Inter-American Foundation
2 | FY 2020 Accomplishments IAF’s Reach • More than 2.3 million people benefitted from over 330 grants across 26 countries. • The IAF funded 87 new grants, 70% of which went to eight priority countries: Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Haiti, and Nicaragua. • 76% of grants supported historically marginalized populations, including African descendants, Indigenous people, and women. • 51% of IAF grants directly involve and benefit young people. • 32% of IAF grants supported Indigenous communities. • 56% of IAF grant participants were women and girls with 30% of IAF grants undertaking activities explicitly designed to advance women’s empowerment. • 18% of IAF grants supported communities of African descent. • 56% of IAF funds were directed to rural communities, 11% to urban communities, and the rest to both rural and urban areas. • 31% of IAF grants worked to address the root causes of irregular migration. • 74% of active IAF grants expanded economic opportunity and prosperity. • 52% of active IAF grants strengthened civic engagement for better governance and accountability. • 24% of active IAF grants improved peace and security.
Results and Impact • IAF grantees scored the IAF in the top 1% of over 300 funders for positive impact on their fields and top 5% for impact on their communities in an anonymous 2020 survey by the Center for Effective Philanthropy.9 • The IAF scored in the top 7% for reflecting a deep understanding of the needs of grantee beneficiaries in funding priorities in the same Center for Effective Philanthropy survey.10 • 77% of grants ending in FY 2020 met or exceeded outcome goals specified for each grant. • 224,000 participants in IAF-funded grant activities acquired new knowledge and skills in agriculture, manufacturing, technical vocations, finance, planning, administration, marketing, civic engagement, and environmental conservation.
COVID-19 Pandemic Response • Between mid-March 2020 and September 2020, the IAF provided $21.7 million to 151 organizations to respond to community needs during the pandemic. • At the start of the pandemic, the IAF consulted its grantees and developed a rapidresponse mechanism that amended 129 existing grants with flexibility or supplemental funding. • The IAF responded rapidly enough to the unfolding pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean that 84% of our grantees managed to safely continue their most important
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