[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 595-596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

901 North Stuart Street, Arlington, VA 22203
Phone, 703-841-3800
Board of Directors:                                

Chair                                            Maria Otero
Vice Chair                                       Neil H. Offen
Directors                                        Harriet C. Babbitt, 
                                                     Mark Schneider, Ann 
                                                     Brownell Sloane, 
                                                     Norton Stevens, 
                                                     Alexander F. 
                                                     Watson, Patricia 
                                                     Hill Williams, 
                                                     Frank D. Yturria

Staff:                                             

President                                        George A. Evans
Vice President for Programs                      Linda Borst
Vice President for Learning and Dissemination    Anne Ternes
Vice President for Financial Management and      Winsome Wells, Acting
    Systems
General Counsel                                  Adolfo A. Franco
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The Inter-American Foundation is an independent Federal agency that 
supports social and economic development in Latin America and the 
Caribbean. It makes grants primarily to private, indigenous 
organizations that carry out self-help projects benefiting poor people.

The Inter-American Foundation was created by Congress in 1969 (22 U.S.C. 
290f) to support the self-help efforts of poor people in Latin America 
and the Caribbean. The Foundation was established because of 
congressional concern that traditional programs of development 
assistance were not reaching poor people. Instead of working through 
governments, the Foundation responds directly to the initiatives of the 
poor by supporting local and private organizations. Approximately 75 
percent of the Foundation's funds are derived from congressional 
appropriations and the remainder from the Social Progress Trust Fund of 
the Inter-American Development Bank.
    The Foundation is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors 
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. By 
law, six members of the Board are from private organizations and three 
are from the Government.
    The Foundation has made 3,811 grants, totaling nearly $410 million 
through fiscal year 1994 in 36 countries of Latin America and the 
Caribbean. Most grants are made to private, grassroots organizations, 
including community associations and small urban enterprises or to 
larger organizations that work with local groups and provide them with 
credit, technical assistance, training, and marketing services. A small 
number of grants each year are made to centers in Latin America and the 
Caribbean for research on the problems of poor people and grassroots 
development.

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For further information, contact the Office of the President, Inter-
American Foundation, 901 North Stuart Street, Arlington, VA 22203. 
Phone, 703-841-3810.

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