The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $181,160 Project Grant (CFDA 85.750) to Asociacion Lambda, a foreign-owned non-profit organization in Guatemala. The grant supports Asociacion Lambda's community-led initiatives to promote social and economic inclusion, protect human rights, prevent gender-based violence, and increase access to education and employment opportunities for marginalized groups, particularly the LGBTQ+ community. The funding will also strengthen Asociacion Lambda's...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $329,675 Project Grant (CFDA 85.750 - IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs) to Asociacion Para El Desarrollo De El Salvador (CRIPDES) on September 20, 2023. The grant will support CRIPDES in strengthening the institutional capacity of Asociacion Intersectorial para el Desarrollo Integral de la Juventud de El Salvador (ADIJUVES), a youth-led organization, to promote the economic and social development of young people in two municipalities in the...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $368,140 Project Grant to Grupo De Monitoreo Independiente De El Salvador (GMIES), a non-profit organization in El Salvador. The grant, awarded on August 22, 2024, with a completion date of August 22, 2026, aims to promote social and economic inclusion for marginalized groups, including migrants and returned Salvadorans, in the Central Chalatenango, North Chalatenango, and Masahuat...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $374,120 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Corporacion De La Pasion (UEI: X5E2XH23BEE5), a non-profit organization in El Salvador. The grant supports the organization's efforts to create inclusive job opportunities and enhance employment prospects for marginalized youth in the San Salvador metropolitan area. Key activities include providing training on workplace practices, building emotional resilience, and...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under CFDA Program 85.750 "IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs", awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Asociacion De Comunidades De Base Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero (ACOBAMOR) to improve living conditions and livelihoods of women and young people in six communities in the Department of La Libertad, El Salvador. The grant supports ACOBAMOR in promoting community engagement and providing seed capital for microbusinesses, as well as improving and...
This $397,485 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support community-led efforts to protect human rights and promote inclusion of LGBTQ+ individuals in Central America. Iniciativa Latinoamericana POR LOS Datos Abiertos (Ilda) will partner with five Central American LGBTQ+-led organizations to enhance their ability to gather and analyze data on acts of discrimination and hate crimes against LGBTQ+ persons. Ilda and the local...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), awarded a $345,000 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro De Estudios Aplicados En La Ecologia Y Sustentabilidad Ambiental (ECOS) in El Salvador. The grant will provide training and technical assistance to members of the Association of Water Boards, as well as 25 local water boards, to improve water management in the municipalities of Libertad Centro and Libertad Norte in the Department of La...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $165,400 Project Grant to Asociación Agencia Para El Desarrollo Económico Local Del Depto. De Sonsonate (ADEL Sonsonate) to provide training and technical assistance to tourism entrepreneurs in four municipalities in El Salvador's Department of Sonsonate. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) program, ADEL Sonsonate will deliver activities from August 2022 through August 2024 to position community-based tourism as an important...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded Fundacion Santa Teresa (FUNDATERE) a $337,600 project grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to promote social and economic inclusion of women and youth in rural Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador. The three-year project will strengthen community development associations, provide vocational training and recreational activities for young people, and support livelihoods to improve food security and generate family income....
This $125,000 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation's IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs will support the Asociacion Cooperativa De Produccion Agropecuaria De Usulutan De R.L. cooperative in El Salvador. The cooperative, led by youth and women, will expand sustainable honey production and sale of value-added honey products like candles and shampoo. This aims to increase incomes for cooperative members, who are among the poorest producers in Usulutan Department, El Salvador. The...