1. District Rotary Foundation Seminar

2. Transitioning to New Rotary Foundation Grants
Session X

3. Need for Future Vision Plan
Immense growth
Relevance in philanthropic world
Sustainability, significance, simplification

4. Future Vision Plan Goals
Simplify programs and processes
Focus service efforts to increase impact
Support global and local efforts
Increase sense of ownership for districts and clubs
Enhance Rotary’s public image

5. Areas of Focus Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy
Economic and community development

6. New Grant Model
District Grants
Global Grants
Packaged Grants

7. District Grants Single “block” grant awarded annually
Local or international activities
Activities align with the mission
Local decision making with broader guidelines
Smaller activities and projects

8. Foundation Mission
To enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty

9. Global Grants Long-term projects Sustainable outcomes
Larger grant awards aligned with areas of focus
World Fund match

10. Packaged Grants Work with strategic partners Predesigned projects
World Fund
Aligned with an area of focus

11. Packaged Grants Rotarians involved with Needs assessment
Technical expertise
Service
Promotion
Monitoring and evaluation

12. Qualification
Qualification provides clubs with controls to meet Foundation requirements and to manage grant-funded activities.
Clubs need to qualify before applying for global and packaged grants.

13. Member Access

14. Preparing for 2013 Align activities with areas of focus
Learn from pilot district
Participate in training in

15. Train, Qualify & Prepare 2012-13
Appoint a club Rotary Foundation committee chair
Complete training to qualify your club
Ensure grant reports are submitted
Begin applying for global grants

16. Resources www.rotary.org/futurevision learn.rotary.org
Rotary Grant News

17. Questions?