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 and high
school scholarships.
 
The Club assembles a Grant Committee to 
evaluate grant applications received and make
recommendations to the Club’s Foundation Board of
Directors for concurrence. The Grant
Committee's role is to be judicious about how and where
our funds ought to be strategically donated and aligning
that donation to the club members’ shared goals. 
 
Grants are awarded each year. Application 
deadlines are October 1, December 1, February 1, April 1
and June 1. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated
during the month received and notification sent to the
applicant.
 
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 inquires to:
 
Carol Parrish at cjparrish1029@msn.com

Neha Markanda at nmarkanda@gmail.com
 
OR 
 
Grants Committee Chair
Rotary Club of Plymouth
P.O. Box 46453
Plymouth, MN 55446
 

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING GRANTS CRITERIA:

 

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 organization applying for the
grant.
2. Applications for a Rotary Grant must contain all required information when submitted.
Any incomplete 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.
The club reserves the right to designate that certain programs may be considered on
an annual basis. These exceptions may change over time and are at the discretion
of the club.
6. If the organization is applying for a grant in consecutive years, a report on the
previous year’s grant is required to be included with the new grant request.
7. If an organization receives a grant to support their program, we request that photos
are taken and posted to social media accounts acknowledging the support of Rotary
Club of Plymouth.
 
NON-BINDING CRITERIA:

1. Grants will also be evaluated on the long term, value added partnership the
requesting institution is willing to invest in to augment their and Rotary Club of
Plymouth’s joint presence and impact in the community.
2. In the case of public 501©3 organizations, grant preference will be given to those
organizations that have received a 3 or 4 star rating from Charity Navigator. As a
volunteer organization ourselves, we want to support other organizations where
administrative expenses are a small portion of total contributions.
3. Grants may be used to assist individuals and or families with urgent emergency
circumstances.
4. Priority shall be given to programs emphasizing youth, education and community
health initiatives.
5. 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.
6. 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.