The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $232,175 project grant to the Asociacion De Mujeres Afroecuatorianas Timbire En El Futuro (AMATIF) in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. This 3-year grant supports community-led initiatives to address environmental degradation, economic and social exclusion, and gender-based violence impacting Afro-Ecuadorian residents. AMATIF is training women cacao producers to improve agricultural yields for food...
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...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $259,480 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Federación Nacional De Productores De Cacao De Honduras (FENAPROCACAHO) to improve the welfare of cacao producers and communities in five departments of Honduras. The grant aims to strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of the cacao value chain through sustainable agricultural management practices, training and inclusion of young leaders, and support for...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $380,174 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program to Federacion De Caficultores Y Agricultores Para El Desarrollo De San Juan Inc. (Fecadesj) from September 2021 through September 2024. Under this Project Grant award, Fecadesj will provide technical assistance and supplies to coffee farmers in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic to improve their production methods....
This $168,682 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) will support Asociacion Educacional Para El Desarrollo Integral De LOS Movimientos Comunitarios (Entre Mundos) in delivering community-based tourism and organizational development training and services. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen partnerships and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Entre Mundos will work with community organizations in...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $385,895 Project Grant to Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres De Guapi Rios Unidos under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. The grant will support the grantee's efforts to consolidate the production and marketing of local products while strengthening local agricultural and economic initiatives for Afro-Colombian women's associations in Colombia through January 2025. Specifically, Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $291,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Federacion De Cooperativos De La Reforma Agraria Region Central De Responsabilidad Limitada (FECORACEN) in El Salvador. The grant, effective September 7, 2023 through September 7, 2026, aims to support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in the La Libertad Department of El Salvador. The funding provides FECORACEN...
This $393,900 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support the Fondo Comunitario Guanacaste (FCG) in strengthening local philanthropic organizations and promoting collaboration to channel resources and technical support to community-based organizations in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. As the primary grantee, FCG will invest in locally-rooted organizations in the impoverished Guanacaste region and work to include community...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $317,110 project grant to Organisation DES Planteurs De Fond Saint-Luc Pour LE Development Integre De Baie-De-Henne (OPFSLDIBH) to support community-led solutions expanding economic opportunities through sustainable agriculture and microenterprise development in Haiti's North West Department. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA #85.750) program, OPFSLDIBH will improve food security for farmers by...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $330,000 project grant to Cooperativa Mixta Regional Brisas De La Frontera LTDA (Combrifol) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support small-scale coffee farmers in Honduras. The grant will provide training, technical assistance, and financial support through 2026 to help coffee farmers produce high-quality organic coffee for export. The IAF aims to strengthen economic opportunities, retain jobs, and create...