, PP Rotary Club of Pomona Chair, District 5300 International Matching Grants 2009/2010

Matching Grant (MG) Agenda What a Matching Grant is Eligible project types and examples How the funding works How to find a potential project Important Websites Contact information

What are Matching Grants (MG)? Money provided by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) to help fund a humanitarian service project being conducted by clubs in two or more countries

What projects are eligible for TRF Matching Grants funding? Humanitarian service projects Involve 2 or more Rotary Clubs in different countries TRF Matching Grant contribution portion must be at least $5,000 Have significant Rotarian involvement Benefit a community, not an individual

What are examples of humanitarian projects? Water projects (clean drinking water; irrigation; sanitation; etc.) Training/Education (entrepreneurial; occupational; medical; agricultural; etc.) Equipment (school supplies; medical supplies; classroom supplies; agricultural supplies, etc.) Microcredit (business startup; income-generating enterprise, business expansion; etc.)

What can you not use Matching Grants to fund? Purchase of land or buildings Construction/Refurbishments (with certain exceptions) Salaries Travel expenses (with certain exceptions) Administrative expenses of any organizations Post-secondary education activities/research/ professional development

How does the funding work? Rotary Clubs donate money to the project Minimum of $100 from international club Districts can match club donations using District Designated Funds (DDF) District 5300 matches club contributions 1:1 up to a certain amount (about $4,000) until DDF runs out The Rotary Foundation matches donations: $.50 to the dollar for Club contributions Dollar for dollar for DDF contributions Grants between $5,000-25,000 are Matching Grants Grants between $25, ,000 are Competitive Matching Grants (and require additional paperwork)

Club Donation: $4,000 $4,000 Total: $4,000 Club

District Matches Club $1:$1 $4,000 Total: $8,000 District Club 100%

TRF matches Clubs $.50:$1 $4,000 $2,000 Total: $10,000 ClubDistrict 50% TRF

TRF matches District $1:$1 $4,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total: $14,000 (x3.5 club investment) ClubDistrict 100% TRF

How do we find potential projects? (Developed/maintained by District5340 San Diego)

Important Websites The Rotary Foundation Matching Grants: Grants/Pages/MatchingGrants.aspx Database of potential projects: District 5300 Foundation/Matching Grants Site: Matching Grants example application: /MatchingGrantApplPeru.pdf

District Assembly, April 2009 Contact Information Clive Houston-Brown, PP Rotary Club of Pomona 2009/2010 Chair, District 5300 International Matching Grants Cell: (909) Home: (909)

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