Deadline: 8-May-23
Wake Forest University School of Divinity is inviting applications from faith partners to initiate programs to respond to the HIV crisis in the South by shifting narratives away from stigma toward healing and life-enhancing possibilities for those impacted by HIV/AIDS.
The aim is to collaborate with Christian and interfaith partners, create inclusive faith spaces (virtual and/or in-person) for LGBTQ persons and people living with HIV, and educate emerging faith leaders who will impact how communities respond to HIV/AIDS in the future.
Faith Action Grants will provide resources for nonprofit organizations for action-oriented projects centered around faith to help reduce stigma, engage in spiritually integrated trauma-informed care, and aid in changing the perception of HIV/AIDS in the south. They are seeking to fund organizations committed to the creation of inclusive faith spaces (virtual and/or in-person) for LGBTQ persons and people living with and affected by HIV that provide opportunities for physical, emotional, and financial wellness.
Funding Information
- Faith Action Grants will provide awards ranging between $25,000 to $50,000.
If you are applying for $50,000, you need to make the case that your organization has the infrastructure (e.g., employees, accountant, etc.) and reach (e.g., statewide or regional engagement) to be competitive for that amount. They reserve the right to not award the full amount of the proposed budget if your organization is selected for funding.
Eligible Activities
Example of funded activities in this focus area might include:
- Focus groups, online surveys, or other formative research with PLHIV, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and/or those providing social or emotional support to people affected by HIV/AIDS, with a particular focus on faith-based approaches to engaging these groups;
- Formalizing an existing program that has been well-received in your faith community;
- Adapting an existing evidence-based intervention to include content that addresses HIV- related stigma;
- Trainings for faith leaders and lay audiences in faith communities to build their capacity to develop content and/or facilitate the intervention
- Develop an app or other online intervention to enhance faith leader training and sustainable programming
- Establishing partnerships across interfaith, medical, and/or academic sectors
- Training of program facilitators in intervention content;
- Expanding existing partnerships across interfaith (Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, traditional African spirituality, etc.) perspectives and/or medical and academic sectors
- Bridging HIV, faith and advocacy work in local, state, or national legislatures
- Addressing inequities in housing, economic justice, food insecurity as it overlaps with HIV and faith
- Faith leader care (mental health, bereavement, burn out) and ministering to people living with HIV
- Programs engaging Black women on stigma, HIV prevention and/or treatment
Eligibility Criteria
- Currently, 501(c)(3) organizations (or organizations with a fiscal sponsor) operating in any of the twelve (12) Deep South states (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX) are eligible to apply for support of programs focused on participants in said states. Individuals are not eligible for grant awards.
- Each Coordinating Center requires funded partners to participate in extensive, required training opportunities and deliverables in addition to the proposed project, which may overextend small organizations.
Ineligible
- Medications or purchasing of medications
- Direct medical expenses, including lab expenses
- Existing deficits of organization
- Biomedical research or clinical trials
- Projects that directly influence or advance Gilead’s business, including purchase, utilization, prescribing, formulary position, pricing, reimbursement, referral, recommendation or payment for products
- Individuals, individual health care providers, or physical group practices
- Events or programs that have already occurred
- Government lobbying activities
For more information, visit Wake Forest University School of Divinity.