How Rotaractors can participate in Rotary Grants

As of January 2022, districts that apply for Rotary Foundation District Grants can include Rotaract club activities in their spending plans. As of July 2022, Rotaract clubs can apply for Global Grants to support their service work in their own communities or abroad.

Rotary clubs and districts can:

• Invite Rotaract members to complete a grant management seminar so that their clubs can become qualified to apply for global grants

• Appoint Rotaractors to district committees and subcommittees

• Work with Rotaract clubs on grant-funded projects

• Develop a system to track Rotaract clubs’ participation in global grant projects

• Ask Rotaract members to help organize a fundraiser

• Consider changing how district designated funds (DDF) are distributed in order to increase Rotaract involvement

• Invite Rotaract clubs to participate in project fairs

• Work with Rotaract clubs in the district to make sure they have reported their current membership information to Rotary

Rotaract clubs and members can:

• Learn about Rotary Grants

• Participate in a grant management seminar and work with district leaders to become qualified to apply for global grants

• Help conduct a community assessment

• Take an active role in implementing a project funded by a district or global grant

• Work with a Rotary club to organize a fundraiser for a grant-funded project

• Participate in public relations and advocacy efforts for a grant-funded project

• Contribute technical, cultural, or academic expertise to a grant-funded project

• Make sure that your club’s current membership information has been reported to Rotary

No, disaster response grants are awarded to districts. However, a district may choose to distribute grant funds to a Rotaract club to carry out disaster response activities.

Yes, Rotaract clubs may apply for Programs of Scale grants. Learn more about Programs of Scale.

Yes, Rotaractors can take part in grant-funded training such as a vocational training team. In order to comply with Rotary’s conflict of interest policy, the grant that benefits a Rotaract member may not be sponsored by that person’s Rotaract club.

Yes. The Rotary Foundation Trustees have agreed that Rotaractors can benefit from scholarships funded by a district or global grant. In order to comply with Rotary’s conflict of interest policy, the grant that benefits a Rotaract member may not be sponsored by that person’s Rotaract club.

Yes. Rotaractors can either receive or provide training as part of a vocational training team. Rotaract members who want to serve on a team that will provide training through a global grant need to have at least two years of work experience in the relevant area of focus.

Yes, giving reports will include contributions made by Rotaractors, which will facilitate donor recognition and the tracking of club giving totals. As reports become available on My Rotary, individual Rotaract and Rotary members will be able to view the report on their own giving, and current club, district, and regional officers will be able to view the reports for their respective Rotaract and Rotary members. Reports with giving data may only be viewed for official business purposes, in accordance with Rotary’s privacy policy.

Write to annualfund@rotary.org with questions about Foundation giving reports.

Yes. To be eligible to sponsor a global grant, a Rotaract club needs to have previously worked with a Rotary club or district on a global grant-funded project.

These activities qualify as prior experience with global grants:

• Conducting a community assessment in preparation for a global grant

• Raising funds for a global grant

• Participating in public relations efforts for a global grant-funded project

• Actively participating in implementing a global grant-funded project

• Providing technical support to a global grant-funded project

• Helping to measure and evaluate a global grant-funded project

The district will track a Rotaract club’s participation in global grants. When district Rotary Foundation chairs authorize an application, they will confirm that the club meets the participation requirement. The Rotary Foundation won’t manage this information.

No. If one sponsor is a Rotaract club, the other needs to be a Rotary club or district.

The Rotaract club president will authorize the application on behalf of the club.

As of July 2022, Rotaract clubs can apply for a global grant using the Grant Center. To plan and prepare a draft application in advance, clubs can use the Global Grant Application Template.

The Rotary Foundation doesn’t require Rotaract clubs to be qualified before receiving district grant funds. However, districts may choose to make this a requirement for both Rotary and Rotaract clubs.

Yes, Rotaract clubs need to be qualified to participate in global grants.

Rotaract clubs should contact district leaders to arrange for members to participate in the district’s grant management seminar or online grant management seminar in the Learning Center. In addition, the district leaders can provide the club MOU for review and authorization.

The district is responsible for tracking a Rotaract club’s qualification. District leaders will confirm as part of the application in the Grant Center that the Rotaract club is qualified.

Members can read more about qualification on My Rotary. They can also send questions to stewardshipdepartment@rotary.org.

No, but we encourage it. The only district roles that Rotaractors aren’t eligible for are governor, assistant governor, and district Rotaract chair.

No, but we recommend it. Rotaractors are an important voice on district committees.