SOUTHERN HIV IMPACT FUNDRequest for Proposals Overview

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The Team

Liam Cabal, senior program manager

Melanie Powers, program manager

Virtual Meeting Agenda

• AIDS United & Southern HIV Impact Fund• Eligibility, Grant Requirements, Types of Funding• Cross-Cutting Areas of Focus • Technical Assistance• Lobbying• Budgets & Lobbying• Attachments• How to Apply• Timeline & Grantee Selection• FAQs and Q&A

Southern HIV Impact Fund Overview

Fund Outcomes:1. ↑ Southern collaboration to end HIV & ↓ health disparities 2. ↑ Southern leadership & support current leaders 3. ↑ resources to the South (TA & grantmaking)

Focal Areas:1. HIV Prevention2. Care & Support Services 3. Policy, Advocacy & Movement Building

Eligibility & Grant Requirements

• Nonprofit Status• Organizational Viability• Maximum Award• Average Award• Total Awards• Adhere to 12-month Grant Period• Reporting Cycle• Grantee Convening

Funding Types

General Operating Support• History of intersecting

HIV & social justice work• Realistic & clear

benchmarksΧ Work plan not required Χ Project budget not

required

Project-Specific Support• Experience in either HIV

or social justice • History of working with

proposed population Work plan required Project budget required

Eligibility & Grant Requirements

Eligibility Limited to Organizations in Nine States • North Carolina• South Carolina• Tennessee• Texas

• Alabama• Florida• Georgia• Louisiana• Mississippi

• HIV as a Racial or Social Justice Issue• Intersectional Approach • Meaningful Involvement of People Living

with HIV/AIDS (MIPA)

Cross-Cutting Areas of Focus

• Areas of Direct TA– Coalition building– Integrating social/racial justice – Integrating HIV– Community organizing– Organizational development

• Leadership Development – Tailored individual coaching– Year-long 10-person cohort

Technical Assistance & Leadership Development

• Definition of Lobbying– Attempting through communications with

legislators or the public to influence specific legislation, whether pending or proposed.

• Types of Lobbying– Direct Lobbying– Grassroots Lobbying

Lobbying

• Some Exceptions to the Definitions of Lobbying– Executive branch officials– Administrative agencies– Discussions of broad social issues– Nonpartisan analysis and research

Lobbying

Budget & Lobbying

• Separation of Funding for Lobbying

• Project Budget*• Organization’s Operating Budget• 2016 Audit• Board of Directors List• Organizational Chart• Diversity Table• Memoranda of Agreement & Letters of

Support

*Required for project-specific applications only

Other Attachments

Applying Using FoundationConnect

Applying Using FoundationConnect

Applying Using FoundationConnect

Application TimelineAugust 22 & 31, 2017 Application assistance virtual meetings

September 15, 2017 Requests for phone or video conference applications due

September 29, 2017 Complete applications due by 5:00pm ET

November 10, 2017 Approved applicants will be notified of funding decisions

November 30, 2017 Negotiation of final targets and execution of grant agreements

December 16, 2017 Applicants not funded notified of funding decisions

Grant Year Timeline

December 1, 2017 Grant period begins

February 2018 Two to three day grantee convening

May 31, 2018 Interim grantee progress reports due

November 30, 2018 Grant period ends

January 15, 2019 Final grantee progress reports due

Questions

Email: southernfund@aidsunited.org