Funders Concerned About AIDS

Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) has a longstanding commitment to accurately
documenting the trends and parameters in U.S.-based philanthropic funding of
HIV/AIDS. In response to the growing demand by grantmakers of all types and sizes,
key policy makers, AIDS non-profits, the media and others, FCAA is dramatically
expanding and regularizing this research element of our work.
As challenging as attempts to quantify and analyze philanthropic support for an issue
can be, FCAA regards such efforts as critical. FCAA has created this report to serve as a
practical tool for funders in developing, sustaining, revising and assessing AIDS-related
grantmaking initiatives. This report can also be used by those outside of philanthropy
to better report on, understand and work with HIV/AIDS grantmakers. Most
importantly, FCAA hopes that this work can assist in informing a broader, more diverse
and increasingly strategic mobilization of private grant support from foundations and
corporations for the many effective HIV/AIDS initiatives that remain unfunded or
underfunded in the United States and globally.
This report offers a brief overview and history of U.S.-based HIV/AIDS philanthropy. It
further describes and summarizes the current state and trends of U.S.-based HIV/AIDS
grantmaking. To assist the reader in achieving a better critical understanding of AIDS
philanthropy and leadership, this report also analyzes HIV/AIDS grantmaking within the
larger context of U.S. philanthropic giving, domestically and internationally.
FCAA will update the information in this report regarding current funding facts, figures
and trends annually, as new information becomes available. For example, complete
philanthropy data for the year 2001, including final AIDS grants data, will be available
in summer 2003. Given current economic conditions generally, and for foundations
and corporations in particular, future editions of this report could easily show great
volatility in AIDS grantmaking relative to the year 2000 data reported on here. Where
data in this report requires updating, correction, or clarification, FCAA welcomes
comment and discussion from grantmakers at any time.
This report is divided into four sections:
• introduction
• overview of the history of HIV/AIDS philanthropy from 1981 to 1999
• summary of current (year 2000) HIV/AIDS philanthropy
• comparative HIV/AIDS philanthropy data and general philanthropy information
This report also includes a wealth of appendices to provide comprehensive resource
information on the full range of HIV/AIDS funding streams – private and public,
domestic and international.