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primary host sponsor) and one outside that country (the primary international sponsor). We may make regulatory authorities in the originating and recipient countries
exceptions for projects in countries where Rotary doesn’t have clubs but where Rotary International’s
12. Travel to National Immunization Days
Board is actively pursuing extension.
13. Immunizations that consist solely of the polio vaccine
5. Are sustainable. Communities where a project is carried out must be able to address their own needs after
the Rotary club or district has completed its work. 14. The purchase of COVID-19 vaccines

6. Are measurable. Sponsors select standard measures from the Global Grant Monitoring and Evaluation 15. Study at a university that hosts a Rotary Peace Center in the same or similar academic program as Rotary
Plan Supplement, and may add their own measurements. Peace Fellows
7. May be used to build infrastructure, such as toilet blocks and sanitation systems; access roads; dams; 16. Projects that require a person to work without pay. Projects should instead strive to reinforce labor rights
bridges; storage units; fences and security systems; water or irrigation systems; and greenhouses. If your and fair wage practices. If beneficiaries are required to provide sweat equity their explicit consent is
project will access groundwater, you need to have done a hydrogeological survey. The cost of that can be required.
included in the grant budget. 17. Projects that require work from someone below the country’s legal working age, or under age 16 if the law
8. Support international travel for up to two people as part of a humanitarian project. These people provide doesn’t specify.
training or implement the project if the local Rotary club confirms that those skills aren’t readily available
locally. Global grants

In addition to the restrictions listed above, global grants cannot fund:
III. RESTRICTIONS 1. Rotary Youth Exchange, RYLA, Rotary Friendship Exchange, Rotaract, Interact, or New Generations
Service Exchange programs
Grants cannot be used to unfairly discriminate against any group, promote a particular political or religious
viewpoint, support purely religious functions, support activities that involve abortion or that are undertaken solely 2. International travel for people under age 18, unless they are accompanied by a parent or guardian
for sex determination, fund the purchase of weapons or ammunition, or serve as a new contribution to the 3. New construction of any permanent structure in which people live, work, or spend a significant amount of
Foundation or to another Foundation grant.
time, such as hospitals or container and mobile homes, or of structures in which people carry out
activities such as manufacturing and processing. If the grant depends on the construction of a building,
that construction must be paid for with non-grant funds.
Grants also cannot fund:
4. Renovations to complete buildings that are partially constructed (including those with only the exterior
1. Continuous or excessive support of any one beneficiary, entity, or community
completed) but that have never been occupied or operational
2. The establishment of a foundation, permanent trust, or long-term interest-bearing account. Grant funds
5. Travel for staff of a cooperating organization involved in a humanitarian project
can be used to establish a microcredit fund if the sponsors comply with the requirements detailed in
section XI. 6. Activities primarily carried out by an organization other than Rotary

3. The purchase of land or buildings 7. Humanitarian projects that are primarily research-oriented or focused on data collection
4. Fundraising activities 8. Humanitarian projects that consist solely of individual travel expenses

5. Expenses related to Rotary events such as district conferences, conventions, institutes, anniversary 9. Undergraduate studies, such as for a bachelor’s degree
celebrations, entertainment activities, or project ceremonies
10. Multiple unrelated projects under one grant
6. Public relations initiatives, unless they are essential to carrying out the project
7. Project signs that cost more than $1,000
IV. HOW TO APPLY
8. The operating, administrative, or indirect program expenses of another organization, with the exception
of expenses allowed within the project management allocation for global grants Apply for grants online in the Grant Center.

9. Unrestricted cash donations to a beneficiary or cooperating organization
To receive a grant from The Rotary Foundation, all the primary sponsor districts involved need to be qualified by
10. Activities for which the cost has already been incurred
the Foundation. For global grants, all the primary sponsor clubs involved need to be qualified by their district.
11. Transportation of vaccines over national borders without prior approval of appropriate government and Districts, clubs, and all grant committee members also need to be in good standing with Rotary International and

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