To be considered for a Tinker Institutional Grant, a proposal must be submitted by an institutional entity and be geographically focused on Latin America, Iberia or Antarctica. Topically, the projects should deal with environmental policy, governance or economic policy. Support may be sought for, but is not limited to, research projects, conferences and workshops. The Foundation encourages collaboration between and among organizations in the United States, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Prior to developing a full proposal, and well before the deadline, you may wish to submit a brief description of the project to ascertain the Foundation's interest. For questions concerning an institutional grant application or a printed version of the application instructions, please contact the Foundation at tinker@tinker.org or (212) 421-6858. If you wish to submit a proposal, you may use a print-out or a self-generated copy of the application form on this site.

Also available: Grants for 2007

Economic Policy Asociación Mexicana de Uniones de Crédito del Sector Social, A.C. Mexico City, Mexico Laura Delalande:  lauradelalande@yahoo.fr The final installment of a two-year $75,000 grant to assist the Asociación's affiliated microbanks to better meet the financial needs of their clients who are predominantly internal or external migrants Center for Global Development Washington, D.C. Nancy Birdsall:  nbirdsall@cgdev.org The final allocation of a two-year $100,000 grant to support research on the association between reforms and economic growth in Latin America Fundación Centro para la Estabilidad Financiera Buenos Aires, Argentina Silvina G. Vatnick:  cef@cefargentina.org The final payment of a two-year $140,000 award for a project to improve financial policy making and financial literacy in Argentina among national legislators, the judiciary, journalists and consumers Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas Buenos Aires, Argentina Juan Luis Bour:  juanluis@fiel.org.ar A $25,000 grant to organize the 2008 Arnaldo T. Musich Lecture, which will focus on the importance of human capital and skills in a changing labor market and raise awareness about the problem of mismatching between job skills and employment opportunities Fundación Universidad Torcuato di Tella Buenos Aires, Argentina Pablo Andrés Neumeyer:  paneumeyer@utdt.edu A two-year $140,000 grant for a project documenting the relationship between macroeconomic policy and pricing decisions and implications for monetary policy in several Latin American countries Environmental Policy Conservation International Foundation Arlington, Virginia Timothy J. Killeen:  t.killeen@conservation.org The final installment of a two-year $132,000 grant addressing the design of conservation corridors in areas of the Amazon and Andes that are vulnerable to climate change impacts and targets for major infrastructure development projects Ecosystem Sciences Foundation, Inc. Boise, Idaho Josh Ellsworth:  joshua.ellsworth@gmail.com A two-year $75,000 grant to work with municipal authorities in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in implementing a payment for watershed services system for the purpose of creating a local and reliable source of funding for watershed conservation Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York Scott Edwards:  sedwards@environmentaldefense.org A $70,000 grant to promote the use of catch shares among key fisheries stakeholders in the Gulf of California to manage and restore failing fisheries Fundación para la Promoción del Desarrollo Sustentable Futuro Latinoamericano Quito, Ecuador Pippa Heylings:  pippa.heylings@ffla.net A $70,000 grant to work in the Metropolitan District of Quito to consolidate policies for cross-agency water management as well as establish a set of rights-based mechanism to resolve disputes over water access International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - U.S. Washington, D.C. Arturo Mora:  arturo.mora@sur.iucn.org The final installment of a two-year $150,000 grant to improve freshwater fish management in a portion of the La Plata River Basin in Argentina and Paraguay Marine Stewardship Council Seattle, Washington Brad Ack:  brad.ack@msc.org A two-year $138,000 grant for a project designed to improve data on and management of the mahi mahi fishery in Peru and Ecuador The Nature Conservancy, Inc. Arlington, Virginia Miguel Calmon:  mcalmon@tnc.org The final allocation of a two-year $120,000 grant for a project to enhance conservation of Brazil's Atlantic Forest through expansion of the use of an "Ecological Value-Added Tax" New York Botanical Garden Bronx, New York Christine Padoch:  cpadoch@nybg.org The final installment of a two-year $140,000 grant to promote practices and policies in Amazonian forestry that sustain the environment, regional economies and local livelihoods Rainforest Alliance, Inc. New York, New York Katherine Pierront:  kpierront@ra.org The final payment of a two-year $130,000 grant to promote and implement the graduated forestry certification process, SmartStep, in Bolivia and Peru Resources for the Future Washington, D.C. Allen Blackman:  blackman@rff.org and Alex Pfaff: alex.pfaff@duke.edu A two-year $138,000 grant to assist Mexico's forestry sector in assessing the costs of natural protected areas and their effectiveness in deterring deforestation and mitigating poverty University of California, The Regents of the Berkeley, California Scripps Institution of Oceanography Jeffrey Graham:  jgraham@ucsd.edu The final payment of a two-year $66,000 grant to develop an accurate understanding of the effects of artisanal fishing on shark fisheries in Mexico leading to the development of recommendations on the bi-national management of the fishery Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Paul Berkman:  berkman@bren.uscb.edu A two-year $107,000 grant to prepare for and host the 2009 Antarctic Treaty Summit to be convened in Washington, D.C. Governance Alternativas y Capacidades A.C. Mexico City, Mexico Monica Tapía:  mtapia@alternativassociales.org A two-year $50,000 grant to produce a series of handbooks on practical issues associated with regional development, philanthropy and public policy advocacy Americas Society, Inc. New York, New York Christopher Sabatini:  csabatini@as-coa.org An $85,000 grant to support publication costs associated with the Americas Quarterly, which aims to stimulate debate and provide information on policy issues affecting the Americas Asociación Civil Centro de Participación y Ciudadanía Lima, Peru Beatriz Boza:  bboza@ciudadanosaldia.org A two-year $90,000 grant for a project to promote implementation of best government practices in agencies providing services to the general public and private enterprises Asociación Fe y Alegría, Inc. