The Americas Foundation seeks to bring peoples of this Hemisphere together through bonds of common interest and private initiative. Its goal is to stimulate such interest and initiative by encouraging individuals and private groups whose efforts promote these shared goals. The Foundation welcomes the support and contributions of all who embrace its objectives. Not only does the Americas Foundation initiate projects, it also assists in the funding of proposals sent to it by others in the American community. Requests for grants should be addressed to the Secretary of The Americas Foundation . Distributions made in the past include:

Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
Books for the People Fund, Inc.
Brazilian Children's Fund
Caribbean Studies Association
CASA
College of Wooster
Council of the Americas Student Program
Faculdades Integradas Candido Mendes, Brazil
Fé y Alegría Fundación
Friends of Mexican Development
Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Fundación Oscar Arias, Costa Rica
Fund for Overseas Research Grants and Education
Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of the Western Hemisphere
IESA Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, Venezuela
Inter-American Association of Broadcasters
Inter-American Education Association
Inter-American Press Association Scholarship Fund
John F. Kennedy University, Argentina
Pan-American Development Foundation
The A. Curtis Wilgus Graduate Fellowship
The American Institute for Free Labor Development
The Spanish Institute
Trickle-Up Program, Inc.
Universidad Central de Costa Rica
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
University of The Andes Foundation
University of The Valley of Guatemala Foundation

The Americas Foundation, Inc., is exempt from federal income taxes pursuant to Section 501 © (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. A copy of its latest financial report filed with New York State may be obtained by writing to: New York State Department of State, Office of Charities Registration, Albany, New York, 12231