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The Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision Plan

Discover how The Rotary Foundation's Future Vision Plan is preparing for its centennial by simplifying programs, increasing global impact, and enhancing Rotary's public image. Explore the new grant model and strategic partnerships for sustainable projects in areas like peace, disease prevention, education, and economic development.

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The Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision Plan

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  1. The Rotary Foundation’sFuture Vision Plan

  2. Why Plan? • Preparing for The Rotary Foundation centennial • Immense growth • Relevance in philanthropic world • Evolving organization • Rotarian feedback • Sustainability, significance, simplification

  3. Rotary Foundation Motto & Mission To enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty Endorsed by 2007 Council on Legislation Doing Good in the World

  4. Areas of Focus • Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution • Disease Prevention and Treatment • Water and Sanitation • Maternal and Child Health • Basic Education and Literacy • Economic and Community Development

  5. Future Vision Plan Goals • Simplify programs and processes • Focus Rotarian service efforts to increase global impact • Support global and local efforts • Increase sense of ownership at the district and club levels • Enhance Rotary’s public image

  6. New Grant Model Rotary Foundation District Grants Rotary Foundation Global Grants

  7. District Grants • Educational and humanitarian activities consistent with the mission • Single “block” grant awarded annually • Smaller activities and projects • Fund both local or international activities • Local decision making with broad guidelines

  8. District Grants: Sample Activities • Exchange of mixed professional vocational training teams with another district • International travel for local doctor to volunteer at a clinic • Scholarship for student to attend local or international university • Art supplies to assist youth after-school program

  9. Global Grants • Long-term projects • Larger grant awards • Sustainable outcomes • Alignment with areas of focus • World Fund match • Two options: club- and district-developed and packaged

  10. Global Grants: Sample Activities • Safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene education project • Scholarship for student to study water engineering • Malaria project to distribute bed nets and malaria treatments • Vocational training team to participate in workshop and learn teaching methods to address illiteracy

  11. District Collaboration during Pilot • District grant activities • District Simplified Grant activities • Ambassadorial Scholars • GSE team visits

  12. All Rotary Districts • PolioPlus • Rotary Peace Centers

  13. Qualification • Clubs and districts must be qualified to receive Rotary Foundation funds • Ensures proper legal, financial, and stewardship controls of grants • Qualification process is simple • Districts will be trained to qualify their clubs

  14. Top 5 Things to Know about Future Vision • Simplifies the grant-making process • Supports Rotarian-identified needs within communities • Involves clubs, not just districts • Offers more options for scholarships • Uses an online application process

  15. Some important points which need to be emphasised

  16. Projects have to be sustainable – ie ongoing after grant has been expended.

  17. Vocational team visits will need to be linked to a humanitarian project

  18. Ambassadorial Scholarships will cease to exist. But scholarships with a humanitarian focus will still be available through District Grants.

  19. Peace fellowships will continue. – at Peace Centres $70,000 for 2 years Masters degree, • $5,000 for 3 month course – Certificate in Peace studies – available only in Bangkok

  20. Strategic Partnerships • Aga Khan University • Oikocredit International • Mercy Ships

  21. Co-operative relationships • Dolly Parton's Imagination Library • Goodwill Industries International • International Reading Association • United Nations Populations Fund • Government partners • RI/USAID International H2O Collaboration

  22. Resources • RI website (www.rotary.org) • Future Vision Pilot News • Future Vision e-learning modules • Grant terms and conditions • Future Vision Pilot Operations staff Staff contact sheet is posted on RI website • District leadership DGE, DRFC, grants subcommittee members

  23. www.rotary.org/futurevision futurevision@rotary.org

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