Grants

Transformative Grants are focused on supporting the development and implementation of programs and activities that address the four programmatic focuses of the Gilead COMPASS Initiative® Coordinating Centers, including organizational capacity building; wellbeing, mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use, and telehealth; faith based advocacy; and HIV-related stigma reduction. The maximum amount an applicant can request is $100,000 (including overhead).

A brief description of the four Transformative Grant funding areas is listed below. For more details about the funding areas and award, please review the Request for Proposals (RFP) application (click on the funding areas below for the content specific RFP).

Click HERE for the Combined Coordinating Centers RFP with details for all focus areas.

Funding Area: Building Organizational Capacity
Lead Coordinating Center: Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
This initiative will allow applicants to seek funding to support organizational capacity building activities in at least one of three focus areas: 1) rural infrastructure development, 2) alliance and partnerships, and/or 3) community-level or upstream intervention planning.

Funding Area: Wellbeing, Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Care, Substance Use and Telehealth
Lead Coordinating Center: University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
This initiative will focus on organizational change in trauma informed care, to include but not limited to, wellness, mental health, substance use (especially opioid use), and telehealth and its intersection with HIV in the Southern United States.

Funding Area: Reducing HIV-Related Stigma Reduction
Lead Coordinating Center: Southern AIDS Coalition
This initiative will focus on supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to reduce HIV-related stigma.

Funding Area: Faith-Based Advocacy & Spiritually Integrated Capacity Building
Lead Coordinating Center: Wake Forest University School of Divinity
This initiative will focus on building the capacity of faith leaders’ understanding of and engagement with their communities’ health challenges and opportunities, and equipping them to co-create with key community partners new holistic strategies for addressing HIV/AIDS and related health concerns.

Eligibility

Click HERE to watch the Transformative Grant Informational Webinar record. For questions related the to the Transformative Grant email info@gileadcompass.com

For more information on opportunities from Wake Forest University School of Divinity Coordinating Center, click HERE.

Faith Capacity Building Grants focus on infrastructure development and coalition and network building between faith communities and non-traditional partners. Especially during the time of COVID-19, we understand the particular challenges that faith communities have faced with engaging with members at physical distance and online. The Wake Forest School of Divinity Coordinating Center will support the establishment of infrastructures to enhance communications, trauma informed care, health ministries, and other programs to respond to the HIV crisis in the South and promote 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; create opportunities for physical, emotional, and financial wellness; and educate emerging faith leaders and faith communities who will impact how communities respond to HIV/AIDS in the future.

Eligibility

Only organizations who submit a letter of intent to apply to the Faith Capacity Building Grant will be invited to submit a full application. The deadline for the Letter of Intent is March 31, 2021, 11:59pm EST.

LOI  (2 pages max, Arial 11pt font) require the following:

• A brief summary of project
• A clear statement of how the project will build capacity for addressing HIV stigma in faith communities and engage underrepresented minority communities
• A list of study team members for the proposed project including roles and home institutions

Organizations will receive notification of an invitation to submit a full application or that they were not selected for this round via e-mail by 04/01/21. 

Applications open January 21,2022 – February 27, 2022.

The Emory University COMPASS Coordinating Center offers Capacity Building Grants of up to $25,000, to support activities which focus on growing organizations to their next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity. Funding requests must be related to building organizational capacity in one of the following areas:

1.  Governance and leadership
2.  Mission, values, and strategy
3.  Finance and administration
4.  Resource development
5.  Strategic relationships/coalition building
6.  Communications
7.  Internal management and operations
8.  Service delivery and impact

All proposed activities must be linked to the organization’s capacity to better serve the community. Proposal activities are expected to be completed within eight (8) months of the project start date. Interim reports and a – final report will be required upon completion.

Examples of fundable proposals include, but are not excluded to: leadership development, staff training, systems updates, partnership development, strategic planning, etc.

Eligibility

Requests must have the support of the applicant organization’s leadership.

Now accepting applications from September 13, 2021, to October 11, 2021.

Ahora se aceptan solicitudes desde el 13 de septiembre de 2021 hasta el de octubre de 2021. 

Despite numerous studies, we still have much to learn about HIV-related stigma. Nonetheless, we know that stigma often results from ignorance, fear-based myths, and a general lack of awareness in our communities. Stigma can also result in social isolation.  An individual’s risk of becoming socially isolated is influenced by several factors including health problems, disability, gender discrimination, loss of loved ones, living alone, reduced social networks, poverty, and aging (Bhatti and Haq, 2017). ^®

A pesar de numerosos estudios, todavía tenemos mucho que aprender sobre el estigma relacionado con el VIH. Sin embargo, sabemos que el estigma a menudo es el resultado de la ignorancia, los mitos basados en el miedo y la falta general de conciencia en nuestras comunidades. El estigma también puede resultar en aislamiento social. El riesgo de un individuo de volverse socialmente aislado está influenciado por varios factores, incluyendo problemas de salud, discapacidades, discriminación de género, pérdida de seres queridos, vivir solo, reducción de redes sociales, pobreza y envejecimiento (Bhatti and Haq, 2017).

