District grant-funded activities may not:

• Discriminate against any group
• Promote a particular political or religious viewpoint
• Perform purely religious functions
• Provide continuous or excessive support to any one person, entity, or community
• Establish a foundation, permanent trust, or long-term interest-bearing account
• Create financial liability for The Rotary Foundation or Rotary International that is greater than the grant funding
• Include fundraising activities
• Transport vaccines over national borders without prior approval of government and
  regulatory authorities in the originating and receiving countries
• Require anyone to work without pay. (Projects should strive to uphold labor rights and
  fair wage practices; if the people who will benefit are required to volunteer on the project, their explicit consent is required.)
• Require work by anyone below the country’s legal working age or, if the law doesn’t specify, anyone under age 16

District grant funds also may not be used to pay for:

• Expenses that are incurred, or activities that are in progress or already completed, before the grant is approved
• Contributions to The Rotary Foundation, PolioPlus, or another Foundation grant
• Purchases of land or buildings
• Weapons or ammunition
• Military assistance
• Expenses related to Rotary events such as district conferences, conventions, institutes,
  anniversary celebrations, entertainment events, or project ceremonies
• Public relations initiatives, unless they are essential to completing the project
• Project signage that costs more than US$1,000
• The operating, administrative, or indirect program expenses of another organization
• Unrestricted cash donations to a person or cooperating organization
• COVID-19 vaccines
• Immunizations that administer only the polio vaccine
• Travel to National Immunization Days
• Abortions or procedures that are undertaken solely for sex determination
• Study at a university that hosts a Rotary Peace Center in the same or a similar academic
  program as Rotary Peace Fellows
• International travel for anyone under age 18, unless they are accompanied by a parent
  or guardian or are participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange program
• Loan guarantee systems
• Items that would then be owned by a Rotary district, Rotary club, Rotaract club, or
  member
• The detection and removal of land mines or the purchase of equipment to remove land
  mines