Rotary Grants
The Plymouth Rotary Club and the Plymouth Rotary Foundation holds fundraisers annually in the Fall of each year. The proceeds from the fundraisers are made available for grants. The funds available for grants will vary from year to year.
The Club assembles a Grant Committee, chaired by the Clubs Immediate Past President, to evaluate grant applications received and make recommendations to the Club's Board of Directors for concurrence. Grants are awarded twice each year.
Applications received by January 15 will be evaluated for 1st half funding and applications received by May 15 will be evaluated for 2nd half funding. Applications must be complete in every detail. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. All grants must adhere to the binding and non-binding criteria listed to the right.
All instructions are available on this web page and may be downloaded for printing.
The Club reserves the right to fund only a portion of a request depending on the amount of funds available, if that is appropriate. It is possible that some deserving applications may be held over to the next funding period by notification and agreement with the applicant.
If questions remain, please address inquiries to either
James Williams at jwilli99@comcast.net
Peter Bartling at bartlingpeter@yahoo.com
or
Grant Committee Chair
Rotary Club of Plymouth
P.O. Box 46453
Plymouth, MN 55446
DOWNLOAD GRANT APPLICATION FORM PDF
DOWNLOAD GRANT APPLICATION FORM WORD
DOWNLOAD GRANT REPORT INSTRUCTIONS
CRITERIA FOR GRANTS FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF PLYMOUTH
NON-BINDING CRITERIA
1. Grants may be used to assist individuals and/or families with urgent emergency
circumstances.
2. Priority shall be given to programs emphasizing youth and education.
3. The Rotary Club of Plymouth shall strive to allocate funding geographically with
50% designated for programs within its Plymouth service area and 50% allocated
to state/national/international programs.
4. The Rotary Club of Plymouth shall use its best efforts to fund 100% , or make a
significant contribution toward the request for any approved project.
BINDING CRITERIA
1. The organization applying for a Rotary Grant must be sponsored by a member of
the Rotary Club of Plymouth. The Club Member must have personal knowledge
of the organization but is not required to be a member of the grant applying
organization.
2. Applications for a Rotary Grant must contain all required information and be
submitted by the scheduled deadline. Any incomplete and/or untimely
applications shall not be considered but may be resubmitted for consideration
during the next grant period.
3. No grant funding shall be provided for capital campaigns, general operating
expenses, reimbursement for expenditures already incurred or projects that were
initiated prior to the grant deadline. Grants shall not be used to benefit Rotary
members or their immediate family.
4. Grants shall be used for specific needs that maximize benefits to recipient(s). The
grant request must be for a specific project with measurable outcomes that impact
issues in our community, state, country and the world.
5. In general, an organization may not apply for a grant in consecutive years unless
the grant request is for a different program than that funded by the previous year’s
grant.
6. Grant recipients must complete and submit the Rotary Club of Plymouth grant
report form within one year of receipt of the grant. If the organization is applying
for a new grant, the previous year grant report shall be required to be included
with the new grant request. Once the report is received, local grant recipients will
be invited to a weekly Plymouth Rotary meeting to give a 5-10 minute oral report
about the completed project.
7. Any previous grant recipient applying for a grant in a subsequent year, must
include the previous year’s grant report with the new grant request.
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