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Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) unites philanthropic leaders to pursue a shared vision of a world without AIDS.
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FCAA unites 50+ funders to protect the health, rights & dignity of people affected by HIV. As public funding declines, your support matters.
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#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
💝 Give today: www.fcaaids.org/community/do...
🤝 Become a Member: www.fcaaids.org/community/me...
#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
FCAA unites 50+ funders to protect the health, rights & dignity of people affected by HIV. As public funding declines, your support matters.
💝 Give today: www.fcaaids.org/community/do...
🤝 Become a Member: www.fcaaids.org/community/me...
#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
💝 Give today: www.fcaaids.org/community/do...
🤝 Become a Member: www.fcaaids.org/community/me...
#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
FCAA unites 50+ funders to protect the health, rights & dignity of people affected by HIV. As public funding declines, your support matters.
💝 Give today: www.fcaaids.org/community/do...
🤝 Become a Member: www.fcaaids.org/community/me...
#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
💝 Give today: www.fcaaids.org/community/do...
🤝 Become a Member: www.fcaaids.org/community/me...
#HIVFunding #Philanthropy #AIDS
“We need to move from funding projects to funding movements.” FCAA’s new Board Chair Mark Vermeulen shared this insight in a conversation with FCAA’s Masen Davis. They explore how lived experience & bold approaches can protect progress toward an AIDS-free future. Read more: bit.ly/3X3PjiJ
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“We need to move from funding projects to funding movements.” FCAA’s new Board Chair Mark Vermeulen shared this insight in a conversation with FCAA’s Masen Davis. They explore how lived experience & bold approaches can protect progress toward an AIDS-free future. Read more: bit.ly/3X3PjiJ
HIV advocacy is powerful — yet underfunded. On Nov. 12, join FCAA’s Marvell Terry II and an expert panel as they discuss how funders can invest in advocacy as a tool for change. Register: www.fcaaids.org/events/from-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
HIV advocacy is powerful — yet underfunded. On Nov. 12, join FCAA’s Marvell Terry II and an expert panel as they discuss how funders can invest in advocacy as a tool for change. Register: www.fcaaids.org/events/from-...
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV
Even Trump is fast-tracking this innovative new drug. What could go wrong?
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October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The future of the HIV response depends on us all. FCAA’s Masen Davis spoke with Inside Philanthropy about the risk of public funding gaps and the role of funders in addressing them.
Read more: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/as-the-...
Read more: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/as-the-...
October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The future of the HIV response depends on us all. FCAA’s Masen Davis spoke with Inside Philanthropy about the risk of public funding gaps and the role of funders in addressing them.
Read more: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/as-the-...
Read more: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/as-the-...
🌍 FCAA Global Fellowship Program is officially accepting applications for Cohort 2. Supported by @ViiVHealthcare, the nine-month fellowship will cultivate HIV changemakers in philanthropy to shape the future of HIV funding. Learn more & apply: www.fcaaids.org/support/fell...
Fellowship - Funders Concerned About AIDS
Building on the success of our inaugural year, FCAA is thrilled to announce Cohort 2 of our Global Fellowship, supported by ViiV Healthcare Positive Action. As the HIV funding landscape transforms ra...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🌍 FCAA Global Fellowship Program is officially accepting applications for Cohort 2. Supported by @ViiVHealthcare, the nine-month fellowship will cultivate HIV changemakers in philanthropy to shape the future of HIV funding. Learn more & apply: www.fcaaids.org/support/fell...
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...
