Information Identify HIV Funding Sources With a Searchable Map and Funders' ReportMarch 2, 2016 For 13 years, Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) has published an annual review of philanthropic funding for HIV/AIDS. In 2015, we created the first searchable map of total funding (and funders) by region, country and U.S. state. As many groups create fundraising plans, our latest report can help HIV community organizations identify new sources of support and stay informed of the full landscape of HIV funding. The latest FCAA report reveals that global private funding for HIV/AIDS totaled $618 million in 2014, an 8% increase ($46 million) from 2013. The rise was driven by significant increases from the top two funders, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gilead Sciences, Inc. The influence of these grantors exemplifies the current concentration of HIV/AIDS philanthropic funding among top donors: The 20 largest funders accounted for 81% of total funding in 2014. Overall, HIV/AIDS funding from the private sector has been holding relatively steady around the $600-650 million mark for the past eight years.
The philanthropic response to HIV/AIDS is small but mighty: While it is only 2% of total global resources for HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries, it is often the only source of critical support for advocacy, human rights, and key populations. Private philanthropic investments are also being leveraged to help civil society to hold governments accountable for their commitments. Read more about this from FCAA executive director John Barnes or in an overview of the history of the HIV/AIDS philanthropy. FCAA envisions its report and map as tools to inform the work you do. As just one example, while globally men who have sex with men (MSM) are 19 times more likely to be living with HIV than the general population, they received just $25 million in philanthropic funding in 2014 (ranking 10th among top target populations), and in total, LGBTQ-related HIV/AIDS grants (including MSM) received only 6% of total funding. Use this statistic when talking to funders about the critical need for, and current gap in, funding for LGBTQ and HIV work. Also be sure to visit Funders for LGBTQ Issues to see its reports tracking which U.S. foundations are funding LGBTQ populations, and amfaR to use its Fundraising Toolkit.
Share this report with your friends, colleagues and stakeholders. If you receive private funding from an organization NOT on this list, connect it to FCAA so its work can be included in future reports. To dive further into this new wealth of data, in coming months the FCAA will be publishing one-page reports on topics such as, "What does funding look like at the intersection of HIV and human rights?" and "How is philanthropy responding to the epidemic in the U.S. South?" Stay tuned to www.fcaaids.org and @FCAA for more information or to share how you're using this report. Sarah Hamilton is the director of operations for Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA). Before working at FCAA, she was a senior associate at Rabin Strategic Partners (now Rabin Martin), a leading international health public affairs firm. Sarah currently lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband, two sons and an increasing number of dogs and cats. She also serves on the board of directors for the Spokane AIDS Network. You can reach her at sarah@fcaaids.org.
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