The new ISSA Member – the Carpathian Foundation-Hungary – is an independent grantmaking foundation that serves the Hungarian part of the Carpathian region, Northeast Hungary, that consists of the most underdeveloped, rural areas of the country. The foundation acts as a regional community foundation, provides grants and technical assistance to local governments and civil society organizations, scholarships to disadvantaged students and runs its own programs to alleviate poverty and decrease social exclusion in North-Eastern Hungary.