Transforming and Changing People’s Lives Grants Walter Hughes, Jr. March 2, 2013
Doing Good in the World is not… Paperwork, Red Tape Online Forms A Temporary Satisfaction Just Snapping Photographs Making us Feel Good
Must Remember Why…
Hometown Hands On Rotarians
Countries with Grants in Caribbean & Americas Africa and Middle East Asia and Europe HaitiSouth Sudan (2)Bangladesh TrinidadSouth Africa (3)Czech Republic Columbia (2)Ghana MexicoLebanon TobagoJordan (‘13-’14)
Time to Lead is Now You are the People Who Can Make it Happen Inspire People Give to the Annual Fund Already Partnering with Other Districts and Clubs Mentoring and Encouraging 2013 District 7570 DTTS
People will Follow Our Lead Got a Call from Wyoming School Kids Raised $200 for S. Sudan Challenged Wyoming Rotary Club $200+$200=$400 Solution is to Call Us
D7570 Leading the World One of Best in the entire World of Rotary We Can Get it Done! Recognized for Leadership You are Leading Best Clubs We are Trusted, Respected and Known We Have Best Talent and Results Right Here, Right Now in VA & TN
D7570 Annual Fund Giving Giving Six-Year Average $433,508 to Annual Fund $ per capita in giving versus $111 for US 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Encourage & Lift Up Our Clubs Strengthen, Encourage, and Lift Up Don’t Keep Our Success a Secret Paperwork Has Changed Grants Team will Help You Achieve Goal Grants Applications are Online Still Keep Copy in Word and Excel, too.
Secret of Our Success is: We Are Changing Lives Old Way is Done of Doing Matching Grants 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Area Clubs Team on Grants We Had Three Area Global Grants for South Africa, Bangladesh & South Sudan Adding an area “Collaborative Grant” for District Grants in –Team of Four (4) Clubs –Award of $7,500 for “Area” Project –Local Project Preferred 2013 District 7570 DTTS
District Grants Next Year Application is Online at rotary7570.org Rough Draft by President Elect Training Deadline is April 15 th Want Every Area Represented with Grants this Year Match 50% Cost or Maximum of $3,000 Short and Easy Application Form 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Online District Grants 2013 District 7570 DTTS
District Grants are Flexible! Will fund local, international, educational, disaster relief and travel Align with Rotary Foundation mission Smaller budgets & local decisions Local decision making, less red tape No Match from Rotary Foundation
Mike Mefford - International Global Grants Dick Ray - District Grants Grant Members At Large: Kathy Kantor, Dr. Ken Tuck, Thomas Rhea, Kenny Lovelace Janet Johnson – Foundation Chair Fred Meyers - District Foundation Grants Treasurer Great Resources are Foundation Advocates and Future Vision Advocates Walter Hughes - District Grants Committee Chair Great Resources
Five Concepts of Rotary Grants Compassion Passion Story Friendships Team 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Compassion & Passion Must Learn about People and their Country We do Grants Because we Have Compassion for the Men, Women & Children Love Our Hometowns, too Turns into A Passion 2013 District 7570 DTTS
All Starts with A Story Marie Murphy told a story that a village called Sitanagar, Bangladesh needed long-term help with: Tube Wells & Latrines Better Education Better Health & Hope 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Build Friendships
Strengthen the Team
Start Thinking Big! Changing for the Good Impossible is Possible We are Able to Make A Difference We Can Do It if we Keep the Story in our Hearts and Minds. Remember the “Old Woman” who is Thirsty 2013 District 7570 DTTS
You Are the Leaders! Red Tape and Snafus Will Remain Don’t focus on the Paperwork Focus on the People who can: –Live in Peace and Not in Fear –Have a Future instead of Just a Past –Have Hope instead of Hate 2013 District 7570 DTTS
Dreams We can’t Accomplish Everything that we Dream, but we can’t Accomplish anything at all unless we do Dream District 7570 DTTS
People Want to be Involved President Atia at Water Meeting
Civil Unrest versus Peace
Six Grant Areas of Focus Water Disease and Maternal & Prevention Sanitation Child Health & Treatment
Goodwill Basic Education and Peace and Literacy Economic & Community Development Six Grant Areas of Focus
Bigger Budgets Minimum match is $15,000 Minimum project Budget $30,000 Align with one of the six areas of focus Align with one of the six areas of focus Longer-term Impact of grant Longer-term Impact of grant Grant managed by Rotary Foundation Grant managed by Rotary Foundation Global Grants are New!
Certification of Clubs Attend Grants Management Seminar Must Sign Memo of Understanding Recommend District Training Assembly on April 20, 2013 Not Needed for District Grants Required for Global Grants
Certification & Training 102 Rotarians attended three (3) Grant Management Seminars held this fall Make-up Training on April 20 th 66 Clubs (out of 84) or 79% Attended 32 Clubs Sent in MOU or 38% of Clubs 4 Clubs Have Experience with Global Grants Please Continue to Ask for MOU
Global Grants at Member Access at
Rotary Foundation Growing $813.7 Million in Total Assets $110.1 Million Given to Annual Fund $77.9 Million for all Grants $102.8 Million for PolioPlus Program $185.7 Million in Program Awards
$446,480 $446,480 50% SHARE 50% 50% SHARE 50% District Designated Funds TRF World Fund $223,240 $223,240 District Designated Funds Annual Fund Gifts in
$446,480 $446,480 50% SHARE 50% 50% SHARE 50% District Designated Funds TRF World Fund $223,240 $223,240 25% 20% 5% 50% (min.) $56,472 $44,648 $13,000 $111,620 District Polio GSE Global Match from TRF Grants Plus Team Grants Matches 100% of District $ 50% of Club $ District Designated Funds Annual Fund Gifts in
We Know Story… Ensuring Achievable, Sustainable, and Measurable Results
Partnerships are Key 7X Average Multiplier of Our DDF & Club Funds 14X DDF Grew in Beirut by Partnering with St. Jude Cancer Center in Memphis, Tennessee 14X DDF Grew in South Sudan by Partnering with 15 Rotary Clubs in TN, VA, AZ, NH and South Africa (60X with $300,000)
You can Change Lives! You are the Ones Who Have the Ideas and the Dreams and Who Can Inspire.