The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $142,880 project grant to Jovenes Articulando Territorios AC under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. The grant funds a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Chiapas, Mexico from August 2022 to August 2025. The program aims to encourage indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people to stay in school, start businesses based on local resources and culture, and build local leadership skills. It promotes...
The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $295,390 project grant to Conservación De La Naturaleza En Oaxaca, A.C. under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support eco-tourism and sustainable agriculture enterprises in Oaxaca State, Mexico from March 2023 through March 2026. The grant recipient will professionalize and expand markets for eco-tourism and agriculture businesses to generate income and improve quality of life while strengthening community abilities to promote...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $303,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to K'Inal Antsetik, A.C., a non-profit organization in Mexico. The grant will support innovative solutions for business development to enhance the economic well-being and fortify the cultural traditions and identity of nine groups of indigenous women and their textile cooperatives in southern Mexico. The funding will enable these master weavers to innovate product...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Asociacion Fondo Comunitario Monteverde Para El Desarrollo Sostenible, a non-profit organization in Costa Rica. The grant, awarded on Sep 17, 2024 with a completion date of Sep 17, 2026, supports the Alianza Latinoamericana de Turismo Sostenible, a collaborative learning network of approximately 30 community-based tourism organizations in Latin America and the...
The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $726,270 project grant to Ixim, A.C. under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA 85.750). The grant will support Ixim's efforts to provide integrated solutions to challenges facing Indigenous children and families in Tseltal communities in Chiapas, Mexico from 2022 to 2025. Ixim will conduct community assessments and implement health, nutrition, and environmental interventions. It will also use conflict resolution...
The federal Project Grant award of $237,780 was provided by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) on June 5, 2024. The grant supports the Sociedad Cooperativa Las Mujeres Rurales de la Frontera Sur (LMRFS), a cooperative of savings and loan groups led by rural women in southern Mexico. The project aims to improve access to credit and financial services for these women, as well as carry out activities around human rights, violence...
This Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation totaling $244,495 will support Accion Social Samuel Ruiz, A.C.'s efforts to increase economic opportunity and inclusion for indigenous and mestizo families in Chiapas, Mexico through July 2024. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) grant, ASSR will provide training, technical assistance, farmer exchanges, and seed funding for enterprises to generate income and improve quality of life....
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $274,510 Project Grant to the women-led Collagua indigenous association Artesanos Asociados Sumac Pallay Sibayo (AASUPASI) to strengthen the productive capacity of smallholder alpaca farmers and artisans in the highlands of Arequipa, Peru. The 3-year grant, which runs from August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2026, aims to further sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, share indigenous culture, generate income through textiles and...
This Project Grant award from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation provides $131,260 to Magueyal, Sujeto Y Comunidad, A.C. to improve food security and income for indigenous farming families in Hidalgo, Mexico through August 2024. The grant supports expanding participatory assessments, leadership training for sustainable agriculture promoters, and sustainable vegetable and small livestock production with improved water capture methods. These services aim to...
The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation awarded $385,500 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program to Comunidad Y Biodiversidad, AC (Cobi) to deliver the "Breaking Paradigms Towards Fishing Sustainability: Mobilizing Solutions and Resources for the Entrepreneurship of Youth and Women in Fishing Communities" project in Mexico from January 27, 2023 through January 27, 2026. The project aims to strengthen the bonds of...