QAs a philanthropic leader in HIV/AIDS, how can

QAs a philanthropic leader in HIV/AIDS, how can
FCAA continue to mobilize and support an
ongoing, robust and strategic philanthropic
response?
As this research documents, philanthropy
continues to play a critical role in the
domestic and international response to
the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The leading
HIV/AIDS funders continue to view
HIV/AIDS as a very important community
issue in the United States that is
related to many of the other health, social
and economic concerns that they are trying
to address through their grantmaking.
It is this approach of “integration” that is
enabling many funders to maintain, institutionalize
and perhaps even increase support
of HIV/AIDS programs and services.
Internationally, philanthropy as a field
appears to be slowly increasing its role.
Leading large funders are paving the way
(some in dramatic ways), yet there are
many opportunities for grantmakers,
large and small, to make an impact in the
international pandemic.
This study has provided valuable information
and answers to many key questions,
particularly that philanthropy can
and must continue to play an essential
and ongoing role in bringing an end to
the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The research
identifies many opportunities for philanthropy
to continue to play to its strengths
and at the same time have a meaningful
and strategic impact on the pandemic
domestically and internationally. While
many challenges remain, this research and
the work of FCAA have helped to make
these challenges more clearly understood.
Through this understanding, what were
once only challenges and insurmountable
problems can become opportunities for
philanthropy to do one of the things it
does best—strategically invest in sustainable
community problem-solving.