Project Grant SES60011GR036

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $150,000.00, was granted by the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development to Fundacion Sila M Calderon Inc., a non-profit organization based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The funding is provided under the SBA's Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043), which supports the establishment and operation of Women's Business Centers (WBCs) to deliver comprehensive entrepreneurial development services to...

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...

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...

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), 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...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $300,000 to Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM) through April 2023 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean federal grant program (CFDA No. 85.750). FSM will assist young people ages 18-26 in El Salvador's Morazán department by training them in leadership and strengthening youth-led organizations and microenterprises. Specifically, FSM will support communities in Meanguera, Jocoaitique and San Fernando...

This $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) will enable Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Inc., a private non-profit Hispanic Serving Institution in Puerto Rico, to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance to support the growth of women-owned small businesses, with a focus on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The grant...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award of $150,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043). The award was granted to Friends of Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization focused on supporting economic development and entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico. The funding will support Friends of Puerto Rico in delivering comprehensive entrepreneurial development services to women-owned small businesses, with a...

This $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will support the "Youth in Progress" activity to be implemented by Fundacion Calleja in El Salvador. The 5-year project aims to address root causes of irregular migration by training 6,750 people in employment readiness, placing 5,000 vulnerable youth in jobs, and providing 1,800 educational and technical scholarships. Key activities include providing...