Large Grants (Huney) Committee Grant Guidelines

Grant Priorities

  • Gives the community an asset it would not otherwise have.
  • Serves the disadvantaged members of our community.
  • Improves the quality of life for people in our community.
  • Protects the environment.

Funding Type

  • Capital

Letter of Inquiry (“LOI”) is Required

  • Click here for a downloadable LOI template.
  • Letters received before Sept. 15th will be evaluated in the Fall.
  • Letters received after Sept. 15th generally will be evaluated in the grant cycle for the following year.

Timing for Submitting Your Letter of Inquiry

  • Early in the fundraising campaign.
  • Accepted on or before September 15th.
  • The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island prefers to be involved as early as possible in the development of a project. (In colloquial terms, “the later in your development process you apply, the lower the probability you’ll get approved… In other words, the earlier you engage Rotarians, the better.”)

Formal Proposal Required?

  • If invited, yes.
  • A club member will serve as an advocate and liaison at this stage, if one hasn’t already been identified.

Decisions

  • Typically, by the end of the year with a recommendation to the Bainbridge Island Rotary Board early in the following year.

Grant Size

  • Generally $25,000-$100,000. Larger grants can be considered in some cases.

Criteria that the Committee Considers

  • Impacts a large number of people in the community.
  • Serves the disadvantaged and promote equity.
  • Benefits Bainbridge Island residents in total or in part.
  • Located on Bainbridge Island or if off-island, preference is for a project that is sponsored in part by another local Rotary club.
  • Protects the environment or promotes environmental stewardship.

Application Must Demonstrate

  • Origination from a nonprofit organization.
  • How Large Grants (Huney) will leverage additional fundraising for the project.
  • The importance of Rotary funding to the viability of the capital project.
  • Applicant’s ability to fund ongoing maintenance, without making additional requests of Rotary.
  • Projects should demonstrate a functional lifespan of at least 10-25 years.

Optional

If there are ways, in addition to funding, that Rotary can support your mission, please let us know. We see ourselves as people of action and acting to support your work is important to us.

Future Cycles

Early in each new Rotary year (i.e., September meeting) the Large Grants (Huney) Committee will review and commit itself to:
  1. criteria for grant consideration;
  2. the total amount hoped to be granted in the coming year; and
  3. the total amount hoped to be held for future years.

To contact the committee, please email us at largegrants@bainbridgeislandrotary.org*

* If you do not have a default email app / program (ie. Outlook or Mail) set up on your computer then please copy and paste the email address into your email of choice (e.g. Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail).

 

Large Grant (Huney) is named after Judd Huney, Past President of our Rotary Club (1953 – 54), who was instrumental in establishing the Large Grants (Huney) Fund from which we provide the money for the Large Grants.