ICF JOINS THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER PHILANTHROPHY INITIATIVE

In 2002, a group of national and regional funders, The Synergos Institute, and twenty community foundations from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, formed the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Initiative. This partnership is a innovative bi-national collaboration of local leaders, donors and local community foundations seeking to improve the quality of life in under-served communities in the rapidly growing border region. ICF, Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad (FIC), and The San Diego Foundation (TSDF) are three of the foundations representing the San Diego/Tijuana region in this dynamic initiative. Other foundations include: Ford Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and Gonzalo Rios Foundation. The partnership with these foundations will strengthen ICF’s ability to expand its grantmaking in the communities that it serves in the border region.

In April 2003, ICF will co-host along with The San Diego Foundation and FIC, the initiative’s Border Learning Institute in San Diego/Tijuana.