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THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: Form 990, tax year 2021

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THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH (EIN 13-3163817)
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2021-10-01 to 2022-09-30
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2023-07-14
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DescRESEARCH: AMFAR SUPPORTS RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT EXPLORE NOVEL APPROACHES TO SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND BUT UNTESTED HYPOTHESES IN ALL AREAS OF RESEARCH ON HIV/AIDS, FUNDING GOAL-ORIENTED STUDIES THAT OFTEN LACK THE PRELIMINARY DATA REQUIRED FOR SUPPORT FROM TRADITIONAL GRANT MAKERS. THE FOUNDATION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN HIV/AIDS RESEARCH, IDENTIFYING CRITICAL GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SEED MONEY THAT ENABLES GRANTEES AND FELLOWS TO TEST THE MERITS OF NEW CONCEPTS OR TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUBSEQUENTLY CAN BE VALIDATED THROUGH LARGE-SCALE STUDIES, SUCH AS THOSE FUNDED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE SCHEDULE O.AMFAR FELLOWSHIPS ALLOW TALENTED YOUNG RESEARCHERS TO CONDUCT ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF EXPERIENCED SCIENTISTS, HELPING TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VITALITY OF AIDS RESEARCH.NEW GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPSGRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS ARE AWARDED THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS OF PEER REVIEW BY A TEAM OF INDEPENDENT HIV/AIDS EXPERTS DRAWN LARGELY FROM THE VOLUNTEER SCIENTISTS ON AMFAR'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. GUIDED BY ITS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AMFAR PURSUES A STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN THAT FOCUSES ON FINDING A CURE FOR HIV. AMFAR'S GRANTMAKING PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF GRANTS:TARGET GRANTSTHESE GRANTS OF UP TO $400,000 ARE AWARDED FOR INTERVENTIONAL BASIC AND PRECLINICAL BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AIMED AT CURING HIV. ARCHE GRANTSLAUNCHED IN 2010, THE AMFAR RESEARCH CONSORTIUM ON HIV ERADICATION, OR ARCHE, SUPPORTS COLLABORATIVE TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD WORKING ON A RANGE OF HIV CURE STRATEGIES.MATHILDE KRIM FELLOWSHIPS IN BASIC BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHNAMED FOR AMFAR'S FOUNDING CHAIRMAN DR. MATHILDE KRIM, THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROMISING EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS ADVANCING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HIV/AIDS UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF SEASONED INVESTIGATORS. TARGET GRANTSIN MARCH 2022, AMFAR AWARDED A TARGET GRANT TO ANJIE ZHEN, PH.D., OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, TO SUPPORT HER HIV CURE RESEARCH. DR. ZHEN IS DETERMINING IF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T CELL THERAPY, WHICH HAS A SOLID TRACK RECORD IN THE TREATMENT OF A VARIETY OF CANCERS, COULD BE A WAY TO ELIMINATE HIV IN A PATIENT'S BODY. CAR T CELLS ARE GENETICALLY ALTERED TO SEEK OUT AND DESTROY PATHOGENS SUCH AS CANCER OR HIV, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN LESS SUCCESSFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF HIV IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OVER TIME THEY BECOME EXHAUSTED AND INEFFECTIVE.DR. ZHEN'S PREVIOUS STUDY FOUND THAT FOUND THAT AUTOPHAGY - THE NATURAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THE BODY CLEANS DEBRIS OUT OF CELLS - CAN BOTH ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF CAR T CELLS TO FIGHT HIV AND REDUCE THE TOXICITY OF LATENCY-REVERSING AGENTS (LRAS) USED TO FORCE HIV OUT OF HIDING. WITH A $100,000 GRANT PROVIDED BY AMFAR, DR. ZHEN AND HER TEAM PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFECTIVE AUTOPHAGY-INDUCING DRUGS AND USE THEM IN COMBINATION WITH CAR