The Inter-American Foundation Launches its First Impact Investment in a Central American Microcredit Lender
The IAF launched its first-ever impact investment in Empresa para el Desarrollo (EDESA) in Costa Rica on January 30.
The IAF Welcomes Three New Advisory Council Members
IAF advisory council gains three new members: Celina de Sola, Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez, and British Robinson.
Community-Led Response to Mexico’s Earthquakes
We engage the community foundation sector for an innovative approach to long-term recovery.
IAF Welcomes New Advisory Council Members
Christopher Sabatini and Matthew Swift join the IAF advisory council.
Grassroots Development Fellows 2017
The Inter-American Foundation has awarded Grassroots Development Fellowships to 15 Ph.D. candidates from universities in the United States who will conduct dissertation research in Latin America during 2017 to 2018. The Fellows were selected on the strength of their academic record, their proposals and their potential contribution to grassroots development. All are U.S. citizens except as noted. They will research the following topics: Diana Denham, Portland State University: Indigenous markets in Mexico's 'Supermarket Revolution' Dayuma Alban, (Ecuador), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Gender dynamics and oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon Claudia Baudoin Farah, (Bolivia), University of Florida: Indigenous Read more ›
Inter-American Foundation Names New President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, April 13, 2017 — The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is pleased to announce Paloma Adams-Allen as its new president and chief executive officer. She will succeed Robert N. Kaplan, who is stepping down to pursue personal interests outside the organization after a successful six and a half year tenure. Adams-Allen comes to the IAF from Winrock International in Arlington, Virginia, where she leads public-private partnership initiatives for the global nonprofit. Before that she served as deputy assistant administrator for the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Bureau, where she helped oversee Read more ›
President Obama Appoints Juan Carlos Iturregui as Vice-Chair of the Inter-American Foundation’s Board of Directors
Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama has appointed Juan Carlos Iturregui of Maryland to serve as Vice-Chair of the board of directors of the Inter-American Foundation. He was confirmed on November 19, 2015, by the United States Senate. Mr. Iturregui specializes in business, regulatory, and public policy issues affecting the Americas. More specifically, he works very closely with decision makers and sponsors in the U.S. and various Latin American countries to promote business initiatives, investments, closer hemispheric links and public-private sector partnerships. Mr. Iturregui is a Senior Advisor at Dentons, LLP, working with leadership on strategic projects. He is the Read more ›
Maroon 5 and Guster Support Community Forestry in Guatemala
Following up on their December visit to Guatemala, members of the bands Maroon 5 and Guster sent a letter urging President Jimmy Morales to continue his country’s support for community forestry, particularly around the Maya Biosphere Reserve located in the Peten region. Jesse Carmichael, James Valentine and Adam Gardner touted the benefits of communities managing woodlands that they learned from a visit to IAF grantee Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén (ACOFOP), a grassroots umbrella organization that represents more than 2,000 Guatemalans who earn a living from sustainable extraction of wood and other forest resources. In their plea, the concerned Read more ›
Improving Water Access
Centro de Educação Popular e Formação Social (CEPFS), an IAF grantee partner since 2010, took a top honor at the ceremony awarding Von Martius Prizes for Sustainability during the annual Ecogerma Conference that took place in Sao Paulo on Sept. 30 and Oct 1 hosted by the Brazil-Germany Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the assistance of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo. The theme for this year was the impact of solutions to the crisis in water and energy. CEPFS has been helping farming communities in the state Paraíba withstand some of the worst droughts Read more ›