Inter-American Foundation

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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...