Inter-American Foundation

The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation is an independent civilian agency that distributes federal grants and contracts to support social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Foundation operates as a development-finance entity, funding grassroots organizations and contracting for professional services that support its mission across the region.

The Foundation awarded 1,451 federal contracts since 2001, generating $143.3 million in combined potential value with $105.5 million obligated. Recent contracting activity has accelerated: 19 awards in 2022, 31 in 2023, 47 in 2024, 24 in 2025, and 30 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recent award dated September 26, 2026. Contract competitive concentration is highly fragmented. The top five primes by award count cover 24 percent of recent awards, led by Web Traits Inc. with 15 awards and $1.4 million in potential value, followed by MGR Professional Services Inc. and Coca Y Asociados, each with 6 awards. By potential value over the last five years, the top five primes cover only 8 percent of combined potential value, with Rei Systems Inc. holding $6.6 million across 4 awards. The contractor base spans 273 distinct primes across portfolio history. Set-aside usage is minimal: 93 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, with small-business set-asides accounting for 4 percent of total awards, 8(a) sole-source for 1 percent, and service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and woman-owned small-business set-asides each representing less than 1 percent of awards.

The Foundation awarded 1,108 federal grants since 2009, obligating $221 million in federal dollars across $232.3 million in combined federal and non-federal share. Grant activity over the last five years yielded 78 awards in 2020, 92 in 2021, 56 in 2022, 77 in 2023, and 63 in 2024, with the most recent grant award dated September 20, 2024. Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented. The top five recipients by award count cover just 3 percent of recent awards, and the top five by federal dollars obligated cover 1 percent, indicating a deeply dispersed recipient base across 558 distinct organizations. Asociacion De Desarrollo Economico Local De Morazan leads at $772 thousand federal dollars across 2 awards. Grant assistance is predominantly Project Grants (95 percent of awards) with Cooperative Agreements accounting for 5 percent. Recent grant activity has not been updated since September 2024.