Southern AIDS Coalition initially launched SPARK! (Southerners Promoting Awareness, Resources & Knowledge) in 2018 to fund community-led campaigns and education initiatives across the Deep South to address HIV-related stigma. In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the most recent SPARK! funding cycle, we supported grantees that either addressed HIV-related stigma or addressed isolation and loneliness. For the 2021-2022 grant cycle, we will once again support those types of projects in addition to the community-led campaigns and education initiatives.

Southern AIDS Coalition inicialmente lanzo (Coalicion del SIDA en el Sur) SPARK! (Southerners Promoting Awareness, Resources & Knowledge/Personas del Sur Promoviendo Conciencia, Recursos Y Conocimiento) en el 2018 para financiar campañas comunitarias e iniciativas educativas en todo el Sur del país (Deep South), para abordar el estigma relacionado con el VIH. A la luz del impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19, el más reciente ciclo de financiación de SPARK!, apoyamos a los beneficiarios que abordaron el estigma relacionado con el VIH o abordaron el aislamiento y la soledad. Para el ciclo de subvención 2021-2022, apoyaremos una vez más ese tipo de proyectos, además de las campañas lideradas por la comunidad y las iniciativas de educación.

SPARK! will provide funding and capacity building support totaling $25,000 per grantee to support programs.

SPARK! proporcionará subvención (fondos) y apoyo para el desarrollo de capacidades por un total de $25,000 por concesionario para apoyar programas.

This grant cycle, in addition to grant funds that will support projects under the two tracks outlined below, SPARK! grant applications may request capacity building support and grant budgets may include line items for capacity building support. Capacity building support can range from direct technical assistance from Southern AIDS Coalition or its partners to allocation in the grant to support the organization’s capacity, including supporting the organization hiring a consultant to assist with that growth. Below are a list of possible areas for capacity building and their associated budget line items. This list is not exclusive but provides examples of the type of capacity building a grantee may seek support for and how that shows up in the budget request.

Para este ciclo de subvención, además de los fondos que apoyarán proyectos bajo las dos vías que se describen a continuación, SPARK! las solicitudes de subvención pueden solicitar apoyo para la creación de capacidad y los presupuestos pueden incluir artículos para este apoyo. El apoyo a la creación de capacidad puede abarcar desde la asistencia técnica directa de Southern AIDS Coalition o sus asociados hasta la asignación del subvención para apoyar la capacidad de la organización, incluido el apoyo a la organización para contrata a un consultor para que ayude con ese crecimiento. A continuación, se muestra una lista de posibles áreas para la creación de capacidad y sus artículos presupuestarios asociados. Esta lista no es exclusiva, pero proporciona ejemplos del tipo de creación de capacidad para la que un concesionario puede solicitar apoyo y cómo se muestra en la solicitud de presupuesto.

For this cycle, we are prioritizing those projects focused on reaching people in rural communities and requiring the applicant organization be located in a rural community. We use a combination of the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “rural” along with the Stigma Services Deser  map and data (found here) to define “rural.” For the purposes of this grant cycle, the organization must be located outside of an Urbanized Area (defined as having a population of 50,000 or more) or in a “service desert” (shown on the map) or both.

Para este ciclo, estamos priorizando aquellos proyectos enfocados en llegar a las personas en las comunidades rurales y exigir que la organización solicitante esté ubicada en una comunidad rural. Usamos una combinación de la definición de “rural” de la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos junto con el mapa y los datos del Stigma Services Desert (que se encuentran aquí) para definir “rural”. Para los propósitos de este ciclo de subvención, la organización debe estar ubicada fuera de un Área Urbanizada (definida como tener una población de 50,000 o más) o en un “desierto de servicio” (que se muestra en el mapa) o ambos. 

Track One:  SPARK! Connections supports programs that combat social isolation and loneliness through virtual programming.  Organizations are invited to apply for support to cover costs related to implementing virtual groups, 1:1 support, social media outreach, texting programs, and other means of engagement serving persons living with and impacted by HIV.

Via Uno: SPARK! Connections (SPARK! Conexión) apoya programas que combaten el aislamiento social y la soledad a través de la programación virtual. Se invita a las organizaciones a solicitar apoyo para cubrir los costos relacionados con la implementación de grupos virtuales, apoyo 1:1, divulgación en las redes sociales, programas de mensajes de texto y otros medios de participación que sirvan a las personas que viven con o son impactadas por el VIH.

Track Two:  SPARK! Change supports community-level education addressing HIV-related stigma.  Successful funded projects have ranged from media campaigns to community conversations. The common thread across successful projects has been the commitment to centering the voices of those living with and impacted by HIV in all aspects of project design and implementation.

Via Dos: SPARK! Change (SPARK! Cambio) apoya la educación a nivel comunitario para abordar el estigma relacionado con el VIH. Los proyectos financiados exitosamente han variado de campañas en los medios de comunicación hasta conversaciones comunitarias. El hilo común de los proyectos exitosos ha sido el compromiso de centrar las voces de las personas que viven con e son impactados por el VIH en todos aspectos del diseño y la implementación del proyecto.

