Foundation Report - SEPT 2019

 
 
District 7780 Foundation Committee Report
2018-19
Lawrence Furbish, District Foundation Chair
Final Report August 25, 2019
 
 
Dollars Expended
 
District Grants. The District had $52,620 available for District Grants in 2018-19. It was apportioned as follows:
 
  • $9,000 was set aside for the District International Outreach, this year in Romania
  • $5,000 was set aside for a project in Kenya resulting from last year’s International Outreach
  • $1,578 was set aside for administrative expenses
  • $37,042 was available for District Grants initiated by clubs
 
Eight clubs applied for District Grants, all were awarded. They were:
 
  • Boothbay Harbor - $5,000 for playground equipment for pre-K and 2nd graders
  • Brunswick - $4,496 for laptop computers for a teen center
  • Dover - $5,000 for a playground expansion for at-risk children
  • Kennebunk Portside - $1,692 for two park benches in Dock Square, Kennebunkport
  • Portland - $5,000 for recovery coach training and community outreach for substance disorders
  • Saco Bay - $2,180 for a beach walker and wheelchair to provide access for persons with disabilities
  • Saco Bay Sunset - $400 for purchase and use of a world map template at a middle school
  • Yarmouth - $4,500 for a sustainable prosthetic hands project in Kosovo
 
After the $28,268 was allocated to the eight clubs, $8,774 was left as unallocated DDF. The committee later voted to provide $3,660 to support the Rotaract service project to Puerto Rico for hurricane relief, which left $5,114 still unspent.
 
From the administrative expense line, $669.92 was spent on the Grants Management Seminars, leaving $908.08 unspent. All of the Kenya money and $8,769.14 of the International Outreach money was spent. Kennebunk Portside returned $308 and Saco Bay returned $185.47 in unspent money from their District Grants. This left $6,746.41 in unspent DDF which was returned to the Rotary Foundation to be credited to our DDF account for matching Global Grants. Final reports on the eight District Grants were all turned in on time.
Global Grants. At the start of the year, the District had $103,979 available as DDF credit to match Global Grants. The amounts of DDF listed below were used to match club cash contributions from District 7780 clubs for the following Global Grants.
 
  • $13,500 for a Kigutu water project in Burundi (Brunswick Coastal)
  • $20,000 for Healthy Kids Brighter Future in Zambia (District 7930)
  • $10,000 for Guatemala Safe Passage (District 7950)
  • $9,760 for a Ubuntu Art Empowerment project in South Africa (Brunswick Coastal)
  • $5,000 for teacher digital learning in India (Yarmouth)
  • $10,550 for an irrigation and clean water check dam in India (Sanford-Springvale)
  • $19,325 for drilling wells in Guatemala (Westbrook-Gorham)
  • $3,000 for a Guatemala Literacy project (District 7010)
 
In addition, The Committee set aside money for the following Global Grant application for when it is approved in Evanston:
 
$7,712.50 for a maternity ward upgrade in Bulgaria (It was approved in July.)
 
The Foundation committee voted to authorize spending up to $1,130 in DDF to match any District 7780 club cash contributions for a clean water project in Costa Rica (District 7170).
 
When the returned $6,746.41 was added to our DDF balance we had $10,776 in unused DDF and following district policy, on June 30 we donated $6,466 (60%) to Polio Plus and $4,310 (40%) to Peace Centers.
 
Dollars Raised
 
In 2018-19 Rotarians and clubs donated $174,600 (127% of goal) to the Annual Fund and $45,250 (151% of goal) to Polio Plus. Per capita, our Annual Fund giving is $137.44, and every club gave to the Annual Fund this year. Only one club did not give to Polio Plus.
 
Twenty three clubs reached an Annual Fund per capita giving of $100 or more. They are:
 
  • Bath
  • Bath Sunrise
  • Bethel
  • Biddeford-Saco
  • Boothbay Harbor
  • Bridgton Lake
  • Damariscotta-Newcastle
  • Dover
  • Freeport
  • Kennebunk Portside
  • Kittery
  • Oxford Hills
  • Portland
  • Portland Sunrise
  • Portsmouth
  • River Valley
  • Saco Bay Sunset
  • Sanford-Springvale
  • Scarborough
  • South Portland-Cape Elizabeth
  • Westbrook-Gorham
  • Yarmouth
  • York
 
The Foundation Trustees ask each club to donate at least $1,500 to Polio Plus each year. This year fourteen District 7780 clubs met that challenge. They are:
 
  • Bridgton Lake
  • Dover
  • Hampton
  • Kennebunk Portside
  • Oxford Hills
  • Portland
  • Portland Sunrise
  • Portsmouth
  • Rochester
  • Sanford-Springvale
  • Sebago Lake
  • South Portland-Cape Elizabeth
  • Westbrook-Gorham
  • York
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
Lawrence Furbish
District Foundation Chair