Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Global Grants provide funding for humanitarian projects and initiatives that address community needs locally and internationally.
Geographic Scope: International and local communities
Focus Areas:
- Promoting Peace
- Fighting Disease
- Supporting Education
- Saving Mothers and Children
- Growing Local Economies
- Protecting the Environment
- Clean Water
Key Information:
- Projects must align with Rotary's Areas of Focus
- The Rotary Foundation has been funding projects for over 100 years
- District 6960 Chair: Julie Pedretti
Past Project Examples:
- Ecotourism cooperative in Costa Rica supporting women entrepreneurs and local economies
- Malaria treatment initiatives in Zambia (Partners for Malaria-Free Zambia)
- Hygiene and handwashing training in schools in New Delhi, India
- Sustainable farming practice adoption in partnership with local universities and businesses
- Response to ongoing humanitarian crises including Ukraine relief efforts
- COVID-19 vaccination and prevention support
What Rotary International District 6960 Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 9
- Total given
- $80K
- Median grant
- $7,500
- Range
- $5,831–$16K
- By dollars: Florida 100%. Top recipient cities: Bonita Springs, FL; Lakewood Ranch, FL; Fort Myers, FL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch · Lakewood Ranch, FL
Funding for books for kids promoting literacy and to help fund the greenbrook…
$16K
Rotary Club of Ft Myers Trust Fund · Fort Myers, FL
Funding for a literacy program for lee county schools and funding for a water safety…
$11K
The Rotary Club of Marco Island Sunrise · Marco Island, FL
Funding for meals of hope and funding for baby basics diaper distribution center
$10K
Rotary Club of Naples · Naples, FL
Funding for meals of hope and dictionary day
$10K
The Rotary Club of Bonita Naples Inc · Bonita Springs, FL
Communinty literacy, learning and health grant and feeding our community families…
$7,500
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Global health
- Education
- Reproductive health
- Environment
- Water
- Poverty alleviation
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