Deadline: 17-Feb-22
AIDS United, with funding from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, is pleased to announce the opportunity for grant support through the iFORWARD: Equipping Organizations in the South through Technology to End the HIV Epidemic special project.
This special project, iFORWARD, recognizes the barriers that Southern organizations face in accessing appropriate technology to carry out their services and achieve their mission.
In this special grant cycle, AIDS United expects to provide a combination of cash grants and technical assistance to 8 – 10 community-based and social justice organizations and coalitions in the Deep South.
Additionally, iFORWARD’s purpose is to:
- improve access to information,
- enhance organization’s ability to communicate,
- maintaining a sense of social and emotional support,
- establishing and maintaining a virtual community,
- extending organizations geographic reach, and
- Stigma reduction
Categories
- Infrastructure Support: Applicants may choose to request Infrastructure Support through this funding opportunity. Infrastructure Support provides financial resources to an organization in support of its mission and overall activities, including operating expenses and overhead, rather than providing support for specific projects or programs.
- Project-Specific Support: Applicants may choose to request project-specific support through this funding opportunity. Project-specific support is intended to provide cash grant funds for a distinct project with clear goals, objectives, activities, and measurable outcomes.
Funding Information
- Individuals will be able to apply for funding up to $10,000 in a cash grant.
- For this initiative, iFORWARD will provide eight-month grants to 8-10 organizations in the U.S. South for professional development and technical assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding through iFORWARD, the applicant must meet the following criteria:
- Geographic Location – Applicants must have a staff member who is based in and who also provides services or focuses their work specifically in the Southern states that are impact by HIV, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virgina, and West Virginia. As part of the commitment to ending the HIV epidemic, AIDS United will prioritize outreach to organizations working in the jurisdictions established in the Phase I priority jurisdictions for Ending the HIV Epidemic. This includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Carolina as well as five counties in Texas, two counties in Louisiana, one county in Tennessee, four counties in Georgia, seven counties in Florida, one country in North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.
- Non-Profit Status – Applicants must be non-profit, tax-exempt organizations, per the guidelines set forth by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with proper 501(c)(3) status. Appropriate verification of this federal status will be undertaken by AIDS United before final grant decisions are made. Organizations or coalitions that do not hold 501(c)(3) status must have a fiscal sponsor.
- Financial Stability – Organizations should be fiscally stable and viable before submission of the funding application. These funds are not intended to serve as a replacement for discontinued funding.
- Operating Budget – Only organizations with an annual operating budget of $1 million or less are eligible to apply.
- Target Population – The target population for this project is people living with and vulnerable to HIV in the U.S. South. Because iFORWARD recognizes that HIV outcomes are significantly impacted by poverty, racism, homophobia and transphobia, heterosexism, and misogyny, they will prioritize supporting organizations led by and working in communities who are most affected by the HIV epidemic, including Black women, Black and Hispanic/Latinx same gender loving people, and the transgender and nonconforming/nonbinary communities. Furthermore, they will fund both HIV service organizations as well as organizations with allied historical focus (e.g., syringe services, racial justice, sexual and reproductive health). Finally, Young people This project will also target youth who are living with or vulnerable to HIV.
- Grant Period – February 2022 – October 31, 2022.
- Reporting Status – Current or previous grantees of any of AIDS United’s funding portfolios must be in good reporting status.
- Program Evaluation – Applicants must be willing to work towards the evaluation goals set out under the type of grant for which they apply. They recognize that grantees have a range of evaluation capacities and, as such, technical assistance for meeting the evaluation goals is prioritized by need, and then prioritized to organizations that have been operating for fewer years, are smaller, and have less experience with evaluation.
- HIPAA and Protection of Information – All applicants will be required to provide a detailed plan on how they will protect patient information, following guidelines in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This federal law requires the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge
For more information, visit https://aidsunited.org/new-funding-opportunity-using-tech-to-end-hiv-epidemic-in-the-south-iforward/