Applicants will receive notification by October 29, 2021.

Eligibility/Elegibilidad

Click the link below to learn more and apply to one of the SPARK! grants.

Haga clic en el enlace de abajo para obtener más información y aplicar a uno de los financiamientos/otorgamientos de SPARK!

Now accepting applications for ACTION!

About ACTION in the South Grants: The ACTION (Act with Communities To Increase Opportunities and address Needs in the South) Grant is SUSTAIN’s funding opportunity that supports action-oriented projects in the US Deep South to build or enhance mental health and trauma informed approaches, promote wellness, and strengthen harm reduction approaches in organizations, coalitions, collectives, and groups. The proposed project should be grounded in Meaningful Involvement of People living with HIV (MIPA) principles, Transgender and Gender Non-conforming inclusive, anti-racist/classist/ableist, multi-lingual (if applicable) and accessible to communities disproportionately impacted by HIV.

Sobre el financiamiento de ACTION in the South: El financiamiento/otorgamiento ACTION (Actuar con Comunidades para Aumentar las Oportunidades y abordar las Necesidades en el Sur) es una oportunidad de financiamiento/otorgamiento de SUSTAIN que apoya proyectos orientados a la acción en el sur del país, que construye o mejoran la salud mental y los enfoques informados de trauma, promueven el bienestar y fortalecen los enfoques de reducción de daños en la provisión de servicios en organizaciones, coaliciones, colectivas y grupos. El proyecto propuesto debe de ser basado en los principios de Una Participación Significativa de Las Personas que viven con el VIH (Meaningful Involvement of People living with HIV, MIPA), e inclusivo a personas transgénero y genero no conforme, antirracista, anti clasista, antidiscriminatorio a personas discapacitadas, y multilingüe (si es aplicable) y accesible a las comunidades afectadas desproporcionadamente por el VIH.

We have been listening and thus for this round of ACTION grants we are centering the following issues and/or communities:

• ACTION-TGNC – Supports organizations led by individuals whose gender is different than assigned coercively at birth, including but not limited to transgender, gender queer, non-binary, indigenous, and gender non-conforming (TGNC) genders to create funds, build movements, and increase access to TGNC affirming services. To learn more watch this video! 
• ACTION-Latinx – Supports organizations to build or enhance services to be more trauma informed, promote wellness, and strengthen harm reduction approaches for Latinx led organizations or those organizations that predominantly serve Latinx communities. To learn more watch this video!

Hemos estado poniendo atención y por lo tanto para esta ronda de financiamiento/otorgamientos ACTION se está enfocando en los siguientes temas y/o comunidades:

• ACTION-TGNC – Apoya a las organizaciones dirigidas por personas cuyo género es diferente del asignado al nacer, incluyendo, pero no limitado a géneros transgénero, género queer, no binario, indígena, y géneros no conformes (TGNC) para crear fondos, construir movimientos, y aumentar el acceso a servicios de afirmación de géneros TGNC. ¡Mira este vídeo para aprender más!

• ACTION-Latinx – Apoya a organizaciones a construir o mejorar servicios que sean informados sobre el trauma, promuevan el bienestar y fortalecen los enfoques de reducción de daños para organizaciones dirigidas por Latinx y/o organizaciones que predominantemente dan servicio a la comunidad Latinx. ¡Mira este vídeo para aprender más!

Eligibility/Elegibilidad

You are eligible to apply to multiple ACTIONs but will be selected to receive one ACTION.

Son elegibles para aplicar a varios financiamientos/otorgamientos de ACTION, pero será seleccionado para recibir solo un financiamiento/otorgamiento de ACTION.

Evaluation/Evaluación

We want to support you to share the impact your project has in your community through a process of data-driven storytelling. Our evaluator will serve as a thought partner in finding creative ways to gather information about your project’s impact, organize the information, reflect on its meaning, and shape your story.

Queremos apoyarlos a compartir el impacto que su proyecto tiene en la comunidad a través de un proceso basado en datos de narración de historias. Nuestro evaluador servirá como un socio en encontrar maneras creativas de recolectar información sobre el impacto de su proyecto, organizar la información, reflexionar sobre su significado y dar forma a su historia.

Click the link below to learn more and apply to one of the ACTION grants.

Haga clic en el enlace de abajo para obtener más información y aplicar a uno de los financiamientos/otorgamientos de ACTION.

Wake Forest University School of Divinity COMPASS Coordinating Center is seeking congregational 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.

Congregational Partnership Grants will provide funding of up to $15,000 to provide resources for churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples to develop programs and initiatives or conduct research within their local religious communities that promote positive faith and health outcomes, specifically in the area of HIV.

Eligibility

Note:  After submission, you will receive confirmation of your application’s submission and will hear from the Gilead COMPASS Initiative® Faith Coordinating at Wake Forest University School of Divinity.

For more information on opportunities from Wake Forest University School of Divinity Coordinating Center, click HERE.

Applications open March 31, 2021.

Faith Action Grants will provide funding of up to $25,000 to 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.

Our 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.

Eligibility

For more information on opportunities from Wake Forest University School of Divinity Coordinating Center, click HERE.