District Grants (TRF)

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District Grants (TRF)

• New Name Community Service Grants
• Same Focus The Community Service Grant (CSG) is
  a tool that District 6000 uses to support
  short-term, humanitarian projects that benefit a
  community in District 6000.

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Who Can Apply?

• Districts only Each year the district will
  submit a spending plan to The Rotary Foundation
  to request DDF for use in this program.
• Clubs benefit The spending plan is comprised of
  pre-approved D6000 club projects.

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Timeline

• Districts may complete a spending plan and submit
  it as early as July 1 of each Rotary year.

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How much money is available?

• The Districts may ask for as much as 50 of new
  DDF awarded in the current year.

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An Example

• 2012-2013 The spending cap was 42,460.
• 2013-2014
• Under the old model 40,933.
• Under the new model 102,358.
• Actual 47,460.

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An Example

• The maximum amount available is based on
  contributions D6000 Rotarians made to The Rotary
  Foundation three years ago.
• So, your contributions to The Rotary Foundation
  drive this program!

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What goes into the spending plan?

• Your club project, if is recommended by the CSG
  committee and the Foundation Committee approves.
• In 2013-2014 all recommendations were approved.

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Start planning now for next year.

• The CSG Committee will set a due date for
  applications. Maybe as early as May 2014.
• Clubs should begin to think now about a project
  they want to have funded in 2014-2015.

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Plan ahead!

• Ideally, put your President-Elect on the steering
  committee for this project.
• When that person becomes President, carry out the
  project.

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Plan Ahead

• You must attend a grant management seminar (GMS)
  in 2014.
• One club had a good application in 2013, but not
  funded because they did not attend a GMS!

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Top five projects for 2013-2014

• Ames Morning Community Learning Center.
• Davenport Davenport Rotary S.O.A.P. (Save Our
  adolescents from Prostitution)
• North Scott Youth/Teen/Adult Summer Reading
  Program 2013-2014.

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Top five projects for 2013-2014

• West Liberty Ron-de-Voo Park.
• West Des Moines Bicycle Project