Fundraising Toolkit - amfAR

6PRIVATE FOUNDATIONSHow to Get Funding: To submit a letter of inquiry (LOI)to the International Fund for Sexual Minorities, pleasecomplete the Letter of Inquiry form found here: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/grants/grant-applicationsand-deadlines/grant-applications-and-deadlines-nongrantees.Examples of Recent Projects: LesbianasIndependientes Feministas y Socialistas (Peru); GaytenLGBT (Serbia); Sappho for Equality (India).The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP)75 Varick Street, 17th Fl., New York, NY 10013-1917,USATelephone: +1.212.916.7300Website: www.atlanticphilanthropies.orgContact Person: Program Directors Le Nhan Phuong,Population Health; Martin O’Brien, Human Rights;Gerald Kraak, Program Executive, Reconciliation &Human Rights (South Africa office)Geographic Focus: Bermuda, South Africa, Vietnam.Mission: “The Atlantic Philanthropies are dedicatedto bringing about lasting changes in the lives ofdisadvantaged and vulnerable people.”Grant Categories: Reconciliation and human rights forrights/advocacy issues; founding chairman allots nearly40% of giving (by program) to his discretionary fundwhich largely gives to medical research and facilities.How to Get Funding: AP does not accept applications,only proposals by invitation. Best method is to presenta letter of intent and submit it at http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/contact-us.Elton John AIDS Foundation (US)584 Broadway, Suite 907, New York, NY 10012, USAWebsite: www.ejaf.orgGeographic Focus: Americas, Caribbean.Mission: “To support innovative HIV prevention programs,efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination associatedwith HIV/AIDS, and direct care and support services forpeople living with HIV/AIDS.”Grant Categories: Addressing HIV in Latin America andthe Caribbean; HIV Prevention among Injection Drug Users(IDUs); Addressing HIV among MSM.How to Get Funding: Through direct grants or throughEJAF-US partners. At times, EJAF’s grant cycles areopen requests for proposals (RFPs) for unsolicited grantapplications. For direct grants, organizations must submitan LOI by May/June (Caribbean) and Sept/Oct (LatinAmerica) for an invitation to submit a full proposal byJuly (Caribbean) and November (Latin America). Fundingdecisions are made in October (Caribbean) and December(Latin America). Requests should be for no more than$40K, EJAF gives priority to proposals that are “linked to, orrecommended by, current grantees and partners.”Examples of Recent Projects: EJAF-US does nottypically provide direct support to small community-basedorganizations based in the Caribbean or Latin America.Instead, it has supported amfAR’s MSM Initiative since2007 to make small grants to community groups in theseregions. MSM/LGBT organizations currently seeking EJAFfunding in Latin America and the Caribbean should applydirectly to amfAR’s MSM Initiative (contact: Kent Klindera,Director MSM Initiative, kent.klindera@amfar.org).Examples of Recent Projects: Inner Circle(South Africa), Lesbian and Gay EqualityProject (South Africa).SOMOSGAY(Asuncion, Paraguay)Fundraising Toolkit for Community-Based MSM/HIV Projects