Attachment A - CR Grants List.doc

ATTACHMENT A

IAF Grants in Costa Rica December 2011

TOTAL ACTIVE PORTFOLIO

Active Grants: 9 Total: $707,490 Empresa para el Desarrollo S. A. (EDESA), $220,000 over three years.

EDESA will incorporate grassroots development principles and practices into its approach to creating and supporting Empresas de Crédito Comunitarias (ECCs), or community-owned businesses, throughout Central America, and will extend microloans. (CR-328) Amendment: Empresa para el Desarrollo, S.A. (EDESA), $188,200. EDESA will increase its loan fund to meet the growing demand from community businesses and will incorporate principles and practices of grassroots development into its training. (CR-328 A1) Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Profesionales para la Solidaridad Social, R.L. (CoopeSoliDar), $64,800 over 18 months.

CoopeSoliDar will work with organizations of fishers, the municipal government of Garrabito, Puntarenas, businesses and the Costa Rican Coast Guard to improve the oversight of a community-managed marine area as well as to develop a program of economic alternatives that reduces pressure on marine resources. (CR-329) Asociación BriBripa Kaneblo (ABK), $79,250 over two years.

ABK, formed by and for indigenous Bribri Costa Ricans, will develop a tourism enterprise by constructing a cultural center, clearing trails and designating observation sites and camping areas, while preserving and protecting the community’s forests. It will offer its members training in organic agriculture to apply on the community’s land. Approximately 70 indigenous Bribri will participate and another 350 individuals will benefit indirectly from the project. (CR-330) Asociación Mixta de Piangueros de Purruja (APIAPU), $37,600 over 18 months.

APIAPU will design a plan for harvesting mollusks that assures future populations in area mangroves, will investigate options for growth and will work toward obtaining health and unemployment insurance coverage for its 32 members. Another 30 independent mollusk collectors will benefit indirectly from its project. (CR-331)

Asociación de Guías de Turismo de Piedras Blancas (AGTPB), $30,650 over 18 months.

AGTPB will further community-based tourism in the Piedras Blancas National Park, Puntarenas and surrounding areas by training young members to become licensed guides, conducting a feasibility study to define the services to be offered, acquiring administrative, communication and negotiation skills, and organizing workshops on the environment in local schools. The project will benefit 20 community residents directly and another 50 indirectly. (CR-332) Corporación Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense S.C. (CEDECO), $35,000 over one year.

CEDECO will work with four organizations of organic farmers to study the feasibility of starting businesses that produce organic fertilizer and to develop plans for operating those determined feasible. (CR-333) Asociación Instituto Monteverde (IMV), $49,600 over 18 months.

IMV will create an autonomous, not-for-profit organization that will raise funds from the tourism sector and other local businesses to finance small grants supporting community-based initiatives in the municipality of Monteverde. (CR-334) Fundación Corcovado Lon Willing Ramsey Junior (FC), $227,850 over three years.

FC will launch a fundraising operation, expand its environmental education program to include waste management and low-impact tourism throughout the Osa Peninsula, and manage a program of small grants. The project will directly benefit 600 residents of the Osa Peninsula and will indirectly impact all 3,000 individuals who make up its population. (CR-335)

Asociación Movimiento de Agricultura Orgánica Costarricense (MAOCO), $236,900 over three years.

MAOCO will strengthen its network of 900 organic producers through improving their access to markets, identifying the demand for organic goods not currently available, coordinating production and conducting a certification program. (CR-336)