District 5500 has adopted policies for club qualification to be able to apply for Rotary Foundation District Grants and Global Grants. A summary of these requirements includes:

Club Qualification Requirements

Grant Management Seminar. At least two club members must complete the D5500 Grants Management Webinar (GMW) and report completion to their Club President. The contact person on a District Grant must take the Grant Management Seminar and may be considered one of the two required members.

Good Standing. Your Rotary club must be in “good standing.” That is, the Club has no outstanding indebtedness to Rotary International or to District 5500, AND, in the preceding Rotary year, the Club President-Elect attended an approved President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS).

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and District 5500 Addendum to the MOU. The Club President serving in the year of the district grant fund request must agree to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between RI and a D5500 Rotary Club (MOU) when a district grant is applied for in the DACdb grant module. The D5500 Addendum to the MOU must be filled out and emailed to District Stewardship Chair Teree Bergman for a District Grant and/or a Global Grant.

Once your club has been qualified, to use grant funds: (1) You may proceed with a Global Grant project by contacting the Global Grant Chair Barbara Kiernan; or (2) You may proceed with a District Grant project. The contact person for the district grant application can fill out the application in the DACdb Grant Module.

Club Rotary Foundation Chair. By July 1 of every new Rotary year, the incoming Club President must appoint a Rotary Foundation Chair and report the name and contact information to the Stewardship Chair Teree Bergman.