AIDS United launches Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund – United States
Deadline: 15-Jul-2020
AIDS United has relaunched the Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund (formerly the HIV Disaster Relief Fund), which was established to help meet the immediate and urgent needs of people living with and at risk for HIV in regions affected by urgent crises like earthquakes and hurricanes, and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AIDS United is making funds available, through this request for applications, to assist in meeting the needs of organizations serving people living with and at risk for HIV and AIDS, and that are experiencing challenges meeting their community’s needs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund supports access to HIV care, housing, food and much more.
Funding Information
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Through the Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund, AIDS United will provide grants of up to $15,000 to help organizations address the community needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Priorities
While all requests that fall within the eligibility parameters will be considered, the current funding priorities are to support organizations that provide support services for people living with HIV and those most affected by HIV or conduct advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV and those most affected by HIV. In addition, organizations must:
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Be located in the South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas). -OR-
Serve people who use drugs. -OR-
Serve communities of color, especially Black communities.
Preference will be given to organizations that are led by people who represent the communities they serve, specifically people who use drugs; transgender and gender-nonconforming people; Black and Latinx communities; other communities of color; people who experience oppressive policing and mass incarceration; and gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer people.
Eligibility Criteria
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Receipt of funds — Applicants (or their fiscal sponsor) must have the capacity to receive award funds electronically. Currently, AIDS United’s offices are all virtual and therefore, we are unable to print and send paper checks at this time.
Geographic location — Applicants must be located and perform work within any of the following: the 50 states in the U.S., Washington, D.C., Native American reservations/tribal lands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nonprofit status — Applicants must be nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, per the guidelines set forth by the Internal Revenue Service with proper 501(c)(3) status. Appropriate verification of this federal status will be undertaken by AIDS United before final grant decisions are made. Organizations or coalitions that do not hold 501(c)(3) status must have a fiscal sponsor.
Financial stability — Organizations should be fiscally stable and viable prior to submission of the funding application. These funds are not intended to serve as a replacement for discontinued funding.
Grant period — Applicant must be able to implement all project activities and utilize the funds within six months of award payment.
Requirements
Please submit the following items as attachments:
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Your organization’s (or your fiscal sponsor’s) 501(c)(3) IRS determination letter.
A summary project budget including anticipated expenses and any other sources of revenue to be used in support of the activities outlined in your proposal. If your organization has a fiscal sponsor, please specify the fee, and include it in the budget. You may use this template or your own formatted budget.
An overall organizational budget (or fiscal sponsor’s organizational budget, if applicable).
For more information, visit https://www.aidsunited.org/Funding-Opportunities/Relief%2C-Recovery-and-Resilience-Fund.aspx