T CELLS AND AN LRA IN AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE HIV INFECTION. SHE WAS ALSO AWARDED AN ARCHE GRANT LATER IN THE YEAR (SEE BELOW).IN JUNE, QIGUI YU, M.D., PH.D., OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN INDIANAPOLIS, WAS AWARDED A GRANT OF $100,000 TO TEST A CLASS OF DRUGS APPROVED TO TREAT CANCER TO ERADICATE HIV-INFECTED T FOLLICULAR HELPER (TFH) CELLS. TFH CELLS USUALLY FUNCTION TO EDUCATE B CELLS IN MAKING THE MOST APPROPRIATE ANTIBODIES TO FIGHT INFECTION. BUT WHEN HIV-INFECTED, TFH CELLS MAY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SPREADING INFECTION, GIVEN THEIR POSITION IN THE LYMPH NODE, IN PROXIMITY TO OTHER IMMUNE CELLS. DR. YU WILL TEST SEVERAL COMPOUNDS IN A CLASS OF DRUGS THAT INHIBIT THE PROTEIN BIRC5, WHOSE USUAL FUNCTION IS TO KEEP CELLS ALIVE, AND SEE IF THESE BIRC5 INHIBITORS WILL ALLOW INFECTED TFH CELLS TO DIE.IN SEPTEMBER, AMFAR AWARDED ALMOST $1.5 MILLION TO RESEARCHERS LOOKING AT STRATEGIES THAT WOULD ERADICATE THE HIV RESERVOIR AS WELL AS IMMUNE-BASED STRATEGIES TO CONTROL HIV.ANNA HEARPS, PH.D., OF THE BURNET INSTITUTE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, WILL USE HER $106,088 GRANT TO FILL IN GAPS IN WHAT SCIENTISTS KNOW ABOUT MACROPHAGES, AN IMPORTANT BUT UNDERSTUDIED RESERVOIR OF HIV. THESE LONG-LIVED CELLS ARE VERY GOOD AT RESISTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S ATTEMPTS TO KILL THEM, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE INFECTED AND OSTENSIBLY PRIME TARGETS FOR ANTIBODIES. DR. HEARPS WILL FIRST IDENTIFY THOSE ANTI-HIV ANTIBODIES THAT BEST RECOGNIZE INFECTED MACROPHAGES AS THESE WILL LIKELY DIFFER FROM ANTIBODIES THAT PERFORM WELL AGAINST INFECTED CD4+ T CELLS. IN THIS TARGETED APPROACH, THE ANTIBODIES WOULD HELP ERADICATE THE RESERVOIR BY RECRUITING NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELLS TO KILL THE INFECTED MACROPHAGES. SHE ALSO AIMS TO DETERMINE WHICH SUBSET OF NK CELLS ARE BEST AT KILLING MACROPHAGES, SO THAT THESE CAN BE EXPANDED AND USED AS PART OF AN IMMUNOTHERAPY TO CURE HIV.SHARON LEWIN, M.D., PH.D., OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, WAS AWARDED A $480,000 GRANT FOR A STUDY USING THE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT WORKED SO WELL FOR TWO VERY EFFECTIVE COVID-19 VACCINESMESSENGER RNA (MRNA) ENCASED IN A LIPID NANOPARTICLE. THIS MRNA VEHICLE WILL TRANSPORT LRAS TO HIV-INFECTED RESERVOIR CELLS IN ORDER TO REACTIVATE THEM, THUS MAKING THEM A TARGET FOR ERADICATION. NO LRA HAS SO FAR PROVEN POWERFUL ENOUGH TO FORCE HIV-INFECTED CELLS TO START REPLICATING IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM VULNERABLE TO CELL DEATH. IN ORDER TO BOOST THE POTENCY OF THE LRAS, DR. LEWIN PLANS TO MODIFY THE APPROACH BY TARGETING LIPID NANOPARTICLES MORE SPECIFICALLY TO INFECTED CELLS. USING CRISPR-CAS TECHNOLOGY, THE LRA WILL BE GENE-EDITED TO BIND TO THE VIRAL DNA AND DIRECTLY FORCE THE VIRUS TO START REPLICATING. ONCE THE COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN OPTIMIZED, DR. LEWIN WILL TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS INTERVENTION IN MICE. IMMUNOTHERAPY USING NATURAL KILLER CELLS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER. INCREASINGLY, HIV RESEARCHERS ARE EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF NK CELLS TO KILL HIV-INFECTED CELLS. LUIS MONTANER, M.D., OF THE WISTAR INSTITUTE, WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED $372,662, WILL BUILD ON CANCER RESEARCH KNOW-HOW TO ENGINEER AND OPTIMIZE NK CELLS SO THAT THEY CAN BIND TO ANTIBODIES THAT HAVE ALREADY PROVEN EFFECTIVE AGAINST HIV. THESE ANTIBODIES WILL ALSO BE MODIFIED TO BETTER TRIGGER CELL DEATH WHENEVER THEY MEET INFECTED CELLS. DR. MONTANER WILL TEST THIS ENGINEERED APPROACH IN MICE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PRODUCT MIGRATES TO THE APPROPRIATE REGIONS OF THE BODY AND IF HIV CAN BE CONTROLLED ONCE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IS STOPPED. CYTOTOXIC T CELLS AND NK CELLS, SOME OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S MOST EFFECTIVE KILLERS, ARE INEFFECTIVE