Foundation Note - June 27, 2016

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foundation Note: ‘16-‘17 Global Grants Process is Underway
 
By Sanjay Deshpande
 
The 2016-2017 Global Grants process is underway. Four clubs have already submitted proposals and two more proposals are expected.
 
Our District will have $46,436 in District Designated Funds (DDF) available as of this Friday, July 1 – the start of the ’16-’17 Rotary year - in addition to $15,000 available from past years, to support Global Grant projects led or supported by clubs in our District. As in the past, District 7910 will match the cash contribution from clubs in our District up to $10,000.
 
A summary of the four proposals received so far is shown in Table 1.
 
Table 1. Global Grant Proposals Received for 2016-2017
Club
Proposal
Location
Total Cost
Club Cash
DDF Grant
Billerica
Water and School desks for a hillside community
Armenia
$45,200
$10,000
$10,000
Nashoba Valley
Midwifery Training Institute
Afghanistan
$52,260
$10,840
$8,500
Sturbridge
Medical equipment for a University-based hospital
Kosovo
$35,000
$10,000
$10,000
Wachusett Area
Integrated development in girls’ Schools
India
$44,000
$7,000
$7,000
Totals
$176,460
$37,840
$35,500
 
These four proposals are seeking DDF grants totaling $35,500. That leaves $10,936 available for additional Global Grant proposals during ‘16-17 – presuming that all four of those proposals are approved.
 
The District Grants Subcommittee, chaired by Jorge Yarzebski, will be reviewing these proposals on Wednesday, July 6.
 
Four previously approved Global Grant proposals are in the application stage, shown in Table 2.
 
Table 2. Global Grant Applications for Previously Approved Proposals
Club
Proposal
Location
Total Cost
Club Cash
DDF Grant
Bedford
One-room schoolhouse, reinvented
Kenya
$35,000
$10,000
$10,000
Brookline
Dental clinic
Honduras
$35,542
$10,000
$10,000
Neponset Valley Sunrise
Water project with Engineers Without Borders
Tanzania
$35,000
$10,000
$10,000
Worcester
Water project at the Be Like Brit orphanage
Haiti
$35,000
$10,000
$10,000
Totals
$140,542
$40,000
$40,000
 
The Bedford and Brookline projects were approved in ‘14-‘15 to proceed to the Application stage, while the Neponset Valley Sunrise and Worcester projects received the go-ahead in ‘15-‘16.  All these clubs have been advised that they must get their applications authorized before July 1, 2017.  Otherwise, they would be cancelled and, should they still want to proceed with their projects, would have to start by resubmitting a proposal. In addition, they would have to convince the Grants Subcommittee that the hurdles that prevented the earlier application from going through have been either removed or overcome.
 
The eight projects in the two tables, above, will be funded as they are approved by The Rotary Foundation staff. It is conceivable that the ‘16-‘17 proposals in Table 1 will be approved before those in Table 2. It is also conceivable that we will run out of DDF should all these projects be approved by the Foundation. In that event, the projects will be funded in the next Rotary year, provided the project sponsors are in a position to wait until additional DDF becomes available.
 
If you have any questions, please contact either District Grants Subcommittee Chair Jorge Yarzebski at yj.rotary@gmail.com or me, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair Sanjay Deshpande, sanjdesh51@aol.com.
 
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