Submitted by Mike Mudd, District 6900 Grants Chair

In 2024-25, The Rotary Foundation approved Global Grants for 9 clubs in District 6900. The total District Designated Funds earned by these clubs exceeded $255,000. In order to sustain our District's ability to fund Global Grants in the future, these 9 clubs contributed over $345,000 to the Annual Fund - SHARE. 

The Rotary Club of Thomasville partnered with a host club for a water project in Kenya. This $67,000 project benefited a school system with a WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) project. The Rotary Club of Buckhead partnered with an international club for a $74,000 medical project here in Atlanta. This project provided 9 Hercules beds for the Shepherd Center.

We begin the 2025-26 Rotary year with an excellent pipeline of new Global Grant projects. The Rotary Club of Alpharetta has submitted a $100,000 Global Grant request for a literacy project that will help students in nearly 2 dozen Fulton County elementary schools. The Rotary Club of Vinings-Cumberland has a $30,000 Global Grant application for a medical project in Bolivia. 

You may have noticed that two of the four Global Grants highlighted above benefit local communities here in District 6900. Most Global Grants awarded to clubs in District 6900 benefit communities outside of the United States. When the Global Grant directly benefits one of our communities here in District 6900, that is an example of a Reverse District Grant. 

All successful Global Grant projects will include 2 Rotary clubs, located in 2 different countries, a project that aligns with one of Rotary's Seven Areas of Focus, is sustainable and supported by the local community, has a budget of at least $30,000, and has active Rotarian involvement. 

If you would like to learn more, please visit: https://my.rotary.org/document/guide-global-grants