Unpacking the US’s New Global Health Strategy: Retreating When We Could Be Winning url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/unpacking-uss-new-global-health-strategy-retreating-when-we-could-be-winning
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Unpacking the US’s New Global Health Strategy: Retreating When We Could Be Winning url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/unpacking-uss-new-global-health-strategy-retreating-when-we-could-be-winning
"Data is like the GPS for funders," one attendee said at our pre-#USCHA2025 U.S. HIV Philanthropy Forum. We couldn’t agree more. FCAA is committed to bringing you fresh data on the U.S. with #Aidsvu : bit.ly/46wEgV2and on the world: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Data is like the GPS for funders," one attendee said at our pre-#USCHA2025 U.S. HIV Philanthropy Forum. We couldn’t agree more. FCAA is committed to bringing you fresh data on the U.S. with #Aidsvu : bit.ly/46wEgV2and on the world: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
From @avac.org 's always brilliant Global Health Watch: The inclusion of gender affirming care & DEI continues this Administration’s ongoing mischaracterization of existing foreign assistance programs, & attacks on programs that are trans inclusive or seek to address racial and gender disparities.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Uses Reagan-Era Policy to Ban Taxpayer-Funded Gender-Transition Surgeries
The Trump administration intends to expand the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits taxpayer funding for abortions overseas.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From @avac.org 's always brilliant Global Health Watch: The inclusion of gender affirming care & DEI continues this Administration’s ongoing mischaracterization of existing foreign assistance programs, & attacks on programs that are trans inclusive or seek to address racial and gender disparities.
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The Department of Justice’s apparent move to begin investigating OSF has prompted some pushback from funding leaders.
Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/4rh99u85
#Democracy #CivilSociety #OpenSociety #FordFoundation #FreedomToGive #NonprofitsUnderThreat
Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/4rh99u85
#Democracy #CivilSociety #OpenSociety #FordFoundation #FreedomToGive #NonprofitsUnderThreat
Targeting OSF, Trump Aims for a Chilling Effect on Liberal Funders
The Department of Justice’s apparent move to begin a criminal investigation of the Open Society Foundations has prompted some condemnation from funding leaders.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Department of Justice’s apparent move to begin investigating OSF has prompted some pushback from funding leaders.
Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/4rh99u85
#Democracy #CivilSociety #OpenSociety #FordFoundation #FreedomToGive #NonprofitsUnderThreat
Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/4rh99u85
#Democracy #CivilSociety #OpenSociety #FordFoundation #FreedomToGive #NonprofitsUnderThreat
HIV-focused community organizations are at a breaking point, but funding practices haven’t caught up. So what’s next? In an article for POZ, FCAA’s Marvell Terry II dives into redefining sustainability and how intermediary funders can lead the way.
🔗 Read the article: www.poz.com/article/rede...
🔗 Read the article: www.poz.com/article/rede...
Redefining Sustainability
How intermediaries can lead us through the HIV funding crisis.
www.poz.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
HIV-focused community organizations are at a breaking point, but funding practices haven’t caught up. So what’s next? In an article for POZ, FCAA’s Marvell Terry II dives into redefining sustainability and how intermediary funders can lead the way.
🔗 Read the article: www.poz.com/article/rede...
🔗 Read the article: www.poz.com/article/rede...
Your ZIP code shouldn’t dictate your health. But in the U.S. South, home to most of the country’s new HIV diagnoses, it often does.
On #SouthernHIVAIDSAwarenessDay, help rewrite the story. Explore ways to protect & increase funding: www.fcaaids.org/support/rapi...
On #SouthernHIVAIDSAwarenessDay, help rewrite the story. Explore ways to protect & increase funding: www.fcaaids.org/support/rapi...
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Your ZIP code shouldn’t dictate your health. But in the U.S. South, home to most of the country’s new HIV diagnoses, it often does.
On #SouthernHIVAIDSAwarenessDay, help rewrite the story. Explore ways to protect & increase funding: www.fcaaids.org/support/rapi...
On #SouthernHIVAIDSAwarenessDay, help rewrite the story. Explore ways to protect & increase funding: www.fcaaids.org/support/rapi...