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Natacha Echavarria:  tec.proyectos1@feyalegria.org.do A $75,000 grant to promote educational reform in the Dominican Republic through implementation of a regional campaign to raise public awareness and demand for such reforms Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc. New York, New York Joan Vermeulen:  vance@nycbar.org The final installment of a two-year $120,000 grant to the Vance Center to foster institutionalization of pro bono legal assistance in Argentina, Colombia and Peru and to implement the Pro Bono Declaration of the Americas Ciudad Nuestra Lima, Peru Gino Costa:  ginocosta@ciudadnuestra.org A two-year $90,000 grant for a project to identify and disseminate best practices in citizen security through an incentive and reward program in local law enforcement institutions Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. New York, New York Julia Sweig:  jsweig@cfr.org and Shannon K. O'Neil: soneil@cfr.org A two-year $150,000 grant for a series of outreach activities on globalization and democracy designed to develop new perspectives on political, economic and social challenges in Latin America Editora Instituto Fernand Braudel de Economia Mundial São Paulo, Brazil Norman Gall:  ngall@braudel.org.br The second installment of a two-year $100,000 grant in support of a project on school reform in the municipalities of São Paulo and Pernambuco in Brazil Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública Sao Paulo, Brazil Josephine Bourgois:  jobourgois@gmail.com A $100,000 grant to consolidate the mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating public security policies and police institutions in Brazil Fundación Leer Buenos Aires, Argentina Patricia Mejalelaty:  info@leer.org.ar The final payment of a two-year $140,000 grant to improve primary school literacy rates in Argentina by developing resources to enhance teaching practices Fundación Pro Bono Santiago, Chile Marcela Fajardo:  mfajardo@probono.cl The final installment of a two-year $100,000 grant to institutionalize pro bono practice in Chile by enlarging existing pro bono networks as well as the group of firms with participating pro bono lawyers Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo - América Latina Buenos Aires, Argentina Claudio Lesnichevsky:  clesni@iied-al.org A $29,000 grant to consolidate and expand existing inter-municipal economic development projects in Rosario, Cordoba and Chaco, Argentina Inter-American Dialogue Washington, D.C. Peter Hakim:  peter@iadialogue.org A $40,000 grant to strengthen and revitalize the membership base of the Inter-American Dialogue Strategies for International Development Arlington, Virginia Charles A. Patterson:  cpatterson@sidworld.org The final payment of a two-year $120,000 grant for a project to scale up implementation of Bolivia's rural development policy and to improve implementation of the "Citizen Participation Reform and Policy" Tlachinollan Grupo de Apoyo a los Pueblos Indios de la Montaña, A.C. Tlapa de Comonfort, Mexico Abel Barrera:  cdhm@tlachinollan.org A $45,000 grant to improve the performance, accountability and accessibility of police institutions in the state of Guerrero through the Civilian Monitor of Police and Security Forces Tufts College, Trustees of Somerville, Massachusetts Katrina Burgess:  katrina.burgess@tufts.edu A two-year $90,000 grant for a study on the effect of remittances from Mexican migrants in the United States on local governance in their home communities Universidad de Chile, Fundación Facultad de Derecho Santiago, Chile José Zalaquett:  jzalaque@derecho.uchile.cl A $46,000 grant to convene a regional meeting on new developments and strategic thinking in the field of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero Buenos Aires, Argentina Eduardo Jozami:  eduardojozami@fibertel.com.ar A two-year $95,000 grant to assess and promote policing practices that ensure the safety of civilians and police officers in situations involving use-of-force or coercion University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida Susan Kaufman Purcell:  skpurcell@miami.edu Final payment of a $140,000 grant to support a two-year collaborative program between the Center for Hemispheric Policy and the Center for Research on Development in Mexico City, to assess Mexico's prospects for economic and political reform under President Felipe Calderón University of San Diego San Diego, California David A. Shirk:  dshirk@sandiego.edu A $45,000 grant toward costs of a major research initiative, Justiciabarometro, to monitor and evaluate the implementation of criminal justice reforms in Mexico Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, D.C. Cynthia J. Arnson:  cynthia.arnson@wilsoncenter.org A two-year $130,000 grant to support research on broad security concerns throughout Latin America, including the mano dura approach, prevention programs for youth crime, domestic violence and substance abuse, local crime-fighting initiatives, and efforts to reform and professionalize police services Other The Foundation Center New York, New York A $6,000 award in support of program activities Latin American Studies Association, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Milagros Pereyra-Rojas:  lasa@pitt.edu A $30,000 grant toward the costs of participant travel to the 2009 LASA International Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, Inc. New York, New York A $6,000 contribution for support of program activities on behalf of the New York grant making community Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Cambridge, United Kingdom Michael Sparrow:  mds68@cam.ac.uk A $180,000 grant to design the Web site for and administer the first Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica