Global Grants

Rotary Foundation (including Grants)
Global Grants
Global Grants are partnerships between clubs in two countries. The minimum total project amount is $30,000. Clubs must be qualified in order to apply.  Clubs wanting to apply for global grants should contact Global Grant Chair Barbara Kiernen at the beginning of the process to request and reserve District Designated Funds (DDF) for your project and fill out a Commitment of Funds for a Global Grant form.  D5500 only funds humanitarian projects and vocational training teams (VVT). It does not fund Global Grant Scholarships.  It also has a total DDF Funding Policy for Global Grants, (please see District 5500 Policy on Allocation of DDF).   D5500 clubs should also consult the documents below before opening a Global Grant Application.
 
Your club needs to be qualified to use Global Grant funds. See the Club Qualification Webpage for information.  Click here for: Grant Management Webinar for 2023-24  A minimum of two members must view the Grant Management Seminar for your club to qualify to use Global  Grant funds.
 
It is important to remember that when you apply for a Global Grant, unlike a District Grant, you will be building your application online for the review and approval of a Rotary Foundation Regional Grants Officer (RGO). Therefore, it is important that you take the time necessary to pull everything together. What you do not want to do is to "lock" your draft application before you are confident that you have satisfactorily answered all of the application questions and attached all of the required supporting documentation.
 
 
 
 
GLOBAL GRANT POLICIES:
 
HELPFUL DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION:
 
GLOBAL GRANT NEWS JANUARY 2024
 
TUCSON ROTARY
Tucson Rotary has received a District Grant to do the required Community Assessment for a GG in Senegal. The ultimate goal is to help forgotten street children in a rural village near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa.
 
CLICK HERE for an overview “The Kernel for an Idea of a Rotary Project”.  CLICK HERE to contact Margaret Higgins if your club is interested in being a partner.
 
TUBAC ROTARY
Tubac Rotary has received a District Grant to do the required Community Assessment for a GG in Mexico.  The ultimate goal is to establish a program enhancing cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries.
 
CLICK HERE for an overview “Supporting Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate Surgeries in Mexico”.  CLICK HERE to contact Bud Eckhart if your club is interested in being a partner.
 
ARIZONA ROTARY MICROCREDIT PROGRAM
Three Global Grants, from 2013-2018, totaling $274,000 established the basis for this program which is shared between D5500 & D5495 in Arizona.   Businesses in Hermosillo, Mexico getting loans must have an18 month history and looking for expansion capital.  Loans start range from $300 to $1000.
 
Green Valley and Valle Verde are Partners in the Arizona Microcredit Committee, committing $5,000 over 5 years and other clubs who have donated to the program are Casas Adobes, Mountain Empire, Tubac and Tucson Sunrise.
 
CLICK HERE to contact Gary Friedman if your club is interested in learning more about the program, in becoming a Donor or Partner and going on one of the 5 yearly no-cost trips to Hermosillo meeting with those whose lives we help improve.
 
 
 
 
 
LIST OF PROJECTS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS: