needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message partners of the americas type non profit organization founded 1964 headquarters washington d.c. district of columbia united states key people stephen vetter chief executive officer horacio correa jr. chief financial officer matthew clausen vice president website www.partners.net partners of the americas was inspired by president of the united states john f. kennedy who in 1963 launched the alliance for progress a program of government to government economic cooperation across the western hemisphere . it is a 501 c 3 non profit organization headquartered in washington d.c. . how it works edit at the heart of partners is a people to people philosophy citation needed which grew out of a 1962 call by president kennedy for citizens of the western hemisphere to work together . inspired by the challenge jim boren one of partners founders envisioned a two way network of volunteer partnerships that would enable everyday people to contribute to the americas . citation needed today partners has evolved into 120 volunteer chapters 1 linked in 60 partnerships . chapters in u.s. states form partnerships with chapters in countries or states in latin america and the caribbean . each volunteer chapter is organized as a private nonprofit institution with by laws and regularly elected officers . what partners does edit partners programs work in many fields and cross a broad spectrum of society and the day to day lives of people throughout the americas . areas include youth and children civil society and governance exchanges and fellowships agriculture and environment and gender and equity . partners works as a grassroots organization that use partnerships between u.s. states and latin american countries or regions to foster cultural exchange and education . these partnerships are also used to address issues in the afore mentioned areas through volunteer service and technical expertise . references edit partners.net retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title partners of the americas & oldid 632132958 categories americashidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 november 2014 at 12 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view