District Grants
2025-26 District Grants
Applications will be accepted in the month of July on District 5500’s new DACdb database. District Grants are administered by D5500 with funds that D5500 Rotarians contributed to the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund three (3) years ago. They are used to fund small-scale, short-term projects that address needs in local and international communities. Within D5500, district grants are specifically intended to promote humanitarian club projects that involve the active, personal participation of D5500 Rotarians. D5500 District Grants must be directly related to the mission of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and approved by D5500.
Club Qualification
Your club must be qualified each year to use District Grant funds. See the Club Qualification Webpage, here.
- Click here for Instructions for filling out the District Grant Application.
- Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding between RI and a District 5500 Club (MOU).
- The Club President and President Elect will agree to the MOU in the application for a District Grant.
- Click here for the D5500 Addendum to the MOU. This must be filled out by the Club President and emailed to Stewardship Chair Teree Bergman.
2024-25 District Grants
Click here for: 2024-25 Grant Management Webinar.
A minimum of two members must view the Grant Management Webinar for your club to qualify to use District Grant funds. The contact person for a District Grant application must have viewed it as well, and can be one of the two required viewers.
Rotary International’s Terms and Conditions for District Grants
Click here for: Rotary International’s Terms and Conditions for District Grants.
District 5500 Grant Policies:
- Grants range from $250 to $4,000 in the first round, $250 to $2,000 in the second round, if there is one.
- The application and final report process is in the D5500 DACdb Grant Module.
- Grant funds may be used to fund a prior club project if the beneficiaries are new.The contact person on a District Grant must take the Grant Management Webinar.
- All receipts for expenditures must be collected and retained. Expenditures cannot be made until the grant funds have been received.
- There is no Area of Focus requirement or sustainability issues like in Global Grants, although it is encouraged.
- Support of the Annual Fund may be used if the grant requests exceed the available District Grant funds.
For more information, click here for: District 5500 2025-26 District Grant Policies
IF YOUR DISTRICT GRANT PROJECT IS INTERNATIONAL:
If your District Grant Project is International, you must fill out this International Form and load it into the Document Section of your Application in DACdb Grant Module.
For additional assistance for District Grants contact District Grant Chair Audrey Tolouian, Grants Subcommittee Chair Barbara Kiernan or District Rotary Foundation Chair Kristi Halvorson.