AIDSWatch@Home programs are state-based policy trainings and community advocacy institutes grounded in the knowledge that state and local advocacy is a remarkably powerful and underutilized tool.
Donor Name: AIDS United
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/06/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The need for state-level advocacy has only become more urgent in recent years as state legislatures and others have promoted policies to restrict LGBTQ+ rights and threaten progress in reaching an end to the HIV epidemic. Simultaneously, federal programs and funding streams are being reduced or eliminated, including programs focused on eliminating disparities, and gaining access to healthcare will become more challenging. These policy attacks take many forms, and the advocacy will require us to work across issue areas and unite coalitions to protect the communities.
Funding Information
AIDS United seeks to identify organizations or coalitions in eight different states to receive a grant of up to $15,000 each to implement a branded AIDSWatch@Home event to potentially coincide with their state’s legislative session.
Grant Period
Grants will be 12-months in length (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026) and will support implementation of an AIDSWatch@Home branded event to be conducted by November 2026, as well as engagement in technical assistance provided by the AIDS United team leading up to the event.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding for AIDSWatch@Home, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- 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. Organizations or coalitions that do not hold 501(c)(3) status must have a fiscal sponsor. Note that 501(c)(4) designation is not the same. While it is possible for an organization to have both IRS (c)(3) and (c)(4) status, AIDS United will verify that each applicant organization has a (c)(3) designation.
- Geographic Location – Applicants must be located and perform work within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Native American Reservations/Tribal Lands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Financial Stability – Organizations should be viable before submission of the funding application.
- Good Standing – Current or previous grantees of any AIDS United funding portfolio must be in good standing with regard to reporting and all other grant requirements.
- Grant Period – Applicants must be able to utilize the funds within the project period.
- Relationship to AIDS United – Current AIDS United grantees are eligible to apply. Organizations that have not been funded by AIDS United before are also eligible to apply.
For more information, visit AIDS United.
