Matching Grants

Rotary Foundation Matching Grants are a tool that clubs can use to help fund many types of service projects from $10,000 to $300,000 in size. They build Rotary fellowship by "Matching" Rotarians from a club or district in one part of the world with a club or district in another part of the world who work together to design a project, manage it, with each contributing some funds to the budget of the project. Additionally, they ask our Rotary Foundation to add to the club or district funds with an additional "match" of more money.

Matching Grants written and managed by Rotary Clubs all over the world were funded by over US $20 million during the 2004/05 Rotary year to help Rotarians make the world a better, more peaceful place to live. Has your club partnered on a Matching Grant recently?

If your club is not yet doing Matching Grants, this is the time to get involved. It is easy and fun and you will meet and become friends with Rotarians all around the world; many ROTI members have done this for years. Look at how your club can invest in a project already waiting for help or develop on and get help from other Rotarians to help your people.

Rotary Foundation Matching Grants help Rotary Clubs and Rotary Districts do great humanitarian service. They require clubs or districts in different locales to match themselves and their money on the project. ROTI is an excellent place for such acquaintance to be made. ROTI is not a clearinghouse for projects, but our role in the "fellowship" line of action makes us a natural starting point for Matching Grant opportunities. As ROTI members become friends and "fellows" in our Fellowship, then Matching Grant projects will result.

Useful Resources for Undertaking Matching Grants

• The Rotary International site is full of information and the necessary forms. This is your natural starting point, and there is an easy search facility to assist you.
• The MatchingGrants.org is a private Rotary initiative, and is not underwriten by the Rotary Foundation in Evanston. The goal of this website is to facilitate communications between Rotarians looking for projects to finance, and Rotarians looking to finance their local projects.
• HANDS (Humanitarian Aid Network and Distribution System) Across the Sea was formerly the World Community Service Resource Network (WCSRN). Although this is not a Matching Grant site, the information provided is valuable to anyone wanting to establish a Matching Grant project.