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Since its establishment in 1992 by founder and
chairman Sir Elton John, EJAF has raised over
$150 million, and leveraged an additional $315
million, to support HIV/AIDS prevention and service
programs in 55 countries around the globe. EJAF
focuses on supporting community-based HIV/AIDS
prevention education programs, harm reduction
programs, and direct services to persons living
with HIV/AIDS, especially populations with special
needs. Direct services include HIV/AIDS-related
physical and mental health services, HIV testing
and counseling, street outreach and education,
assisted living services, social service coordination,
community volunteer recruitment and support,
health literacy, treatment access, and advocacy.
EJAF's grant-making process emphasizes:
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The Brotherhood / Sister Sol |
Partnerships
EJAF works with the National AIDS
Fund, Kaiser Family Foundation, Ford Foundation,
participating partners of the Syringe Access
Fund and the HIV Collaborative Fund, and other
grant-makers to support cutting-edge, community-centered
work.
Leveraging of resources
In many cases, EJAF
grants are succeeding in leveraging significant
additional funding from other sources.
Leadership
EJAF has increasingly staked out
a role of publicly supporting and communicating
about HIV efforts that politics and society try
to relegate to the margins - topics such as youth
and sexual health, syringe access, empowerment
of people living with HIV/AIDS, HIV and prison
health, and HIV among men who have sex with men
(MSM). This leadership role is already succeeding
in catalyzing change and new ways of thinking
in response to HIV/AIDS.
Lean and cost-efficient operations
Even as
we raise and allocate major funding to address
the changing needs of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in
the Americas, EJAF remains a lean and efficiently
run organization, with administrative costs constituting
less than 10% of our annual budget.
Strategic evaluation
EJAF regularly evaluates
its grant-making priorities within the context
of the ever-changing challenges and needs of
the evolving HIV/AIDS epidemic, targeting its
grant awards where they will make the greatest
impact. This approach has clearly resonated with
our donors, and their generous response over
the past two years has enabled us to increase
EJAF’s grant making by 140%. We have expanded
not only the amount of money given but also strategically
targeted key populations that are poorly served
by current prevention efforts and most at risk
of infection including: critically under-funded
communities of the Southern United States, the
Caribbean, and Latin America; highly marginalized
populations such as injection drug users, men
who have sex with men, and incarcerated individuals;
and underserved populations such as African Americans
and young people. Please click on the following
links to learn more about these grant-making
priorities:
Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Southern United States
Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and Latin
America
HIV Prevention among Injection Drug Users
Addressing HIV in Prison and Re-Entry Programs
Addressing HIV among Men Who Have Sex with
Men (MSM)
Improving Sexual Health Programs for Youth
For information on funding opportunities
in Europe, Asia, and Africa, please visit www.ejaf.com.
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