    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 578-579]
    [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                                         Nancy P. Dorn, Mark L.
                                                              Schneider,
                                                              Patricia Hill
                                                              Williams,
                                                              Frank D.
                                                              Yturria, (3
                                                              vacancies)

    Staff:

    President                                         George A. Evans
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel         Adolfo A. Franco
    Director for Financial Management and Systems     Winsome Wells
    Vice President for Learning and Dissemination     Anne Ternes
    Vice President for External Affairs               Linda P. Borst
    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 (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 4,157 grants totaling $480 million. Its
    operating budget consists of congressional appropriations and funds
    derived through the Social Progress Trust Fund of the Inter-American
    Development Bank.

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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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