AGAINST THE HIV RESERVOIR IN PART BECAUSE THEY DO NOT EASILY ACCESS THE REGIONS OF THE LYMPH NODE WHERE A MAJOR RESERVOIR PERSISTS. IN ADDITION, THESE CELLS, AS WITH NORMAL CELLS, ARE PRONE TO EXHAUSTING THEMSELVES. PAMELA SKINNER, PH.D., OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WILL USE HER $480,000 GRANT TO ENGINEER CAR T AND NK CELLS TO MIGRATE SPECIFICALLY TO THE LYMPH NODES TO ENHANCE THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS. IN ADDITION, SHE WILL MODIFY THESE CELLS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME EXHAUSTION, RESIST BECOMING HIV-INFECTED THEMSELVES, AND ENDURE LONG ENOUGH TO KILL HIV-INFECTED CELLS. SHE WILL USE A NEW GENETIC ENGINEERING METHOD THAT COULD REDUCE THE COST AND COMPLEXITY THAT CURRENTLY SURROUNDS CAR T CELL THERAPY IN CANCER.ARCHE GRANTSXU YU, M.D., OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, RECEIVED A GRANT WORTH $1 MILLION TO EXPLORE HOW ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AN HIV CURE. DR. YU WILL STUDY 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON ART FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS AND DESCRIBE THE LOSS OF REPLICATION-COMPETENT VIRUSES AND RELATIVE ACCUMULATION OF VIRUSES IN SO-CALLED "GENE DESERTS" TO DETERMINE IF HIV HAS BEEN CLEARED. DR. YU AND HER TEAM PREVIOUSLY HELPED CONFIRM INITIAL FINDINGS IN THE CASE OF A WOMAN, NAMED THE ESPERANZA PATIENT, WHO HAS APPARENTLY CLEARED HIV CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROGENY WITHOUT THE HELP OF ART.IN A NOD TO THE PROMISE OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES, THREE GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO A VARIETY OF GENE THERAPIES TO ELIMINATE HIV-INFECTED CELLS. SAAR GILL, PH.D., OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN PHILADELPHIA, WILL RECEIVE $180,000 TO DESIGN A TRANSPLANT INTERVENTION FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV USING A PERSON'S OWN GENE-EDITED CELLS. BEFORE THE TRANSPLANT, DR. GILL PLANS A SERIES OF IMMUNOTHERAPY AND GENE THERAPY INTERVENTIONS THAT WOULD ELIMINATE MOST OR PERHAPS ALL OF THE VIRAL RESERVOIR. THE TRANSPLANTED CELLS WILL BE GENE-EDITED TO PROTECT THEM FROM HIV INFECTION. AFTER THE TRANSPLANT, HE WILL USE CAR T CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY TO HELP CLEAR OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE ORIGINAL IMMUNE SYSTEM, WHICH MIGHT STILL HARBOR HIV. THIS PROCESS WILL BE TESTED IN A SMALL ANIMAL MODEL.Desc

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DescTREAT ASIA: AMFAR'S TREAT ASIA (THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND AIDS TRAINING IN ASIA) PROGRAM IS A NETWORK OF HOSPITALS, CLINICS, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS WORKING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY TO ENSURE THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF TREATMENTS FOR HIV AND ITS CO-INFECTIONS TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE ASIA-PACIFIC THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY OF EVIDENCE-BASED HIV-RELATED POLICIES. THE TREAT ASIA NETWORK ENCOMPASSES 21 ADULT AND 21 PEDIATRIC SITES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WHICH COLLABORATE ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE SCHEDULE O. TREAT ASIA SCIENTISTS PRODUCED 24 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED MEDICAL JOURNALS IN FY2022.INTERNATIONAL AIDS DATABASETREAT ASIA MANAGES THE ASIA-PACIFIC SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY DATABASES TO EVALUATE AIDS (IEDEA), A GLOBAL COLLABORATION ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. TREAT ASIA HIV OBSERVATIONAL DATABASE (TAHOD)TREAT ASIA PIONEERED THE REGION'S FIRST ADULT OBSERVATIONAL DATABASE FOR HIV/AIDS, WHICH INCLUDED ANONYMOUS DATA FROM MORE THAN 10,700 PATIENTS AT 21 CLINICAL SITES IN 12 COUNTRIES IN ITS FINAL DATA TRANSFER IN SEPTEMBER 2021. THE INFORMATION GATHERED IN THE DATABASE INFORMS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE EFFECTIVE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND HELPS DEFINE TREATMENT STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO HIV/AIDS IN ASIA. TAHOD LOW-INTENSITY TRANSFER LAUNCHED IN 2014, TAHOD LOW-INTENSITY TRANSFER (TAHOD-LITE) CONTAINED DATA FROM OVER 51,000 HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS ACROSS 11 TREAT ASIA NETWORK SITES IN ITS FINAL DATA TRANSFER IN 2021. AS AN EXTENSION OF TAHOD, TAHOD-LITE AIMS TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF ADULT DATA COLLECTION BY GATHERING A SUBSET OF CORE VARIABLES FROM THE ENTIRE COHORT OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV WHO HAVE SOUGHT CARE AT SELECTED TAHOD SITES.TREAT ASIA PEDIATRIC HIV OBSERVATIONAL DATABASE THE TREAT ASIA PEDIATRIC HIV OBSERVATIONAL DATABASE (TAPHOD) IS A REGIONAL PEDIATRIC HIV STUDY SET UP BY TREAT ASIA IN 2006. IT WAS MODELED AFTER THE ADULT DATABASE AND INCLUDES DATA FROM MORE THAN 7,400 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AT 17 CLINICAL SITES IN CAMBODIA, INDIA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM.TAHOD AND TAPHOD ANNUAL MEETINGSIN NOVEMBER 2021 BOTH THE TAHOD AND TAPHOD STEERING COMMITTEES HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEETINGS, WITH THAILAND-BASED INVESTIGATORS ATTENDING IN BANGKOK AND REGIONAL INVESTIGATORS JOINING VIRTUALLY. ATTENDED BY INVESTIGATORS AND STUDY COORDINATORS, THE MEETINGS INCLUDED UPDATES AND DISCUSSIONS ON TAHOD AND TAPHOD DATA, COVID-19-RELATED DATA, PROPOSED ANALYSES, AND ONGOING AND NEW SUB-STUDIES. FOGARTY-IEDEA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (FIMP) AND CHIMERA D43 RESEARCH ANALYSES AND PROJECTS, AND FUTURE RESEARCH STRATEGIES WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.INTEGRATING HIV, MENTAL HEALTH, AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE RESEARCHIN 2019, THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR, $1.4 MILLION GRANT TO TREAT ASIA AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH AN INNOVATIVE PLATFORM FOR INTEGRATING HIV, MENTAL HEALTH, AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CHIMERA PROGRAM (CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR HIV AND MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH IN ASIA) IS TO ADDRESS THE DUAL AND INTERLINKED BURDENS OF HIV AND MENTAL HEALTH. CO-LED BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS DR. ANNETTE SOHN, AMFAR VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF TREAT ASIA, AND DR. MILTON WAINBERG, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE, THE PROGRAM AIMS TO BUILD A TEAM WITHIN THE ASIA-PACIFIC WITH THE CAPACITY TO LEAD REGIONAL HIV-MENTAL HEALTH-IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE RESEARCH THAT WILL INFORM PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CLINICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. THE PROGRAM IS NESTED WITHIN THE IEDEA (SEE ABOVE) ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK THAT TREAT ASIA DIRECTS. CHIMERA CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER STELLAR TRAINING FACULTY FROM ACADEMIC CENTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THE REGION AND ACROSS THE WORLD, AND WILL BUILD ON EXISTING NIH-FUNDED MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH IEDEA ASIA-PACIFIC.IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022, A D43 ABSTRACT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR'S APACC (ASIA-PACIFIC AIDS & CO-INFECTIONS CONFERENCE) WAS ARRANGED TO SUPPORT CHIMERA AND OTHER ASIA D43 FELLOWS. FOUR CLASS I AND ONE CLASS 2 FELLOWS DEVELOPED ABSTRACTS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE JUNE CONFERENCE AND ALL WERE ACCEPTED. THROUGHOUT FY2022, CLASS I FELLOWS CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PILOT RESEARCH PROJECTS, WITH MAJOR STRIDES MADE IN DATA COLLECTION, DATA CODING, AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION, CLASS 2 FELLOWS CONTINUED TRAINING ACTIVITIES, FINALIZED THEIR RESEARCH STUDY PROTOCOLS, AND WORKED TOWARD IRB APPROVAL IN ANTICIPATION OF IMPLEMENTING THEIR PILOT RESEARCH PROJECTS. IN SEPTEMBER, FOURTEEN CLASS 1 AND CLASS 2 FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN THE AMFARCOLUMBIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY FOR A WEEKLONG SLATE OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS.TREAT ASIA AND NETWORK PARTNER RESEARCHTREAT ASIA AND ITS NETWORK PARTNERS CONDUCT A MYRIAD OF STUDIES, WHICH THIS YEAR INCLUDED RESEARCH FOCUSED ON LUNG CANCER, LUNG IMPAIRMENT IN HIV AND TB, MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND LINKAGE TO CARE STRATEGIES, SEROLOGY OF SARS-COV-2, CHEMSEX IN YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM), AND HPV AND ANAL CANCER RISK AMONG MSM, AMONG OTHERS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:IEDEA TUBERCULOSIS SENTINEL RESEARCH NETWORK (IEDEA TB-SRN): THE GLOBAL STUDY AIMS TO DESCRIBE CLINICAL AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF PULMONARY TB AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL TB RESEARCH AMONG PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT HIV. THREE IEDEA ASIA-PACIFIC SITES WILL PARTICIPATE: NCHADS (KAMPONG CHAM HOSPITAL), CAMBODIA, AND NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF TROPICAL DISEASES (NHTD) AND NATIONAL HOSPITAL 74, VIETNAM.IEDEA SENTINEL RESEARCH NETWORK (IEDEA SRN): THE GLOBAL STUDY WILL ASSESS LIVER, CARDIO-METABOLIC, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE COMORBIDITIES AMONG PEOPLE WITH HIV >40 YEARS OF AGE, ON ART FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, AND IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AT TWO IEDEA ASIA-PACIFIC SITES: BJGMC IN PUNE, INDIA, AND NHTD IN HANOI, VIETNAM. THE SOUTHEAST ASIA TRANSGENDER COHORT STUDY (SEATRANS): THE REGIONAL PROSPECTIVE TRANSGENDER COHORT STUDY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM EACH COHORT'S ETHICS COMMITTEE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THE STUDY WILL ENROLL 450 TRANSGENDER PARTICIPANTS WITH AND WITHOUT HIV ACROSS FOUR SITES IN THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND AND VIETNAM, TO 1) TRACK PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG TRANSGENDER PEOPLE; 2) IDENTIFY BIOMEDICAL, STRUCTURAL, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS IMPACTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; 3) DESCRIBE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE; AND 4) DEVELOP GUIDANCE ON HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE POLICIES FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AMONG THAI ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV (S-BETAH): THIS PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING POSITIVE SCREENING AND LINKAGE TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WITH THE FIRST PHASE COMPLETED, THE SECOND PHASE IS A THREE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY THAT WILL ASSESS THE PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF SUICIDALITY AMONG THIS POPULATION COMPARED WITH THEIR HIV-NEGATIVE AGE- AND SEX-MATCHED COUNTERPARTS. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SUICIDALITY ALSO WILL BE IDENTIFIED.HOME-BASED PREP FOR YOUTH: ENHANCING HIV PREVENTION FOR YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN (HOME-BASED PREP): THIS THREE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY AIMS TO EVALUATE SAFETY, ACCEPTABILITY AND ADHERENCE TO HOME-BASED DAILY ORAL PREP AND POINT-OF-CARE URINE TENOFOVIR TEST FOR MONITORING PREP ADHERENCE, AMONG YOUNG MSM AND TGW. THE STUDY PLANS TO ENROLL 75 PARTICIPANTS AT THE SILOM COMMUNITY CLINIC IN BANGKOK. THE STUDY PROTOCOL PACKAGE IS BEING PREPARED FOR MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY IRB SUBMISSION. PUBLICATIONSIN 2022 TREAT ASIA CONTINUED TO PUBLISH LAY-LANGUAGE ARTICLES ON HIV/AIDS RESEARCH, POLICY, AND COMMUNITY ISSUES FACING THE ASIA-PACIFIC AS A WHOLE. 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Foreign Financial AccountYes (1)ForeignFinancialAccountInd
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Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
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Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone2128061703PhoneNum