Meet FCAA’s new Board leaders! 🎉 As we thank Jesse Milan, Jr. for 8 years of service, we welcome 4 incredible leaders to our Executive Committee — ready to lead with heart and vision in the ever-evolving fight against HIV. #HIV #AIDS #philanthropy #LGBTQ
July 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Meet FCAA’s new Board leaders! 🎉 As we thank Jesse Milan, Jr. for 8 years of service, we welcome 4 incredible leaders to our Executive Committee — ready to lead with heart and vision in the ever-evolving fight against HIV. #HIV #AIDS #philanthropy #LGBTQ
$400M saved. Billions more slashed. The U.S. Congress has approved a recissions package that guts global health & humanitarian aid. While PEPFAR was spared, significant funding for other programs was clawed back. It’s time for public and private leaders to step up.
www.fcaaids.org/news/fcaa-st...
www.fcaaids.org/news/fcaa-st...
July 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
$400M saved. Billions more slashed. The U.S. Congress has approved a recissions package that guts global health & humanitarian aid. While PEPFAR was spared, significant funding for other programs was clawed back. It’s time for public and private leaders to step up.
www.fcaaids.org/news/fcaa-st...
www.fcaaids.org/news/fcaa-st...
🚫 Today and every day, we say no to stigma—for women, LGBTQ+ people, people in the U.S. South, the global majority, sex workers, people who use drugs, migrants, detainees, and all people living with and vulnerable to HIV.
We stand with you. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
We stand with you. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🚫 Today and every day, we say no to stigma—for women, LGBTQ+ people, people in the U.S. South, the global majority, sex workers, people who use drugs, migrants, detainees, and all people living with and vulnerable to HIV.
We stand with you. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
We stand with you. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
🚨Registration is live! RSVP now to join FCAA, @aidsunited.bsky.social, @NMAC & fellow funders for an gathering before the 2025 US Conference on HIV/AIDS. Connect & strategize to support communities at the center of the #HIV funding crisis: mm.swoogo.com/hivphilanthr...
#philanthropy #2025USCHA
#philanthropy #2025USCHA
July 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🚨Registration is live! RSVP now to join FCAA, @aidsunited.bsky.social, @NMAC & fellow funders for an gathering before the 2025 US Conference on HIV/AIDS. Connect & strategize to support communities at the center of the #HIV funding crisis: mm.swoogo.com/hivphilanthr...
#philanthropy #2025USCHA
#philanthropy #2025USCHA
Read this important piece from @kffhealthnews.org:
"The truth is there is no way for philanthropy to make up for the cuts from the federal government," [Masen] Davis said. "I suspect we will see new infections rise within 18 months, which is heartbreaking."
"The truth is there is no way for philanthropy to make up for the cuts from the federal government," [Masen] Davis said. "I suspect we will see new infections rise within 18 months, which is heartbreaking."
🚨My latest:
I’ve been talking with HIV activists since Trump took office.
Their organizing is rooted in pivotal social movements in America: AIDS to civil rights.
My reporting started in a Black church in the Mississippi Delta. It was the perfect place to begin. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
I’ve been talking with HIV activists since Trump took office.
Their organizing is rooted in pivotal social movements in America: AIDS to civil rights.
My reporting started in a Black church in the Mississippi Delta. It was the perfect place to begin. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding - KFF Health News
While Congress fails to stave off cuts to HIV care, community leaders in Mississippi and beyond race to limit the damage.
kffhealthnews.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Read this important piece from @kffhealthnews.org:
"The truth is there is no way for philanthropy to make up for the cuts from the federal government," [Masen] Davis said. "I suspect we will see new infections rise within 18 months, which is heartbreaking."
"The truth is there is no way for philanthropy to make up for the cuts from the federal government," [Masen] Davis said. "I suspect we will see new infections rise within 18 months, which is heartbreaking."
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead's HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injectable medication that clinical trials show prevents new infections.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
FDA approves new twice-yearly HIV shot. What to know
The FDA approved Gilead's HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injectable medication that clinical trials show prevents new infections.
www.usatoday.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead's HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injectable medication that clinical trials show prevents new infections.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
Attending the 2025 U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS? Join FCAA, @aidsunited.bsky.social, NMAC, & fellow funders for pre-convening rooted in action & connection — more than 40 years since the first AIDS diagnosis and amid funding cuts and stigma. Save the date!
