2020 IN REVIEW
2020 IN REVIEW
REFLECTIONS ON 2020
from our President & Board Chair
This year saw the IAF continuing to propel effective grassroots development even during a global health and economic crisis.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Latin America and the Caribbean in March, already vulnerable communities faced heightened food insecurity, income loss, health risks, and gender-based violence. IAF grantees joined the front lines, helping communities survive by distributing food and personal protective equipment, investing in economic recovery, and supporting longer-term environmental and economic resilience across the region.
In the face of hardship and uncertainty, we are encouraged that the values that have underpinned the IAF for 50 years hold true. As we chart our course into the next 50 years, we do so with an unshakable commitment to our foundational vision: that communities know best how to resolve their own challenges.
INVESTMENTS & RESULTS in 2020
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Map of Current Grantees
| Region | Number of Grants | Total Investment |
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| Andean | 71 | $42.2M |
| Caribbean | 35 | $24.9M |
| Central America | 139 | $86.5M |
| Mexico | 26 | $20.4M |
| Southern Cone | 46 | $30.3M |
| Multi-country | 16 | $14.5M |
Program Areas of New Investments
Map of Current Grantees
| Region | Number of Grants | Total Investment |
|---|---|---|
| Andean | 71 | $42.2M |
| Caribbean | 35 | $24.9M |
| Central America | 139 | $86.5M |
| Mexico | 26 | $20.4M |
| Southern Cone | 46 | $30.3M |
| Multi-country | 16 | $14.5M |
Program Areas of New Investments
RESPONDING TO COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed the worst health and economic crisis in Latin American and Caribbean history. The IAF quickly responded to the needs of vulnerable communities, allowing grantees to reprogram funds for critical activities and providing additional emergency funding.
What Our Grantees Are Doing
RESPONDING TO COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed the worst health and economic crisis in Latin American and Caribbean history. The IAF quickly responded to the needs of vulnerable communities, allowing grantees to reprogram funds for critical activities and providing additional emergency funding.
What Our Grantees Are Doing
RESPONDING TO COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed the worst health and economic crisis in Latin American and Caribbean history. The IAF quickly responded to the needs of vulnerable communities, allowing grantees to reprogram funds for critical activities and providing additional emergency funding.
What Our Grantees Are Doing
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Our Women INvesting in Growth & Security (WINGS) initiative directly invests in community-led projects that increase women’s access to financing and expand their leadership, business, and management training opportunities.
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Our Women INvesting in Growth & Security (WINGS) initiative directly invests in community-led projects that increase women’s access to financing and expand their leadership, business, and management training opportunities.
RESOLVING CONFLICT
The COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding economic crisis have increased gender-based violence and recruitment of young people into gangs across the region, including in Haiti.
SPOTLIGHT
Fanm Deside operates the only shelter for domestic violence in the Sud-Est department. Over the grant’s two years to date, women participants have learned their rights and their reporting of violence has increased by 90%.
- Lakou Lapè trains youth in dangerous neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince to resolve conflicts. It engages the business community to offer alternatives to participating in gangs.
RESOLVING CONFLICT
The COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding economic crisis have increased gender-based violence and recruitment of young people into gangs across the region, including in Haiti.
SPOTLIGHT
- Fanm Deside operates the only shelter for domestic violence in the Sud-Est department. Women participants have learned their rights and their reporting of violence has increased by 90%.
- Lakou Lapè trains youth in dangerous neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince to resolve conflicts. It engages the business community to offer alternatives to participating in gangs.
RECOGNITIONS
2020 P3 Impact Award Finalist. Our partnership with the C.S. Mott Foundation to foster a strong community philanthropy sector in Mexico was honored as a leading public-private partnership.
Equator Prize. Approximately 1 in 10 prize winners from the region have received an IAF grant. Our grantee partner Utz Che’, a Guatemalan forestry nonprofit, won the award in 2020.