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (33 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtAverage Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndOfficerOfficerIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeIndHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
T RYAN GREENWALT
CO-CHAIR1.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
KEVIN MCCLATCHY
CO-CHAIR1.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
JAY ELLIS
SECRETARY1.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
DANIELLE ALEXANDRA
TRUSTEE (THRU 02/08/2022)1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
AMY ANDELSON
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
DAVID BOHNETT
TRUSTEE (THRU 07/13/2022)1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
DONALD DYE
TREASURER1.000.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
GLENN ISAACSON
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MICHAEL LORBER
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
LARRY MILSTEIN
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BILLY PORTER
TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
VINCENT A ROBERTI
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JEFFREY SCHOENFELD
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MARIO STEVENSON
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ROBERT L TRAYNHAM II
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
PHILL WILSON
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MERV SILVERMAN
TRUSTEE1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ARTHUR LEWIS
TRUSTEE (AS OF 03/2022)1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
CINDY RACHOFSKY
TRUSTEE (AS OF 03/2022)1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KEVIN FROST
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER40.000.00Yes (X)$484,251$0$106,004
BRADLEY JENSEN
ASSISTANT TREASURER/CFO40.000.00Yes (X)$268,473$0$70,012
ROWENA JOHNSTON
ASST SEC, VP, RESEARCH40.000.00Yes (X)$212,289$0$36,420
SEBASTIAN GHEITH
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL, ASST SECRETARY40.000.00Yes (X)$173,750$0$78,775
EDWARD DONNELLY
ASSISTANT TREASURER, CONTROLLER40.000.00Yes (X)$173,011$0$31,991
ANNETTE SOHN
VICE PRESIDENT, TREAT ASIA PROGRAM40.000.00$255,887$0$26,891Yes (X)
KYLE CLIFFORD
VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT40.000.00$243,069$0$68,691Yes (X)
ANNMARIE SHANNAHAN
VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION40.000.00$242,202$0$68,330Yes (X)
GREGORIO MILLET
VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC POLICY40.000.00$186,759$0$64,557Yes (X)
ANTHONY ANCONA
VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES40.000.00$194,105$0$65,033Yes (X)
ANDREW MCINNES
DIRECTOR, PUBLICATIONS40.000.00$174,571$0$78,781Yes (X)
JOSEPH FERRARA
DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY40.000.00$170,285$0$74,447Yes (X)
BENNAH SERFATY
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS40.000.00$137,597$0$76,217Yes (X)
RAOUL TENANZA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR40.000.00$132,756$0$75,992Yes (X)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org$3,049,005TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org$0TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation$922,141TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K32IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (1)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCdServicesServicesDescCompensationCompensationAmt
AAB PRODUCTION INC
64 ALLEN ROAD 5TH FLOORNEW YORKNY10002EVENTS PRODUCTION$298,500
SANKY COMMUNICATIONS INC
599 11TH AVENUE 6TH FLOORNEW YORKNY10036DIRECT MAIL/RESPONSE CONSULTANTS$262,821
TODD EVENTS
33570 TREASURY CENTERCHICAGOIL606943500EVENTS PRODUCTION$252,634
GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE
115 NORTH 7TH STREET 2BROOKYLNNY11249PUBLIC POLICY CONSULTANT$160,000
GRANT THORNTON LLP
33570 TREASURY CENTERCHICAGOIL606943500ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT$146,015
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K6CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns$105,285FederatedCampaignsAmt
