Project Grant SBR93023GR0015

This $794,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support a COVID-19 response fund established by Fundo Socioambiental Casa, Fundo Baoba de Equidade Racial, and Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos. The objectives of the fund include enhancing the capacity of grassroots organizations in Brazil's lowest-income communities to reactivate the local economy and strengthen community resilience in light of the COVID-19...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $104,900 project grant to Associacao Quilombola Do Povoado Patioba (AQUIPP) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to benefit Afro-Brazilian communities in Sergipe, Brazil through September 2023. Under this award, AQUIPP will provide educational activities and training to quilombola communities on enterprise development, civic engagement, cultural heritage preservation, and human rights. Specifically, AQUIPP will train...

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation provides $236,850 to Instituto Fazer Acontecer for their work reaching young leaders in low-income communities of Bahia State, Brazil through May 2024. The funding supports IFA's curriculum that engages youth in problem-solving and critical thinking to address local challenges, and involves young people in community development activities and youth-led microenterprises. The award is part of the IAF's COVID-19 response strategy under...

This Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $249,800 to the Associação do Desenvolvimento Agrícola e Comunitário de Lagoa da Boa Vista (ADAC) community association to empower women smallholder coffee farmers in Brazil's Chapada Diamantina region through May 2024. As part of IAF's Sustainable Agriculture and Women Investing in Growth and Security initiatives, ADAC will provide technical skills and processing capabilities to add value to green coffee beans—including...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the Democracy Works Foundation to build the capacity of Angolan civil society to champion democratic governance and contribute to credible local government elections from September 2022 through September 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), the Foundation will provide training and technical...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs provides $223,365 in funding to support Brazilian women entrepreneurs. The award will fund leadership training, entrepreneurship development, and economic empowerment programs through Associacao Grupo Mais Unidos (doing business as Grupo + Unidos), a Brazilian non-profit organization. The programs will include practical skills training, networking opportunities, workshops with specialists,...

Giral - Desenvolvimento Humano E Local (Giral) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to provide entrepreneurship and leadership training to youth in rural communities in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Dating from March 18, 2022 through March 18, 2025, the funding will support Giral's development of an entrepreneurship and leadership training program and provision of seed capital for rural youth to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $265,000 Project Grant to Associacao Redes De Desenvolvimento DA Mare (Redes) under the IAF Assistance for Programs Overseas in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA 85.750) program. This grant supports Redes in building a thriving community philanthropy ecosystem to fund grassroots organizations in one of the largest low-income favelas on the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Specifically, the grant will enable Redes to improve its...

This $7,551,870 five-year Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) aims to strengthen Brazil's response to HIV and other infectious diseases through prevention, treatment, and care activities. The primary goals are to: (i) expand HIV and STI diagnosis among key and vulnerable populations; (ii) link diagnosed individuals to immediate treatment; (iii) expand information and dissemination of combined prevention...

The Centro de Educacao Popular e Formacao Social (Cepfs) received a $200,020 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to strengthen and expand 10 revolving loan funds in Paraiba State, Brazil. Cepfs will train community members to more effectively manage the revolving loan fund groups and introduce innovations in sustainable agriculture, efficient storage, and effective marketing of food products. Small farmers will use...