Mexico and Central America have undergone dramatic transformations over the past three decades. While this has led to progress and new opportunities in some areas—including nascent democracies, organized civil society, and vibrant movements of indigenous peoples—inequality persists.

For the region to thrive, governments must be more accountable to their people—which means more willing and able to punish the perpetrators of human rights violations and beneficiaries of high-level corruption. It also means ensuring that natural resources are shared and managed more equitably, so that rural and indigenous communities shoulder less of the costs of extracting them (financial and otherwise), and reap more of the benefits.


Grant makers in Mexico and Central America

Portrait of Helena Hofbauer

Helena Hofbauer Balmori

International Program Director, Civic Engagement and Government; Director, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Ximena Andion Ibanez.

Ximena Andión Ibañez

Deputy Regional Director, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Sophia Hernández.

Sophia Hernández Reyna

Program Officer, Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Ana Joaquina Ruiz Guerra

Ana Joaquina Ruiz Guerra

Program Associate, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Karime Keoseyan

Karime Keoseyan

Program Assistant, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Victor Lopez, 2019, ©Ford Foundation.

Víctor López Illescas

Program Officer, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Mariana Perez

Mariana Perez

Grants Manager, Mexico and Central America Mexico City, Mexico
Portrait of Tania Sanche

Tania Sánchez Andrade

Program Associate, Civic Engagement and Government Mexico City, Mexico