Structure your application, find the club that funds it, and put your project in front of the companies and foundations Rotary alone can't reach — all in the same place, run by the same volunteer IT professionals, still free.
Grant structuring & eligibility — the original tool, live and in full on the homepage: the anatomy of a Global Grant, the funding-mechanics calculator, the fourteen-rule eligibility pre-check, and the five forms that trigger most revision rounds. Nothing here changes — this is a condensed preview so it sits alongside the new lanes below.
Conducts the community assessment, manages implementation, receives the funds.
Provides funding, technical support and guidance.
Figures are The Rotary Foundation's, from its Annual Report on Operations 2024–25.
Fourteen of the forty hardest rules, running in your browser — plain JavaScript against published rules, not a model. Nothing is transmitted, stored or logged. Continues exactly as today at portal.rofit.org/#check.
Intake form, community assessment toolkit, budget workbook, cooperating organization MOU, M&E plan, qualification checklist — unchanged, at portal.rofit.org/#forms.
Every Global Grant needs a host sponsor and an international sponsor. Most clubs don't lack a project — they lack a way to find the other half of the partnership. This is that directory: post what you have, filter for what you need, and hand the match straight into Lane 01 for structuring.
Community assessment complete, elected water committee formed, hydrogeological survey scoped.
A partner district has committed funds for a maternal health project and needs a vetted host club with an assessment in hand.
Host and international sponsor confirmed. In Level 1 Foundation review — shown here so funders can see the pipeline moving.
A host or sponsor lists what it has: a project, or committed funds.
The same eligibility rules from Lane 01 run before a listing goes live.
Once both sides agree, the pair moves into Lane 01 to build the application.
A company, private foundation or giving circle can't apply for a Global Grant directly — but its money still moves the same DDF and World Fund mechanics that already govern this page. Route it right and it's worth more than the check itself.
Illustrative. The same gift sent directly as a cash contribution draws no match and carries a 5% processing charge — DDF is why a Rotary district is worth partnering with before the check is written.
Each Rotary IT Fellowship initiative can carry its own named tier — set the amounts once you know what a district can realistically match.
Funds one solar water system, start to finish, with your name on the site plaque.
Funds a district's child-safety technology rollout for one project cycle.
Matched against DDF where a district partner is confirmed.
Pooled into the next fully-matched maternal health listing on the floor.
No online payment, no lead form. A named Rotarian walks you through which listing or initiative fits, and which district can actually match your gift. info@rofit.org or WhatsApp +1 (919) 418-9846.
Every listing that's cleared vetting gets a booth here — the same way a project would sit at a physical fair. Funders and partner districts browse by initiative rather than by paperwork.
Refurbished-device labs for six under-resourced schools, paired with a teacher-training curriculum.
Solar-powered boreholes across four villages with a trained local-mechanic network and a tariff mechanism.
Digital-safety and fraud-awareness training for youth cooperatives, run with the district's own IT professionals.
Prenatal-care outreach and a midwife training track across six rural communities.
The same one-place-for-everything principle Lane 01 applies to clubs, extended to the people funding or partnering from outside Rotary. Nothing here is self-serve — every one of these is assembled and sent by a named Rotarian once you get in touch.
One page each for Project Equalizer, Green Tech, Neon Shield and Mother & Child — mission, shape, and current gap.
Why routing through a district beats a direct gift, in plain numbers.
For giving circles and alumni networks tied to a project's country of activity.
Which districts currently hold uncommitted DDF and what they're looking to match.
The one document a CSR or foundation contact forwards internally for approval.
Drafted and grounded in a district's own prior project — a named Rotarian sends it, never automated.
| Partner district | Area of focus | DDF uncommitted | Looking for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example district A | Maternal & child health | US$30,000 | Vetted host project |
| Example district B | Community economic dev. | US$11,000 | Co-sponsor for Neon Shield gap |
| Example district C | Basic education | US$17,000 | International sponsor |
Start the same free intake form Lane 01 has always used. If it belongs in a district grant instead, we'll say so in the first ten minutes.
Start — it's free →Browse the floor, or talk to a named Rotarian about where your gift or your district's DDF fits best.
Browse the fair floor →