A Case Study of San Diego-Oaxaca Community–based Structured Remittances: Key Challenges and Lessons learned By Richard Kiy,ICF Harvard Global Equity Initiative Cocoyoc, Mexico April 6th 2005

Est by San Diego Foundation Assets: $2.3 M (Year end June 30, 2004) Grantmaking FY-04: $2.5M FY-02 to Present: $7.5M Geographic Focus: Asia and the Americas Mexico, China Border, Baja California Peninsula Growing interest in Mexican migrant sending regions, primarily Oaxaca Funding Areas: Education Health Environment Community & Economic Development Arts & Culture Strategic relationship with Fundacion Internacional de la Comunidad (FIC), Baja California’s first community foundation (Tijuana, BC) International Community Foundation (ICF) Overview

Why ICF exists Most U.S. giving is domestic—less than 1.9% went international in 2002; Most U.S. overseas giving goes to U.S. based international NGOs (e.g. Red Cross, CARE, Save the Children, TNC, CI, WWF, etc) as opposed to local NGOs overseas –Less than $843 million among organized funders went to foreign nonprofits in Individuals give more than foundations and corporations combined but they are not legally able to gift internationally without going through a public charity “intermediary” like ICF Our core business is helping individual and family foundations to facilitate their cross-border charitable giving to community based overseas NGOs. ICF currently works with donors originating from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, and China with their diaspora charitable giving needs –One community that we have begun to work with is from Oaxaca

San Diego Matriculas, (63,260) State NameCount Of Records% of TotalCumulative %Rank OAXACA7, % 1 GUERRERO6, %22.50%2 JALISCO6, %32.58%3 MICHOACAN5, %42.01%4 BAJA CALIFORNIA5, %50.27%5 DISTRITO FEDERAL4, %57.64%6 GUANAJUATO3, %62.67%7 SINALOA2, %66.95%8 MEXICO2, %71.00%9 NAYARIT2, %74.94%10 QUERETARO1, %77.96%11 MORELOS1, %80.89%12 PUEBLA1, %83.60%13

NAID Center - UCLA Mexican Matriculas: Oaxaca

NAID Center - UCLA Municipio of Birth of SD Matriculas from Oaxaca

Summary of El Trapiche Pilot Funding Pilot Program & Status: $5,500 + $2,500 Program grant by ICF to Centeotl to oversee pilot ($8,000 total) First Round: 12 micro-credit loans ranging from $250 to $1,000. Loans paid in full w/ interest on November 2003 Second Round: 20 micro-credit loans ranging from $100 to $300. Loans paid in full w/ interest on November Third Round: $5,500+interest grant for community based projects to be overseen by Centeotl, March Next Steps: Raising $100,000 for expanded micro-credit program for Valle Central in collaboration with COCIO, San Diego area employers, other funders. Also, looking at similar matching initiative for the Mixteca Region. Pilot Project Partners: International Community Foundation Coalition of Indigenous Communities of Oaxaca (COCIO), Centro de Desarollo Comunitario Centéotl, A.C. (Centeotl)

Cross-Border Structured Remittance Pilot Challenges & Lessons Learned Having an experienced NGO with strong local is critical but not easy to find; Strong local leadership is also critical; Internal politics inevitably arises; Projects can be time/staff intensive; Cross-border communications are key; Migrant donors’s first priority is to send money directly to family members not community based projects. ICF’s key challenge is matching migrant donors’ community specific interests with viable projects and the right NGO to help execute program.

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