Tinker Foundation Incorporated

The mission of the Tinker Foundation

is to promote the development of an equitable, sustainable

and productive society in Latin America

and to enhance understanding in the U.S. of Latin America

and how U.S. policies may impact the region.

The Tinker Foundation was created by Edward Larocque Tinker (1881-1968) in 1959 in memory of his wife Frances McKee Tinker, his father Henry Champlin Tinker, and his grandfather Edward Greenfield Tinker. He was convinced that the future freedom and prosperity of the peoples of the Americas depended upon their mutual trust, friendship and cooperation and it was in that spirit that the Foundation was established.