[United States Government Manual]
[May 30, 1997]
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[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.