District Simplified Grants 2009/2010 Committee Brian Stone Chuck Muskgrave Sharon Vorhees Chad Linville Stephen Eck Mark Mahoney

The Rotary Foundation and Grants Grant Funding by TRF – Contributions to the Annual Fund – Return of contributions to the Districts (DDF) – Allocation of funds to approved grants (World Fund) ALL Grants are subject to TRF rules – Grants are reviewed/approved according to guidelines – TRF has become increasingly strict in interpretation of guidelines – Successful completion of requirements- including reporting- affect fund availability in future years

ELIGIBLE  Revolving Loans/Microcredit  Construction/renovation of service roads, wells, reservoirs, dams, bridges, latrines, toilet blocks, water supplies, and other similar structures.  Short Term/Contracted labor for project implementation  Equipment, books, publicity.  Key projects (literacy, infant mortality, clean water) Expenditures and Activities

INELIGIBLE INELIGIBLE LE  Establishment of a foundation, permanent trust, or interest-bearing account.  Purchase of land or buildings;  Construction of any structure in which individuals live, work, or engage in any gainful activity such as buildings, containers, and mobile homes or structure where individuals carry out any type of activity including manufacturing, processing, maintenance or storage.

INELIGIBLE  Renovation of structures, including provision of new services or upgrade of facilities (i.e., electrical and plumbing), in which individuals live, work, or engage in any gainful activity such as buildings, containers, and mobile homes or structure where individuals carry out any type of activity including manufacturing, processing, maintenance or storage.  Salaries, stipends, or honorariums for individuals working for a cooperating organization or beneficiary. Expenditures and Activities

INELIGIBLE  Operating or administrative expenses of another organization.  Post-secondary education activities, research, or personal or professional development.  International travel.  Projects already undertaken and in progress, activities primarily sponsored by a non-Rotary organization, or projects that are already completed. Expenditures and Activities

Important Dates First application deadline 9/30/10 First awards date 10/15/10 Second round application deadline ( if necessary) 11/30/10 Second round award by 12/15/10 Third Round deadline 1/31/11 Third Round awards 2/15/11

Rules Humanitarian Need Rotarian Involvement Clubs match at least 20% of total project Consider projects that can be more than a one-time event - those the clubs can continue to support Quality, on-time reports

Rotary Club of EdmondRemember Me? Enid Rotary Club Senteos for Smart Students, Hygiene Packs for Kids in DHS Custody, Copier Needed Bricktown Language and Literacy Development in Ghana, Disaster Unit Midwest CityTennis Shoes for First Graders El Reno Park Bench for Legion Park, Adams Park Disc Golf Course Upgrades Stillwater Electrocardiogram for Sucke Clinic for Handicapped Children Last year ( ) projects

How to complete the DSG application Club name and number: 1720 Woodward Rotary Club Name of project: Keeping kids Safe Describe the project, its location, and its objectives: – Bicycle Safety Clinic, to be held 8/13/08 in Woodward, OK for local kids in Woodward, OK and surrounding communities. The clinic will be held to instruct elementary-age school kids bike safety rules, as well as improve their cycling skills and supply them with bike helmets. Describe how the project will benefit the community and/or improve the lives of the less fortunate: – Kids will be taught to obey traffic safety rules to reduce accidents and save kid’s lives. Kids will learn the value of wearing helmets to prevent serious injury when cycling, and the kids will be provided helmets. Describe non-financial participation by Rotarians in the project (i.e., Rotarian activities): They will set up the course, order supplies and food, register kids, cook lunch, teach biking safety courses and clean up afterward.

How will the general public know this is a Rotary-sponsored project? Please provide details: Newspaper story and pictures, prominent display of Rotary wheel, plus Rotary stickers on all helmets and Rotary t-Shirts for all Rotarians at clinic. Cooperating Organization: Woodward Chapter of the American Red Cross Red Cross involvement- provided biking safety pamphlets to hand out to all participants, they will train Rotarians in bike traffic rules and safe cycling techniques (to insure kids were taught a recognized safety program), and they will provide traffic cones for skills course. (Attach letter from local Red Cross office) – (one of the pitfalls of projects done with cooperating organizations, but necessary) BUDGET Helmets$ Rotary Stickers for helmets$ Food$150.0 Total $ Woodward Rotary pledges -$ Grant requested $800.00

No one can tell us what Rotary will be tomorrow, but one thing is certain: What Rotary will be tomorrow depends on what we Rotarians do today. Arch C Klumph Founder of the Rotary Foundation