If you think that doing a Matching Grant simply as something to get the money, use it and forget to stay in touch with the partner thereafter... ...You’re missing the ‘’purpose’’ – to strengthen fellowship and build International Goodwill through service

1. Matching Grants
A tool to strengthen
fellowship &
International Goodwill
Prakash Saraswat – DGSC – 3170 - TRF Seminar, Kolhapur – 21 Oct‟12

2. Service above self
 The Rotary motto Service Above Self
conveys the humanitarian spirit of the
organization‟s more than 1.2 million
members.
 Strong fellowship among Rotarians and
meaningful community and international
service projects characterize Rotary
worldwide.

3. The „first‟ Service Project
24th October 1907 – just 32 months after
Rotary started as a „fellowship‟ organisation

4. International Service
International Service encompasses actions
taken to expand Rotary‟s humanitarian reach
around the globe and to promote world
understanding and peace.
Rotarians can support International Service
by sponsoring a project in another country,
seeking international project partners to
support projects in their own communities, or
by personally volunteering at an international
project site.

5. Our Rotary Foundation
 1917, RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed
that an endowment be set up “for the purpose
of doing good in the world.”
 In 1928, when the endowment fund had grown
to more than US$5,000, it was renamed The
Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct
entity within Rotary International.
 Five Trustees, including Klumph, were
appointed to “hold, invest, manage, and
administer all of its property as a single trust,
for the furtherance of the purposes of RI.”

6. TRF - Mission
 The mission of The Rotary Foundation is
to enable Rotarians to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace
through the improvement of health, the
support of education, and the alleviation
of poverty.
 Foundation grants support Rotarians in
their humanitarian, vocational, and
educational activities.

7. Early years of TRF
 1930 - the Foundation made its first grant
of $500 to the International Society for
Crippled Children. The organization,
created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy”
Allen, later grew into the Easter Seals.
 In 1965-66, three new programs were
launched: Group Study Exchange , Awards
for Technical Training, and Grants for
Activities in Keeping with the Objective of
The Rotary Foundation, which was later
called Matching Grants.

8. What is a Matching Grant?
 Matching Grants support
international humanitarian
service projects. Rotary clubs
or districts from two countries
work collaboratively to
implement a project.

9. A very important part of „Rotary‟
 Humanitarian grants enable Rotarians to
support service projects that provide
water wells, medical care, literacy
classes, and other essentials to people
in need.
 Rotarian participation is key to the
projects‟ success. Through the
Humanitarian Grants Program,
Rotarians have received US$1.6 billion
in grant awards since 1947.

10. What are the requirements of
a Matching Grant?
Matching Grants must involve a Rotary club or district in the project country (host) and a
Rotary club or district in another country (international) implementing a humanitarian project.
Partners are expected to:
 Maintain communication for the life of the project
 Establish a committee of at least three Rotarians to oversee the project
 Treat grant funds as a sacred trust
 Maintain clear and accurate accounting
All projects must have active Rotarian participation and oversight. Active participation can
include:
 Managing project funds
 Visiting the project site on an as-needed basis
 The international and host partners
sharing information via correspondence
 The partners sharing expertise
 Purchasing, shipping, or distributing items purchased
 Publicizing the project to local media and the district

11. Service & Fellowship
A single MG project A ‘permanent’ BOND
in 2010-11 between the Districts

12. Possible results of a single
Matching Grant Project
 The urge to meet up with the
International partner who had made the
project possible
 To have a GSE Team alliance in the
future
 To result in more Matching Grants
projects in the future
 To have the DG of that District come to
our own District Conference

13. A reason to meet-up
Visit by Partners to dedicate Opportunity to visit them and
build the partnership to another
a safe drinking water project 5 Matching Grants till now

14. Sharing & Caring is fellowship
The ‘’opportunity’’ to meet
the partner in person after
the project – a chance to
Neo-natal MG project in learn how things are
Kolhapur different across the world.

15. Don‟t be ashamed to discuss
RI President Rep PDG Nancy Seeing the need.. Funding
Barbee dedicating a project another project.

16. Permanent „friends‟
Rotarians from Kelowna, Canada feel at home in
Icchalkaranji and Kolhapur (soon in Belgaum too)

17. View – from the other side
Visit by the partners to see the An opportunity to get invited to
toilets made due to a grant with D7260 Assembly and speak
them about TRF !

18. Building Goodwill
 A project to provide water
filters to 15 schools in Beirut,
Lebanon is „stuck‟ a week
before 31st March deadline
 A Club from our District
stepped in to „save‟ the project
The result :
• A HUG of fellowship
• A BOND of friendship

19. Rotary Impact
 Our club or district‟s international Rotary
connections are stronger as a result of this
project.
 Club membership has increased as a result of this project.
 Visibility of Rotary in our community has increased.
 Our club‟s awareness of the needs in our community has
increased.
 Volunteer activity in our club or district has expanded.
 Our club or district is more active in pursuing Foundation
grants and Rotary programs.
 Awareness of the needs in our community has increased
among Rotarians in other countries.
 Participation in this Matching Grant has not changed our
club or district in any significant way.

20. Medicare Mission to Nigeria
 Medicare Team to
Nigeria is being planned
in early 2013
 10 Volunteer Surgeons
to visit Port Harcourt for
a 10 day mission to
serve
 Fellowship, Service,
International Peace &
Goodwill – all rolled into
ONE

21. Purpose of a Grant
If you think that doing a Matching Grant
simply as something to get the money, use
it and forget to stay in touch with the
partner thereafter...
...You‟re missing the „‟purpose‟‟ –
to strengthen fellowship and build
International Goodwill through
service

22. The last line
The Annual Programs Fund along
with Rotarian involvement
worldwide, ensures a secure future
for The Rotary Foundation as it
continues its vital work for
international understanding and
world peace.

23. THANK YOU