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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:
Partnerships:
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| EJAF Grantee:
The Brotherhood / Sister Sol |
Since its establishment in 1992 by founder and
chairman Sir Elton John, EJAF has raised over
$150 million to support HIV/AIDS prevention and
service programs in 55 countries around the globe.
EJAF focuses on supporting community-based prevention
programs, harm reduction programs, public education
to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS, advocacy to
improve AIDS-related public policy, and direct
services to persons living with HIV/AIDS, especially
populations with special needs. Direct services
include HIV/AIDS-related medical and mental health
treatment, testing and counseling, food distribution,
assisted living, social service coordination,
and legal aid. EJAF's grant-making process emphasizes:
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
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| EJAF Grantee:
New York Harm Reduction Educators |
EJAF funding is allocated both directly by the
Foundation as well as by our partnering organizations.
Please read the funding descriptions below to
determine which funding mechanisms are most appropriate
for your organization.
I. EJAF Direct Grants:
U.S. domestic organizations
and organizations located in Canada, the Caribbean,
and Central and South America, whose projects
fall within EJAF's targeted grant-making
priority areas described above, may apply for
an EJAF Direct Grant by mailing an executive
summary, no more than two pages in length, of
your organization's grant proposal to: Elton
John AIDS Foundation, 584 Broadway, Suite 907,
New York, NY 10012. Project summaries must be
accompanied by your organization's 501(c)(3)
determination letter and audited financial statements.
International organizations outside these regions
should contact E-MAIL at EJAF-UK for grant information.
II. National AIDS Fund-eligible
organizations:
A
significant portion of EJAF's grant-making
for U.S. community-based organizations occurs
via EJAF Challenge Grants awarded through the
National AIDS Fund (NAF) and its Community Partnership
network. Organizations receiving EJAF Challenge
Grants must match these funds two-to-one as an
incentive to leverage additional local support
for their work from other sources. U.S. community-based
organizations that operate in an NAF Community
Partnership's city, state, or region are
eligible to apply directly to Community Partnerships
of the National AIDS Fund. Please visit www.aidsfund.org for
information on the NAF's 29 Community
Partnerships, service areas, grant-making priorities,
and grant application requirements and deadlines
for active Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
III. Syringe Access Fund:
The Syringe Access
Fund is a multi-year grant-making initiative
that strives to prevent HIV/AIDS and hepatitis
C transmission by increasing access to sterile
syringes. The Syringe Access Fund is a collaboration
between the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Elton
John AIDS Foundation, the Irene Diamond Fund,
the National AIDS Fund, and Tides Foundation.
Grants awarded through the Syringe Access Fund
must support one of the following program areas:
(1) state-level education and mobilization campaigns
focusing on policy change; and (2) expanded access
to clean syringes via syringe exchange programs
(SEPs). Please visit the Tides Foundation website
at www.tidesfoundation.org for information on
Syringe Access Fund grant application requirements
and deadlines for active RFPs.
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