2017
Our Approach: Partnership When it comes to changing the world, no one can do it alone. But all too often, the people and institutions working to solve global challenges operate in isolation, leaving community needs unmet and donor dollars underutilized. At Partners of the Americas, our approach is different. We bring the right mix of players – volunteers, development professionals, governments, businesses, and higher education institutions – to the table in order to match resources, knowledge and passion to need. By connecting local organizations to broader funding opportunities and empowering citizens to become agents of change, we develop lasting solutions to our hemisphere’s toughest challenges, together. It’s the simple notion of partnership, and we believe it can change everything.
Letter from the President & Board Chair During this past year at Partners of the Americas, it has been our honor to witness our ever-expanding impact across borders. Partners stays steadfast in our commitment to serve communities throughout the Western hemisphere, with many of our Chapters celebrating 50 years of service. This was a time of innovation and expanding our reach: we grew our child protection unit to combat child labor in four countries, launched the RANFOSE food fortification project in Haiti and hosted the first-ever Higher Education Partnership conference to foster sustainable collaboration across borders. Throughout all of this, Partners remains a linchpin for connecting people and changing lives. As we have done for over half a century, Partners hones the power of community to realize JFK’s ambition of bringing together people, organizations, and expertise to create lasting solutions. We’ve embodied the core values of education and global citizenship, child protection and economic development and health. From Colombia to Barbados and Oregon to Paraguay, Partners has opened our network to more volunteers, more projects and more members. As we look ahead, we once again welcome you to join us in keeping our network strong and ever growing. Together, we can inspire meaningful partnerships.
Board Chairwoman 2014-2017
President & CEO
PARTNERS
currently works in
13
30 Countries
current
programs
grassroots
chapters
In 2017, our
5,870+ volunteers members
served more than
worth
58,514 hours
$1.8+ million US dollars
It’s the simple notion of p artnership, and we believe it can change everything.
100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund Partners: U.S. Department of State and NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Grants Awarded
103
Higher Ed. Institutions
17 Countries 430 Students Abroad
Innovation Fund Grants fuel strategic university partnerships to increase student exchange and training programs between the Americas. Through a dynamic collaboration with the U.S. government, the private sector, nonprofits, and foundations, we are building a hemisphere of students ready to compete and thrive in the 21st-century workforce. Length of Program: 2014 - Present
Education & Global Citizenship
$1.2m
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS Partner: U.S. Department of State
36 Education & Global Citizenship
Capacity Building Grants provide needed resources and know-how to U.S. universities and colleges trying to lower barriers to study abroad. We are expanding diversity in study abroad globally by broadening the number of students who participate in exchange programs as well as the destinations and disciplines in which they study. Length of Program: 2014 - Present
Countries Received Students
$1.3M Grants Awarded 29 U.S. Colleges
& Universities
370+
Students Have Studied Abroad
panama teacher match 58
U.S. Teachers Placed
265 Panamanian Teachers Trained
18
Communities Reached
We are improving English language capacity in Panamanian public schools by mobilizing U.S. educators to spend six weeks collaborating with Panamanian educators, offering regional teacher training opportunities, modeling new methodologies and activities in the classroom and providing feedback to schools to improve English language curriculum and content delivery. Length of Program: 2015 - 2017
Education & Global Citizenship
Partner: U.S. Embassy, Panama
Youth Ambassadors Partner: U.S. Department of State
Education & & Global Global Citizenship Citizenship Education
Through cultural exchange, high-school aged youth gain self-confidence, leadership and critical thinking skills as well as discover a passion for lifelong community service. With 1 in every 7 young people unemployed throughout the Americas, we strive to close the opportunity gap and ensure our youth are equipped to meaningfully contribute to their communities. Length of Program: 2014 - Present
33
Youth Participants
3 3
Countries
Follow-on Projects
Education & Culture
20,200 Volunteers 34 Years 45+ Regional
Workshops
We provide our members with the opportunity to be immersed in a new culture, learn a new language and exchange knowledge and ideas through travel, teacherin-residence, and small project assistance grants. By connecting chapter members to one another, these relationships often lead to enduring partnerships based on a mutual understanding. Length of Program: 1983 - Present
Education & Global Citizenship
Partner: U.S. Department of State
EducaFuturo Partner: U.S. Department of Labor
Child Protection Unit
Since 2012, we have been combating child labor among the most vulnerable populations in Ecuador and Panama. Through a holistic approach, we offer children and youth with education services and households alternative income-generating opportunities. Activities also include coordinating actions among key stakeholders and raising awareness to promote the importance of education and the risks and consequences of child labor among Afro-descendant, indigenous and migrant populations in both countries. Length of Program: 2012 - Present
4,802
Children Enrolled
1,762
Beneficiary Households
1,381
Youth Enrolled in A Ganar
Paraguay Okakuaa 1,457
Children Enrolled
509 Youth Enrolled
189
Households
