About Washington AIDS Partnership
The Washington AIDS Partnership, an initiative of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, is the largest private funder of HIV/AIDS prevention, education and advocacy services in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, awarding over $1 million annually. With a staff of two and a twenty-two member advisory committee of funders, experts, – more... and individuals living with HIV/AIDS to guide our work, the Partnership invests resources in local organizations to improve HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, and care services in the Washington, D.C. region. Activities include providing technical assistance to local organizations; facilitating local public policy initiatives to improve the HIV/AIDS system of prevention, testing, and care; and recruiting and mentoring a team of young people who commit to a year of full-time volunteer service at local HIV/AIDS agencies as AmeriCorps members.
In 1987, a Ford Foundation study determined that the most effective private-sector response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic would come from the local level. This led to the creation of the National AIDS Fund (formally called National Community AIDS Partnership) to encourage local philanthropy to become involved in HIV/AIDS grantmaking by channeling matching dollars from national funders through local partnerships. Because the Washington metropolitan area was deeply affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Ford Foundation invited D.C.'s community to become one of National AIDS Fund's eight original sites.
In 1988, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and 20 local funders joined in support of the Partnership as it began funding a wide range of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. After five years of nurturing at the Meyer Foundation, the Partnership became a project of Washington Grantmakers in 1993. Since 1989, the Partnership has granted over $19 million, including more than $2 million dollars raised from national sources to match local contributions. Over 150 organizations have benefited from grants awarded by the Partnership. Currently, over 30 major funders participate in the Partnership in addition to many small funders and individuals. The Partnership operates under the direction of Executive Director, Channing Wickham and Program Manager, Jennifer Jue.
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