[United States Government Manual]
[June 02, 1998]
[Pages 582-583]
[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, 
                                                          Jeffrey 
                                                          Davidow, Nancy 
                                                          P. Dorn, Mark 
                                                          L. Schneider, 
                                                          Patricia Hill 
                                                          Williams, 
                                                          Frank D. 
                                                          Yturria, (1 
                                                          vacancy)

Staff:                                              

President                                         George A. Evans
Senior Vice President and General Counsel         Adolfo A. Franco
Vice President for Financial Management and       Winsome Wells
        Systems
Vice President for Learning and Dissemination     Anne Ternes
Vice President for Programs                       Linda P. Borst

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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.

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The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) was created in 1969 (22 U.S.C. 290f) 
as an experimental U.S. foreign assistance program. IAF works in Latin 
America and the Caribbean to promote equitable, participatory, and 
sustainable self-help development by awarding grants directly to local 
organizations throughout the region. It also enters into partnerships 
with public and private sector entities to scale up support and mobilize 
local, national, and international resources for grassroots development. 
From all of its innovative funding experiences, the Foundation extracts 
lessons learned and best practices to share with other donors and 
development practitioners throughout the hemisphere.
    IAF is governed by a nine-person Board of Directors appointed by the 
President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Six members are 
drawn from the private sector and three from the Federal Government. The 
Board of Directors appoints the President of IAF.
    Since 1972, IAF has made 3,996 grants totaling $448 million. Its 
operating budget consists of congressional appropriations and funds 
derived through the Social Progress Trust Fund of the Inter-American 
Development Bank.

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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