Community Projects

To understand more about how to register any type of project look the RAWCS PROJECT MANUAL or this PowerPoint presentation – How to register a new project.

For help to register a project please contact your District RAWCS Chair or RAWCS Regional Supervisor. Click to find out more.

This guide may help you to market your project: Guide for RAWCS Project Managers to market their project – images and words.

Instructions on completing the project audit report – Project Audit Report Instructions.

Register Your Project

RAWCS Projects can be registered for these purposes:

Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund (RAOAF)

RAOAF i s an Overseas Aid Fund to provide sustainable development aid in developing countries as identified by the Department of Foreign Affairs or short-term relief for disasters.

Click here to read the Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund Criteria.

To register a project, click the button below:

Register Overseas Aid Fund Project

Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS)

RABS is a Public Benevolent Fund to register projects within Australia to enable Rotary Clubs and Districts to provide assistance to people in need within their local or wider community.

Click here to read the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society Criteria.

To register a project, click the button below:

Register Benevolent Society Project

Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants (RACG)

RACG manages philanthropic donations to be distributed to disadvantaged Australians identified by local Rotary Clubs or Rotary Districts as being worthy of financial assistance.

Click here to read the Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants Criteria.

To register a project, click the button below:

Register Compassionate Grants Project

Rotary Australia Relief Fund (RARF)

RARF is a Level 2 Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) fund to enable collection of funds that are not directed at specific projects.

Level 2 DGR Funds CANNOT be spent directly but must be transferred to Level 1 DGR projects (ie. RAOAF, RABS, RACG projects).

RARF is administered on a national basis, fully utilising the RAWCS website and our online donation facility to minimise administration costs.

Click here to read the Relief Fund Criteria.

Only a person with Admin access to this website can register a RARF project by clicking on the link below:

Register Relief Fund Project

RAWCS Limited Fund (LTD)

A new feature for LTD is the availability to support Rotary Clubs and Rotary Districts with projects that do not require tax deductibility for the donated funds.

Click here to read the RAWCS Limited Fund Criteria.


Register RAWCS Limited Project

Rotary Australia Trust for the Environment (RATE)

The principal purpose of the RATE is the protection and enhancement of all aspects of the natural environment both in Australia and in developing nations including, without limitation, by delivering project activities relating to air and water quality, waste minimisation, soil conservation, protection and restoration of land, coastal, marine and freshwater resources and promotion of ecologically sustainable development principles

Click here to read the RATE Project Criteria.

Register RATE Project