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 (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...
This $614,100 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support Asociacion De Mujeres Mayas Majawil QIJ Nuevo Amanecer's efforts to promote economic empowerment for indigenous women in Guatemala through April 2025. The grantee will diversify local production, train women in sustainable agriculture and small business administration, and support the development of community stores to increase market access and income...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $206,205 Project Grant to Finca Triunfo Verde, SC (FTV) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support community-led solutions expanding women's leadership and economic opportunities in southern Mexico. Specifically, the February 11, 2022 to February 11, 2025 grant will fund FTV, a Chiapas coffee farmer cooperative, to improve financial sustainability and members' access to credit while also supporting a women-led savings...
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 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 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 $146,880 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) supports empowerment and leadership initiatives for young indigenous women in rural Guatemala. The grantee, Organizacion No Gubernamental Na'Leb'Ak ONG, will deliver popular education and leadership workshops, establish community safe spaces, and create community gardens in Chisec and Raxruh, Alta Verapaz. These activities aim to address gender inequality,...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $215,950 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Grupo De Estudios Sobre La Mujer Rosario Castellanos (GESMUJER) to advance economic empowerment and the human rights of indigenous, mestiza, and Afro-Mexican women in Oaxaca, Mexico through April 2025. GESMUJER will collaborate with women leaders to conduct assessments, develop action plans, train promoters, and fund economic initiatives. A key focus is supporting women as...
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...