    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Page 577]
    [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,
                                                              Patricia Hill
                                                              Williams,
                                                              Frank D.
                                                              Yturria, (2
                                                              vacancies)

    Staff:

    President                                         George A. Evans
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel         Adolfo A. Franco
    Vice President for External Affairs               Linda Borst
    Vice President for Financial Management and       Winsome Wells, Acting
            Systems
    Vice President for Learning and Dissemination     Anne Ternes
    Vice President for Programs                       David Valenzuela

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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 73
    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 3,992 grants, totaling nearly $447 million
    through fiscal year 1996 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.

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