The Partners of the Americas Foundation offers the following grants in 2018: 

·  Jerry Perpich Endowment for Youth Leadership

·  Madelyn L. Laschober Endowment for Youth, Education, and Microenterprise Development

·  Organizational Development Grant

The deadline for receipt of applications is: June 22, 2018.

After review by the selection committee, winners will be announced by email by August 10, 2018.

NOTE: These Foundation Grants are available only to members of Partners of the Americas Chartered Chapters, Affiliate Chapters and PartnersCampus Student Chapters.  If you are a member of an eligible Chapter in good standing, up to date with membership dues and wish to apply, please select and complete the application in your preferred language.

Jerry Perpich Award

The Jerry Perpich Youth Leadership award will be made to a Partners chapter that has effectively attracted young volunteers to Partners through innovative activities or programs.  These programs will have offered youth leadership opportunities either within the chapter, within the program itself, or ideally, both.  The award in the amount of $750 is made possible by a bequest from the late Jerry Perpich, a longtime leader in the Iowa/Yucatan Partners and former Chairman of the International Board of Partners, Inc.

Drs. Homer and Maurine Venters Fund

The Venters Health Endowment Fund provides seed money or a start-up fund for creative and innovative projects that could serve to advance health programs in a community.  The Venters Fund provides an annual grant of up to USD $750 and is made possible by the family of the late Homer Venters, a former member of the International Board of Partners, Inc. and a dedicated  leader in the Minnesota Chapter of Partners of the Americas.

Pixote Literacy Fund

The Pixote Literacy Fund is designed to help pixotes throughout the hemisphere gain the literacy and life skills to build a better life for themselves, their families and their communities.

Madelyn L. Laschober Endowment Fund

The Madelyn L. Laschober Endowment Fund provides funds for an annual grant of up to $1,000 for a project related to youth, education and microenterprise development.  This grant is made possible by the family of Mrs. Laschober in honor of her lifelong interest in Latin America, her career as an elementary and middle school teacher and her history of giving to charitable organizations.  The Laschobers are members of the Washington Chapter, which is partnered with the Chile Chapter.

Higher Education Partnership: Internationalization in the Americas (HEP 2018)
Participation Grant

The HEP 2018 Participation Grant provides up to $500 to defray the costs for individual chapter members to participate in Partners' annual Higher Education Partnership event.  To qualify, applicants must fit the attendee profile and be a member of a chartered chapter.  Please review the event website for more information about the event.  This grant is made possible by the family of Mrs. Laschober in honor of her lifelong interest in Latin America, her career as an elementary and middle school teacher and her history of giving to charitable organizations.  The Laschobers are members of the Washington Chapter, which is partnered with the Chile Chapter.  APPLY HERE.

Organizational Development

These grants provide operational seed funds to strengthen the creative organizational development of chapters and partnerships.  Organizational development grants are for projects that advance one or more of the following functions:  leadership development, communications, fundraising and membership. These grants can support board training in governance, membership recruitment and retention drives, improvement of communications within and between chapters, creation of websites, and documenting the history of the chapter in Partners, among other things.   The maximum amount of an award: $2,500.