DISTRICT 6290 GRANTS COMMITTEE
Minutes of the meeting November 13, 2018
 
The meeting commenced at 10:00 a.m., November 13, 2018, in the Board Room of Chemical Bank, Cadillac, Michigan.  All of the committee members were present, in addition to Jon Catlin, Gernot Runschke, and Tom Manderschied.
 
Calls were made to representatives of the grant applicants every fifteen minutes, from 10:15 until 4:15.  Amazingly, the committee was able to keep ahead of or on schedule, even finishing a little early. The following District grants were approved:
 
 
DG-1 Cadillac Haiti  Project
$3370
DG-2 Cadillac Dolly Parton Project
$2500
DG-3 Grand Haven Honduras Project
$5000
DG-4 Traverse Bay  Twilight Literacy Project     
$1000
DG-5 Kalkaska KART Berm Project
$2500
DG-6 Petoskey Project
$1439
DG-7 Sault Ste.Marie MI
$2500
DG-8 Greenville$2500
DG-9 Charlevoix$2500
DG-10 Benzie Sunrise$3730
DG-11 Blind River, Ontario$1550
DG-12 Houghton Lake$1000
DG-13 East Jordan$2225
DG-14 Frankfort
$2500
DG-15 Grand Haven – Baker Rotaract$2500
DG-16 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario   $2500
DG-17 Roscommon$756
 
Four Global Grants were approved, and cleared for review by the Rotary Foundation:
 
GG 1866323 Grand Haven    $31,500
GG 1977342 Spring Lake$13,500
GG 1980200 Kentwood $10,000
GG 1981543 Elk Rapids     $36,727
 
District 6290 Foundation Chair Al Bonney reviewed the District 6290 Block Grant process.  He will circulate a draft block grant application, and then file it.  When it is approved and The Rotary Foundation makes funds available for the District grants, Treasurer James P. White will prepare checks to each of  the applicants.  The checks will be distributed by the Grants Committee Chair Kennard Weaver to the applicants, with instructions to them about reporting requirements as the projects are completed.  Global grant funds will be made available by the Rotary Foundation directly to the applicants, after the Foundation has approved the grants.