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Eligibility: The IAF only supports projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The following are INELIGIBLE for IAF grants:
- proposals presented or directed by government entities;
- proposals from individuals;
- proposals presented or directed by entities outside the country in which the project is located;
- proposals from groups that do not contribute financial or in-kind resources to the proposed activities;
- proposals associated with political parties or partisan movements;
- purely religious or sectarian activities;
- pure research;
- welfare projects of any kind, charitable institutions or proposals solely for construction and/or equipment);
- requests for grants under US$25,000 or more than US$400,000;
- projects whose objectives do not encourage a shared capacity for self-help.
The IAF looks for the following in a project it funds:
- innovative solutions to development problems;
- creative use of the community’s resources;
- a diverse array of community voices in project development and execution;
- substantial beneficiary engagement in (a) the identification of the problem addressed, (b) the approach chosen to solve it, (c) the design of the project, and (d) management and evaluation of activities;
- partnerships with local government, the business community and other civil society organizations;
- potential for strengthening all participating organizations and their partnerships;
- feasibility;
- evidence of eventual sustainability;
- counterpart contributions from the proponent, the beneficiaries and other sources;
- the potential to generate learning;
- measurable results;
- evidence of beneficiaries’ enhanced capacity for self-governance.
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