DRFC - Grants Subcommittee

By PDG Frank Ortiz, District Rotary Foundation Chair

The District Rotary Foundation Committee (DRFC) consists of five (5) subcommittees: 

Today, the focus is the Grants Subcommittee.

Grants SubCommittee

This committee generally oversees the process for receiving District and Global Grants for Clubs within District 5240.  

District grants fund small-scale, short-term activities that address needs in our local communities and communities abroad.  District grants  fund a variety of district and club projects and activities, including:  Humanitarian projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts; Scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study; Youth programs, including Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotaract, and Interact; Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves.  There is plenty of freedom to customize your service projects.

Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs and districts strengthen their global partnerships.  Global Grant applications are a bit more complex but generally worth the effort.  Global grants can fund:  Humanitarian projects; Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies; Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves.

Rotary Clubs in District 5240 must be qualified by the District to be a lead club on a District Grant or a Global Grant.  Qualification must be re-established each Rotary Year.  For Rotary Year 2020-21 District 5240 has provided Grants Qualification/Certification training on Nov 2 and Dec 17, 2019; and Jan 14 and Feb 11, 2020.  There are currently 61 Clubs that qualified to apply for certification for applying for and receiving a district or global grant.  Of those, 32 clubs are officially certified for the 2020-2021 Rotary Year.

The Grants Subcommittee is organized with key Rotarian volunteers from throughout District 5240.  The Chairs and their contact info:

Grants Sub-Committee Chair - David Gore (Goleta Noon):  davcgor@gmail.com

District Grants Chair — Pat Abruzzese (Carpinteria Morning):  pabruzzese@pccinc.com

Global Grants Co-Chair —  Richard Williams (Thousand Oaks):  richardswilliams@roadrunner.com

Global Grants Co-Chair - Chas Wilson (Simi Sunrise): cwilson3169@yahoo.com

Document Retention Chair — Scott Phillips (Goleta Noon):  scott@synergyinc.net

District 5240 Grants Subcommittee information can be accessed by this link:

https://www.rotarydistrict5240.org/SitePage/grants-sub-committee