We support Paraguay in its efforts to reduce the worst forms of child labor, combat forced labor, and improve labor law compliance and working conditions, with a particular focus on the departments of Guairá in the country’s eastern region, and Boquerón in the western region known as the Chaco. The project seeks to strengthen the effectiveness of the labor inspection system, increase coordination among different institutions in order to combat child labor, and provide educational and vocational training to keep children in school and away from hazardous working conditions. Length of Program: 2015 - present
Child Protection Unit
Partners: U.S. Department of Labor and the Paraguayan Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security
Colombia Avanza Partners: U.S. Department of Labor, International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL), National Federation of Coffee Growers (FEDECAFE), Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) and Ministry of Labor
Child Protection Unit
We seek to improve the capacity of civil society to better understand and address child labor and promote acceptable conditions of work in Colombia’s coffee sector. The project has a tripartite approach, focusing on improving the capacity of civil society to identify and document accurate, independent and objective information on the nature and scope of child labor and labor violations in the coffee sector and improving the capacity of civil society to raise awareness. Length of Program: 2017 - present
Costa Rica
Implementing a Culture of Labor Compliance in Costa Rica’s Agricultural Exporting Sector
Partners: U.S. Department of Labor, Fundación para la Paz y la Democracia (FUNPADEM) (Prime), Ministry of Labor & Social Security
Length of Program: 2017 - Present
Asegurando La Educación Partners: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Development Alternatives, Inc. (Prime) We seek to mitigate school-based violence (SBV) while improving student academic performance, school enrollments rates, transition students into secondary education and increase secondary completion rates. Partners’ role in the project is to implement its sportsfor-development methodology, A Ganar Escuela, providing quality life skills and technical training to youth in Honduras’s vulnerable communities. Length of Program: 2017 - Present
Child Protection Unit
We are working to improve the enforcement of minimum wage, hours of work and occupational safety and health (OSH) laws in the agricultural export sector in Costa Rica through the strengthening of effective mechanisms to complement, create and strengthen legal instruments and administrative procedures; and promote a sustainable labor law compliance culture.
a gANAR
Youth Workforce Development Through Sport Partners: Barbados METI; U.S. Embassy Bolivia; Inter-American Development Bank; SENA, Starbucks, & ESPN, Inc.
Economic Development & Health
In some of the toughest communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, we use lessons learned from playing sports to help at-risk youth find employment or return to school. Playing sports is more than just a game – it is an effective tool for breaking down barriers and tackling social challenges, and youth transfer lessons like teamwork, communication, and leadership into marketdriven skills and attitudes. Length of Program: 2015 - Present
3,100+
Trained
Youth
5 Countries
Farmer-to-Farmer 2,200+ Volunteers 166,000+ People
Trained
900,000+ Hectares
Improved
We mobilize the skills of specialized agriculture and natural resource management volunteers from the United States to meet local needs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Connected with the right resources and training, rural farmers, farm organizations and agribusinesses can improve production and business practices and gain greater access to economic opportunities. Length of Program: 1991 - Present
Economic Development & Health
Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
RANFOSE
Ranfose Abitid Nitrisyon pou Fe Ogmante Sante Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Economic Development & Health
RANFOSE aims to address micronutrient deficiencies in Haiti by increasing the availability of high-quality fortified foods throughout the country. Alongside the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Partners is using a multipronged, participatory approach to identify constraints and target key stakeholders in the public sector, private sector, and civil society to build a sustainable national program for fortified staple foods. Length of Program: 2017 - Present
Eighteen years ago, the family of Madelyn L. Laschober (mother of long-time Partners volunteer and Board Member Paula J. Laschober) established an endowment fund to honor her passion for Latin America and membership in the Washington/Chile Partners Chapter. These grants support innovative projects that serve to advance youth, education, small business and micro-enterprise programs, such as the Learning Center program in Nicaragua. Today, there are over 100 self-sustaining community-led centers throughout Nicaragua that help to generate income for women.
28 projects 11 countries $30,000 granted
Laschober Endowment
Laschober Endowment
travel blogger summit Travel Blogger Summit
In September 2017, Partners of the Americas and Hostelling International USA co-hosted the Travel Blogger Summit on Study Abroad and Global Citizenship. The 2017 Summit convened 100 of the top journalists, bloggers and digital media influencers in travel, as well as organizations in the field of global exchanges and travel, in order to provide a platform for the public and private sector to engage in the discussion of the transformative power that global travel and study abroad have on youth expanding their education.
The third What Works Conference was hosted in Medellín, Colombia by the Antioquia Chapter with support from PartnersCampus EAFIT and the Municipality of Envigado. Over two days, more than 250 people from six countries shared best practices for promoting local, national and international cooperation around innovation in higher education, climate action and peacebuilding. Youth participated in a leadership workshop following the conference.
What Works Medellín
WHAT WORKS MEDELLÍN
Higher Education Partnership
HEP 2017
In October 2017, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Partners of the Americas hosted the first Higher Education Partnership Conference, where 210 attendees from more than 120 higher education institutions in 12 countries spent three days advancing new partnerships for internationalization in the Americas.
HEP 2017
The 2017 event highlighted the theme of workforce development, with a special focus on building international partnerships between the technical/vocational institutions that serve and prepare tomorrow’s workforce, such as community colleges, technical universities and institutes and public sector workforce development agencies, in addition to 4-year colleges and universities.
Chartered Chapters By Year of Founding 1963 Capítulo de Colombia Norte, Oriente y Central Florida Chapter 1964 Capítulo de Perú Capítulo de La Paz y el Altiplano, Bolivia Texas Chapter Utah Chapter
Chartered Chapters
1965 Alabama Chapter Arkansas Chapter Colorado Chapter Connecticut Chapter Illinois Chapter Wisconsin Chapter Capítulo de Bolivia Oriente Comitê de Minas Gerais, Brasil Comitê de Paraíba, Brasil Comitê de São Paulo, Brasil 1966 Capítulo de Cochabamba, Bolivia North Carolina Chapter 1967 Capítulo de Antioquia, Colombia Capítulo de Costa Rica Capítulo de El Salvador Capítulo de Honduras Capítulo de Jalisco, México Capítulo de Quito, Ecuador Capítulo de Uruguay Capítulo de Yucatán, México Comitê de Bahía, Brasil Comitê de Estado de Rio, Brasil Comitê de Goiás, Brasil Comitê de Para, Brasil Comitê de Rio Grande de Norte, Brasil Comitê de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Comitê de Santa Catarina, Brasil Indiana Chapter Iowa Chapter Kentucky Chapter Louisiana Chapter Massachusetts Chapter Maine Chapter Maryland Chapter
Minnesota Chapter Missouri Chapter Oklahoma Chapter Oregon Chapter Pennsylvania Chapter Tennessee Chapter Vermont Chapter Virginia Chapter Wyoming Chapter 1968 Capítulo de Paraguay Comitê de Brasilia, D.F., Brasil Comitê de Espírito Santo, Brasil Comitê de Pernambuco, Brasil District of Columbia Chapter Georgia Chapter Kansas Chapter West Virginia Chapter 1970 Western New York Chapter 1973 Nebraska Chapter 1976 Capítulo de Suroccidente de Colombia South Carolina Chapter 1978 Comité d’ Haiti New Jersey Chapter Trinidad Chapter 1981 Long Island, New York Chapter Rochester, New York Chapter 1985 Capítulo de Chile Washington State Chapter 1988 Guyana Chapter Montana Chapter 2008 Capítulo del Norte de Colombia Capítulo de Pasto, Nariño, Colombia
2013 Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad EAFIT, Colombia 2015 Capítulo Estudiantil Colegio Militar Antonio Nariño (CMAN), Colombia Capítulo Estudiantil La Guajira (CEENIUG), Colombia Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad de La Salle, Colombia Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad de Panamá Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina Capítulo Estudiantil Universidad del Norte, Colombia 2016 Corporacion Crear Suenos, Colombia Capitulo Estudiantil Goiania - Universidade Catolica e Federal de Goias, Brazil Capitulo Estudiantil UPAL, Universidad Privada Abierta Latinoamericana, Bolivia U.S. Brazil Connect, Colorado 2017 Americans Caring, Teaching, Sharing (ACTS), Vermont Youth Sports Academy (YOSA), Colorado Sociedad Naturalista Andino Patagonica (SNAP), Argentina Capitulo Estudiantil de SENA CFC, Colombia Capitulo Estudiantil Universidad Catolica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (USAT), Peru Capitulo Estudiantil Universidad Politecnica de Guanajuato (UPTGO), Mexico Capitulo Estudiantil Universidad de La Salle, Oaxaca, Mexico Student Chapter University of Wyoming 2018 Student Chapter Stetson University, Florida ASHAS (Association Haitian of Solidarity), Solidarite d’Haiti Compañeros Teculutan, Guatemala
2018 Board of Directors Mr. Harry E. Wing, Chair Peru Partners Dr. Carol P. Fimmen, Vice-Chair Texas Partners Dr. Paula Laschober, Treasurer Washington Partners Mr. Jose Mรกrcio Soares de Barros Brazil Partners Dr. Erwin Rafael Bogado Soler Paraguay Partners Mr. Wayne Chance Trinidad & Tobago Partners Denise M. Decker, PhD Washington D.C. & Virginia Partners Dr. Sam F. Drew, Jr South Carolina Partners Dr. Gary L. Heusel, Director Nebraska Partners Ms. Heather Martinez Lezcano PartnersCampus Panama Mr. Christian E. Stalberg North Carolina Partners Dr. Francis Wardle Colorado Partners
Dr. Ashish Abraham Virginia Partners Mr. Alan J. Berkeley Legal Counsel Mr. John McPhail President & CEO
Partners of the Americas Foundation Mr. Matthew Lee, Jr. Chair Dr. Paula Laschober Treasurer Mr. Erik Brand Secretary Mr. Stephen Murphy Mr. Harry E. Wing Ms. Karen Graham Mr. John McPhail President & CEO
Board of Directors
Partners of the Americas, Inc.
2017 Financial Statement Statement of Activities and Changes in Assets
Partners of the Americas, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017
2017 Financial Statement
REVENUES U.S. Government grants Other grants and contributions In-kind contributions Fee for service Individual contributions Membership dues Interest and investment income Other income TOTAL REVENUE
2017 $12,185,713 $266,501 $2,287,780 $34,261 $31,663 $33,969 $25,534 $189,628 $15,055,059
EXPENSES Program Services: Youth and Education Agriculture and Environment Exchanges and Fellowships TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
$4,584,806 $1,988,990 $273,059 $6,846,854
Supporting Services: General and Administrative Fundraising Total Supporting Services TOTAL EXPENSES
$2,432,871 $24,720 $2,457,592 $9,304,446
Changes in Net Assets Net assets at beginning of year Net Assets at End of Year
$5,750,603 $6,634,759 $12,385,362
Statement of Financial Position
Partners of the Americas Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017 Assets Current Assets Total Current Assets Property, Equipment, and Leasehold Improvements Net Property, Equipment, and Leasehold Improvements Noncurrent Assets Total Noncurrent Assets TOTAL ASSETS Liabilities & Net Assets Current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities Net Assets Total Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total Net Assets TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
2017 $7,229,285 $54,640 $6,002,420 $13,286,346
$129,498 $(800,125) $13,185,487 $12,385,363 $12,514,860
*For a complete copy of the 2017 independent auditors’ report by Gelman,Rosenberg and Freeman, please contact Partners of the Americas at 1.800.322.7844 or 202.628.3300.
History
Thirty years ago Partners of the Americas,Inc. established the Partners of the Americas Foundation, Inc. The Foundation was incorporated in 1984 as a separate legal charitable (IRC Section 501(c) (3)) entity to maintain and provide funds to promote the purposes and goals of Partners of the Americas, Inc. As a charitable support organization, the Foundation has a number of restricted endowment funds that support particular Partners of the Americas programs and unrestricted funds through which the Foundation supports chapter and volunteer work. In addition to the Foundation being a charitable organization, in 2010, Partners of the Americas, Inc. approved revisions to the Foundation’s governance documents and structure which resulted in the Foundation also being characterized, for tax purposes, as a supporting organization to Partners of the Americas, Inc. pursuant to IRC Section 509(a)(3).
Statement of Financial Position
Partners of the Americas Foundation for the year ended December 31, 2017 ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS Liabilities & Net Assets Current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities
2017 $1,069,144
$790,431
Net Assets Total Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$367,660 $73,278 $223,520 $1,840,630
REVENUES Other grants and contributions Fee for service Individual contributions Interest and investment income TOTAL REVENUE
$5,869 $43,123 $2,000 $81,504$132,495
EXPENSES Youth and Education Partners of the Americas Foundation TOTAL EXPENSES
$434,925 $434,925
ENDOWMENTS Board-Designated Endowment Funds Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted TOTAL ENDOWMENTS
$367,660 $73,278 $223,520 $664,458
Endowments
Partners of the Americas’ endowment consists of donor-restricted endowment funds and funds designated by the Board of Directors to function as endowments. As required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), net assets associated with endowment funds, including funds designated by the Board of Directors to of donor-imposed restrictions. The Foundation is audited annually in accordance with the audit of Partners of the Americas, Inc. Beginning in 2013, the Partners of the Americas Foundation also holds funds to be granted to institutions of higher education as a part of The 100,000 Strong in the the Americas Initiative. These funds will be granted to colleges and universities committed to helping more of their students study abroad, as students that study abroad are often more prepared to meet the challenges of a global workforce.
2017 Financial Statement
Partners of the Americas Foundation
Donors & Strategic Partners U.S. Department of Labor Donors & Strategic Partners
Donors & Strategic Partners
Partners of the Americas connects people and organizations across borders to serve and to change lives through lasting partnerships. Inspired by President Kennedy and founded in 1964 under the Alliance for Progress, Partners for the Americas is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, non-partisan organization with international offices in Washington, D.C.