At a time of profound shifts in international funding, this webinar aims to open an urgent conversation about the present and future of philanthropy in Latin America. Local organizations are facing increasing challenges following the closure of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and USAID cuts. This situation has revealed the fragility of traditional cooperation models and the need to build new ways to sustain grassroots work.
The event will be structured in three parts: first, a general overview of the current state of philanthropy and international cooperation in Latin America; second, preliminary findings from a regional survey assessing the impact of these funding cuts; and finally, a conversation about collective response strategies, collaborative networks, and the fundamental role of community philanthropy and local funds.
This webinar aims to:
- Provide a general overview of the current context of international cooperation and philanthropy in Latin America.
- Reflect on the structural roots of funding inequalities in the Global South and the political role of philanthropy. Why does the South still lack fair access to resources?
- Share preliminary results of the survey on the impact of the IAF’s closure and USAID cuts on local organizations in the region.
- Show how local networks and funds are organizing: collective responses and alternative models.
- Highlight the role of the Alianza de Fondos del Sur and Rede Comuá as strategic models to mobilize resources from and for Latin America.
- Create a space in Spanish for essential conversations on cooperation, philanthropy, and power.
Date: April 23, 2025
Time:
- San Francisco, USA – 09:00
- Mexico City, Mexico – 10:00
- Caracas, Venezuela – 12:00
- New York, USA - 12:00
- Buenos Aires, Montevideo – 13:00
- London, UK - 16:00
- Cape Town, South Africa - 18:00
- Nairobi, Kenya - 19:00
- Delhi, India - 22:00
Language: Spanish with live interpretation to English
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers
Juan Camilo Mira (Fondo Emerger, Alianza de Fondos del Sur)
Marine biologist with a master's degree in Environmental Management, involved in the analysis and decision-making in the design and implementation of public policies affecting the environmental and rural sectors in Colombia. He has experience in generating sustainable proposals and developing platforms and social processes such as Ecofondo, the Colombian Network of Civil Society Natural Reserves, and the Water Referendum, among others. He is currently the Coordinator of the Fondo Emerger.
Juliana Tinoco (Alianza de Fondos del Sur)
Currently Executive Coordinator of the Socio-Environmental Alliance of Southern Funds, a pioneering initiative of philanthropic funds that support grassroots communities in strategic regions for socio-environmental protection in the Global South.
She has spent nearly two decades strengthening narratives around environmental and climate agendas by connecting them with social issues. Her work focuses on articulation, alliances and institutional relations, knowledge dissemination, communication and participation strategies, multimedia projects, and the promotion of dialogue with diverse audiences.
She is a journalist and audiovisual producer, with a master’s degree in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a bachelor's degree in Social Communication from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Jonathas Azevedo (Rede Comuá)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, currently living there, with experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation both in Brazil and Haiti. He has worked in fundraising for Doctors Without Borders, developed trainings, written reports, organized events, and built strategic partnerships.
He is currently Executive Director of Rede Comuá and Programs Advisor at the Brazilian Philanthropy Network for Social Justice. He is also a board member of Doctors Without Borders Brazil, where he serves as Treasurer. His current interests include new grantmaking practices, evaluation, futurism applied to humanitarian aid and development, emerging technologies, and ancestry.
Facundo Ibarlucía (Red Comunidades Rurales / Alianza)
Political scientist specialized in technology service management, design, monitoring and evaluation of socio-environmental projects. Since 2012, he has worked with the Red Comunidades Rurales and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), where he has served as Director of the Rural Community Project Bank and Coordinator of the Research and Knowledge Management Area.
He has led learning communities and developed consulting processes for UNDP's Small Grants Programme (SGP). He has worked on initiatives such as Force for Good (JP Morgan), Resource Mapping (Telecom), and rural development surveys. He holds degrees from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Universidad de San Andrés, and is fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
