Cooperative Agreement LA202
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $222,360 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Ecuatoriana De Mujeres Rurales De Latinoamerica Y El Caribe - Funmujerural-E to support community-led solutions empowering rural women in Latin America as the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through September 2024, Funmujerural-E will work with women's groups in Chile, Ecuador and Panama to improve and expand existing businesses...
- This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $390,500 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) Cooperative Agreement to Clac to establish a COVID-19 recovery fund supporting grassroots producer organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund will finance local solutions helping producer groups and their communities recover from COVID-19's impacts on livelihoods and increase economic resilience. As the Latin American representative of Fairtrade International's...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $250,000 project grant to Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social (FPVS) to address food insecurity and social isolation exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in low-income communities in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) award made on September 3, 2021 and lasting through September 3, 2024, FPVS will work with neighborhood associations to engage public and private sector partners to implement...
- This Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $353,400 to Desarrollo Autogestionario AC (AUGE) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to address food insecurity and promote economic resilience among communities in Mexico affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. AUGE will achieve this by supporting sustainable smallholder agricultural practices and expanding women's savings groups to economically empower women. AUGE is...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $252,650 cooperative agreement to Fundacion Avina under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support Redes Chaco, a network of grassroots, civil society, and private sector organizations in the Gran Chaco region spanning Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Redes Chaco will build local decision-making capacity and encourage community engagement with government and private sector stakeholders to respond to challenges from the ongoing...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $215,000 two-year Project Grant to Organizacion Semillas Para La Democracia to support entrepreneurship training and microenterprise development for Venezuelan migrants in Paraguay. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), the grantee will provide business incubation services and seed capital in Asunción, Ciudad del Este, and Encarnación to help migrant women start or grow microenterprises. The goal is to improve economic...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Red Latinoamericana De Inversion Social Y Filantropia Estrategica (LATIMPACTO) from August 2021 through August 2024 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. Under this award, LATIMPACTO will connect philanthropists and social investors across Latin America with grassroots organizations and social enterprises to offer a range of investment options aimed at improving the...
- The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $279,916 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Etnollano to implement a COVID-19 prevention and resilience strategy for indigenous communities in northern Vichada, Colombia. Working with seven communities from the Amor?a, Sikuani, and S?iva ethnic groups represented by the Organizaci? Regional de los Pueblos Ind?genas del Bajo Orinoco, Fundacion Etnollano will deliver a strategy based on local knowledge and customs...
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ENSUING ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS EXACERBATED EXISTING INEQUALITIES IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON WOMEN, YOUTH, AFRO-DESCENDANT, INDIGENOUS, AND OTHER MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS. AT THE IAF, WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED APPROACHES TO CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. TOGETHER WITH OUR COOPERATOR, THE YOUNG AMERICAS BUSINESS TRUST (YABT), WE WILL LAUNCH THE INNOVACTION CHALLENGE COMPETITION, WHICH INVITES YOUNG ADULT ENTREPRENEURS TO SUBMIT THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS THAT RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES RESULTING FROM COVID-19. THE INNOVACTION CHALLENGE WILL IDENTIFY 20 FINALISTS AND FOUR WINNERS, WHO WILL EACH RECEIVE A AWARDS PACKAGE VALUED AT $15,000 IN SEED CAPITAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMBINED TO LAUNCH OR GROW THEIR BUSINESSES. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALSO CATALYZE A LARGER PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $94.6k | 9/24/20 |