Latin America Community Assistance Foundation

The Latin America Community Assistance Foundation is a non profit public charity with a 501(c)(3) status. Our mission is to improve the lives of the rural poor in Latin America. For ways to share in our mission, please contact us today.

Welcome to LACA

Donate for Haiti Disaster

A massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island of Haiti on Tuesday, January 12. The extent of the devastation is enormous. You can help by donating to LACA on the donations page. Please specify 'Haiti Earthquake' in your donation.

Click on a country's name on the map below for information about LACA involvement:

LACA Project Map

All About LACA

The Latin America Community Assistance Foundation (LACA) is a non-profit public charity dedicated to improving the well being of the rural poor in Latin America. LACA enjoys 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, which means contributions are normally tax deductible. LACA is not affiliated with any religious group or government agency.

LACA is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors that meets six times a year to review requests for aid. LACA has no paid staff. Even volunteers who travel to Latin America on medical clinics and other aid programs pay their own way. As a result, 95.5% of the funds raised by LACA go directly to the rural poor. This is one of the highest rates of success among all non-profits.

LACA was founded in 1992 to provide aid to Honduras which, at the time, was the most impoverished country in Latin America. In the past 14 yeas our programs have expanded to embrace eight countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.