As Funding Dwindles, HIV and AIDS Remain as Much an Issue of Human Rights as of Health

FCAA in the news: Inside Philanthropy

AIDS may have dropped off the front pages in recent years, but it remains a serious health threat for millions around the world — including in the U.S. Unfortunately, philanthropic giving for HIV and AIDS has been trending down for years: The latest giving estimates, from 2022, show a 6% decrease in grantmaking from the previous year.

Meanwhile, HIV is surging in various hotspots around the world, including Eastern Europe, Central Asia and countries of the Middle East and North Africa. These are regions where military conflicts and anti-LGBTQ+ policies and laws often contribute to inadequate healthcare and support for people with HIV and AIDS. In the U.S., too, communities in the South, and Black people in particular, continue to experience disproportionate rates of HIV.

We have a pretty good idea of the size of global HIV-related philanthropy thanks to the organization Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA), which coordinates donors around the world to advance research and advocacy. For more than 20 years, FCAA has conducted annual surveys of HIV and AIDS grantmaking, released in its annual “Philanthropy’s Response to HIV and AIDS” reports. FCAA recently released its latest report in the series, covering global grantmaking from the year 2022, with data from 767 funders, 6,000 grants and 2,700 grantee organizations.

Read the full piece in Inside Philanthropy