PROGRAMS OF ROTARIANS - Rotary Down Under

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
FUTURE VISION PLAN
In 2008, The Rotary Foundation Trustees and the RI Board adopted the
Future Vision Plan in an effort to streamline Foundation operations,
give Rotarians greater access to Foundation funds, and better
position the Foundation to take advantage of new opportunities
and meet future challenges. When the plan goes into effect
worldwide in July 2013, all current Foundation programs will be
re-structured, with the exception of PolioPlus and the Rotary
Centres for International Studies.
Under the plan’s new grant-making model, two types of grants will be offered: Rotary
Foundation District Grants and Rotary Foundation Global Grants. These grant types can be
used to fund most of the activities currently supported by Foundation programs.
District grants are block grants similar to the current District Simplified Grants. Districts will be
able to use up to 50 percent of their District Designated Funds (DDF) for district grants, up
from 20 percent under the current model.
Rotary Foundation Global Grants support larger, international projects with sustainable,
high-impact outcomes in one of six areas of focus that correspond to the Foundation’s
mission: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water
and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and
community development.
There are two types of global grants: club- and- district-developed global grants funded by
DDF or cash contributions and matching funds from the Foundation and packaged global
grants that are developed and funded in total by the Foundation and/or a strategic partner
organization.
In July 2010, the Foundation launched the three-year Future Vision Pilot, during which 100
districts representing all parts of the Rotary world will test the new grant-making model. Based
on feedback from the pilot districts, adjustments will be made to the plan before it is
launched worldwide in July 2013.
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