Our Charitable Fund Grants
Community Impact Partnerships
The Rotary Club of Eagle-Garden City is committed to Service Above Self by working directly with local schools, nonprofits, and community organizations to make a meaningful difference.
Preferred projects we choose grants will also align with one or more of Rotary's seven areas of focus:
Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention: Promotes dialogue, builds community capacity to prevent conflict, and supports peace-trained fellows.
Disease Prevention and Treatment: Fights major global illnesses like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria, while improving health care access.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Delivers clean water sources, proper latrines, and hygiene education to underserved communities.
Maternal and Child Health: Connects mothers and young children to vital health care, nutrition, and medical resources to lower mortality rates.
Basic Education and Literacy: Trains teachers, supports local schools, and increases adult and youth literacy rates.
Community Economic Development: Trains local entrepreneurs, creates jobs, and supports economic growth, especially for women and youth.
Protecting Our Environment: Funds local and international projects that conserve and protect natural ecosystems and resources.
Starting in 2026, we begame evolving from a traditional grant program to a more hands-on, partnership-driven approach—focusing on projects where our members can contribute both time and resources to create lasting impact.
Rather than a formal grant cycle, we prioritize:
- Collaborative local partnerships
- High-impact, project-based support
- Active involvement from our members
Our work aligns with Rotary’s areas of focus, with a strong emphasis on addressing the specific needs of our local community.
If you have an idea or need that aligns with our mission, we welcome the opportunity to connect and explore how we can work together.
- Game Changers Idaho: Supporting two seasons of adaptive flag football for about 200 children with disabilities and securing premium game space.
- JEMfriends: Supplying class materials for at-risk youth, many who are aging out of the foster care system, to learn important life skills.
- Jesse Tree: Helping families at risk of homelessness remain in their homes through the emergency rental assistance program.
- Artisans for Hope: Buying a computer, desk and locking file cabinet to house confidential information for this nonprofit that helps refugees "connect, learn, create and earn."
- Boise Love INC: Replacing outdated computers to support education programs on budgeting, parenting, cooking, anger management, fitness and other skills for those in need.
- Community Cakes: Offsetting volunteer bakers' costs by distributing ingredients and supplies so that bakers can provide birthday cakes to those who otherwise wouldn't have one.
- Hand in Hand Family Mentorship: Paying a social media marketer to tell the nonprofit's story of bringing hope through friendship and mentorship and to recruit mentors.
- Learning Lab: Purchasing, creating and printing lesson plans so the Learning Lab can provide literacy instruction to adults currently on a waiting list.
- River Discovery: Fully funding he Paddle Out Cancer summer series of stand-up paddle board (SUP) and kayak events for cancer survivors and their families.
- Jesse Tree: Providing emergency rental assistance throughout the year for area people facing eviction and potential homelessness.
- Agency for New Americans, a program of Jannus, Inc.: Creating brochures to enhance outreach to the community and raise awareness of the organization and its service.
- Family Advocates Program, Inc.: Purchasing supplies, materials and equipment for a year's worth of classes for the Teen Mother Strengthening Education program.
- Girls on the Run Treasure Valley: Providing scholarships to girls ages 8 to 13 to attend Girls on the Run at the Future Public School, a Title 1 school in Garden City, this spring.
- Idaho Veterans Chamber of Commerce: Purchasing a computer to support job seeker initiatives and to connect the military community with career opportunities.
- Purses With a Purpose: Helping furnish donated space with shelving and storage for donations of purses, toiletries and other items.
- Learning Lab, Inc.: Replacing computers needed by staff and students for literacy instruction for adults and school preparedness for children.
- St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho: Providing basic cell phones and prepaid minutes for citizens reentering society after incarceration.
- Camp Rainbow Gold: Retooling summer camp for Idaho children battling cancer to a virtual format to ensure they were safe and engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic.