SEATTLE, Wash.– Today, Pride Foundation announced $507,000 in grants to 81 organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington—investing vital resources into local organizations working to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and their families can live fully and safely in their home communities. This year’s award amount is the highest…
NEW YORK, NY — In a novel approach to conquering HIV, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is pairing HIV researchers with bioengineers to address the main barrier to a cure for HIV: the persistent reservoirs of virus not cleared by antiretroviral therapy. A new round of Investment grants, totaling $1.2 million, will support six…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a leader in the global effort to end AIDS, today announced it awarded nearly $3.5 million in grants to 57 organizations addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in critical and innovative ways in December. This brings the Foundation’s total grant investments for calendar year 2016 to nearly $8.6…
ViiV Healthcare Monday awarded its first round of small grants to support men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender community-led interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and/or HIV status. 23 non-governmental and community-based organizations will receive up to £25,000 ($38,000) per year over a two year period…
NEW YORK — Seven New York City nonprofits are receiving a total of $1.6 million that will fund specific plans to improve the long-term stability of these human services providers. The grants are part of the Community Resilience Fund, a collaboration designed to help spur recovery of the City’s safety net.new Grant recipients include: African…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) has announced more than $3.2 million in new grants, bringing the Foundation’s total grant disbursements for the calendar year 2014 to an impressive $6.857 million. These end-of-year grants represent EJAF’s continued commitment to helping all people infected with HIV and combating stigma in communities most threatened…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced nearly $1.5 million in new grants today, including a new program aimed at addressing the rampant stigma against HIV-positive people and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. With this round of grant-making, EJAF is awarding seven new and six renewal grants that…
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a meeting of the American Latino Scholars Expert Panel and in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced $500,000 in matching grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of…
WASHINGTON– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and Promised Land Film have announced that they have awarded $4,000 grants to four historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The grant will allow institutions to use the award-winning documentary, The New Black, (watch the official theatrical trailer above) as a tool to advance on-campus LGBT inclusion. “Engaging…
WASHINGTON – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world face stigmatization, harassment, violence and blatant human rights violations. To combat these horrific acts and to advance the cause of LGBT justice internationally, The Paul E. Singer Foundation is teaming up with the Daniel S. Loeb Family Foundation to award the Human Rights…
