The AIDS Funding Collaborative is inviting applicants for its Responsive Grants applications.
Donor Name: AIDS Funding Collaborative
State: Ohio
County: Cuyahoga County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The mission of the AIDS Funding Collaborative (AFC) is to strengthen the community’s response to HIV/AIDS as a public/private partnership providing coordination, leadership, advocacy and funding in Cuyahoga County.
Funding Priority Areas
- HIV care and support services aligned with Ryan White service categories and linkage to care
- HIV prevention services, especially harm reduction and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Community-led and neighborhood-based HIV programming focused on zip codes and networks in greatest need.
Funding Mechanisms
- Programmatic Support
- This funding mechanism supports HIV-focused services, interventions or programming, such as those mentioned above, by an organization whose primary mission may or may not be specific to HIV/AIDS. Proposed activities may include but are not limited to: HIV outreach for linkage to and access to care; community engagement and community organizing; implementation of emerging practices; and evidence-informed and/or evidenced-based HIV prevention interventions.
- Community Capacity Building
- This funding mechanism will enhance the availability and coordination of services across organizations. Projects funded in this area are aimed at community and organization-level objectives that have the potential to decrease stigma, change policy and create lasting positive change in community. In this funding area, the AFC is interested in projects focused on: building, expanding and/or improving bridges between HIV services and related health and human service systems with the goal of better meeting the needs of people at highest risk for HIV exposure and strengthening organizations delivering HIV services. Examples of projects the AFC may consider in this area include: increasing systems capacity; exploring the feasibility of coordinating services/ establishing formal systems linkages between organizations serving priority populations; physical plant improvements that directly enhance the capacity to deliver HIV/AIDS-specific services; and community infrastructure development.
- General Operating Support
- General operating support ensures stable infrastructure for an organization. Grants made under this priority will support an organization’s mission, rather than a specific program. Organizations with a primary mission specific to HIV/AIDS and a demonstrated commitment to the AFC’s funding priorities are eligible to apply for operating support. General operating support grants are capped at $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must:
- Be nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or public agencies
- Serve or engage in work that impacts a population affected by HIV/AIDS. Applicants need not provide HIV-specific services, but the proposed project must address a funding priority described in this RFA. The exception is for organizations seeking general operating support, which are required to have a primary mission specific to HIV/AIDS and a demonstrated commitment to the AFC’s funding priorities
- Serve Cuyahoga County residents, as required by the regional funding parameters of the AFC’s current funding partners. The exception is applications focused on state-level policy change, intended to impact Cuyahoga residents as well as a broader population.
For more information, visit AFC.
