[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 576-577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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, 
                                                     Alexander F. 
                                                     Watson, Patricia 
                                                     Hill Williams, 
                                                     Frank D. Yturria, 
                                                     (vacancy)

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 65 
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 3,932 grants, totaling nearly $432 million 
through fiscal year 1995 in 36 countries of Latin America and the 
Caribbean. Most grants are made to private,

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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.

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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