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Attending the 2025 U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS? Join FCAA, @aidsunited.bsky.social, NMAC, & fellow funders for pre-convening rooted in action & connection — more than 40 years since the first AIDS diagnosis and amid funding cuts and stigma. Save the date!
The first Pride was a riot. Today, LGBTQ+ communities are still fighting, and funding is down even as need rises.
Funding LGBTQ+ lives matters. Get more insights: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
Funding LGBTQ+ lives matters. Get more insights: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The first Pride was a riot. Today, LGBTQ+ communities are still fighting, and funding is down even as need rises.
Funding LGBTQ+ lives matters. Get more insights: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
Funding LGBTQ+ lives matters. Get more insights: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
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In @fcaaids.bsky.social's Q&A series “Leading Through Crisis”, Marvell Terry II sits down with our Director of Programmes & Partnerships, David Clark, to discuss what solidarity looks like & what’s needed now from funders globally.
Read here ⤵️
www.fcaaids.org/2025/06/04/l...
Read here ⤵️
www.fcaaids.org/2025/06/04/l...
June 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In @fcaaids.bsky.social's Q&A series “Leading Through Crisis”, Marvell Terry II sits down with our Director of Programmes & Partnerships, David Clark, to discuss what solidarity looks like & what’s needed now from funders globally.
Read here ⤵️
www.fcaaids.org/2025/06/04/l...
Read here ⤵️
www.fcaaids.org/2025/06/04/l...
Great piece from @thirdwavefund.bsky.social via @ncrpcommunity.bsky.social We need funders to get closer to the ground, to trust the leadership of people who live what they’re funding & to let go of the paternalism that frames sex workers as beneficiaries instead of experts. ncrp.org/2025/06/sex-...
Unbought, Unbossed, and Unbowed: Sex Worker-Led Organizing in the Age of Respectability Politics - NCRP
Carlton V. Bell II of Third Wave Fund calls in philanthropy to support, center, and fund sex workers who exist across ALL movements.
ncrp.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Great piece from @thirdwavefund.bsky.social via @ncrpcommunity.bsky.social We need funders to get closer to the ground, to trust the leadership of people who live what they’re funding & to let go of the paternalism that frames sex workers as beneficiaries instead of experts. ncrp.org/2025/06/sex-...
Today: Most women with HIV don’t pass it to their babies. ➡️ Post-Funding Cuts: More babies will be born with and suffer from HIV.
Read about more funding gains and gaps in our resource tracking report.
www.fcaaids.org/inform/phila...
Read about more funding gains and gaps in our resource tracking report.
www.fcaaids.org/inform/phila...
May 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today: Most women with HIV don’t pass it to their babies. ➡️ Post-Funding Cuts: More babies will be born with and suffer from HIV.
Read about more funding gains and gaps in our resource tracking report.
www.fcaaids.org/inform/phila...
Read about more funding gains and gaps in our resource tracking report.
www.fcaaids.org/inform/phila...
What could the U.S.’ “skinny budget” mean for people impacted by HIV? FCAA Director of Operations Sarah Hamilton spoke to TheBodyPro in April about proposed budget cuts to health programs – and what funders need to do next. www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-orga...
With Massive Federal Cuts Looming, Red-State HIV Service Providers Brace for Their Worst Fears
The Trump Administration’s plan to hollow out funding streams could decimate agencies in poor, conservative states that rely primarily on federal dollars.
www.thebodypro.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What could the U.S.’ “skinny budget” mean for people impacted by HIV? FCAA Director of Operations Sarah Hamilton spoke to TheBodyPro in April about proposed budget cuts to health programs – and what funders need to do next. www.thebodypro.com/hiv/hiv-orga...