Fundraising$28,932,805FundraisingAmt
Government Grants$7,444,441GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions$7,310,176AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions$88,714NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions$43,792,707TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$1,169,831TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$1,169,831ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$158,310TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$158,310ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$11,443,075SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities$11,847,727SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Securities-$404,652SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$404,652TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$404,652ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income$1,298,675FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event$28,932,805ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses$14,617,739FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column-$13,319,064TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion-$13,319,064ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory$1,432GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$1,432TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$1,432ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtExclusionExclusionAmt
COMMISSIONS900099$26,730$26,730
IRS REFUND900099$18,851$18,851
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$45,581OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$31,444,145TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$0RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion-$12,348,562ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,701,936TotalAmt
Program Services$1,701,936ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,778,691TotalAmt
Program Services$1,778,691ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,928,779TotalAmt
Program Services$2,118,257ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$366,181ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$444,341FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,707,743TotalAmt
Program Services$3,571,235ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$630,156ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$1,506,352FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$354,425TotalAmt
Program Services$234,034ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$45,093ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$75,298FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,858,959TotalAmt
Program Services$1,221,300ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$282,319ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$355,340FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$535,225TotalAmt
Program Services$332,496ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$66,143ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$136,586FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$51,576TotalAmt
Program Services$42,895ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$8,644ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$37FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$161,638TotalAmt
Management And General$161,638ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$5,082TotalAmt
Program Services$5,082ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$556,416TotalAmt
Fundraising$556,416FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$228,272TotalAmt
Management And General$228,272ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$917,647TotalAmt
Program Services$451,814ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$32,938ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$432,895FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$369,933TotalAmt
Program Services$274,120ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$5,647ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$90,166FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$22,510TotalAmt
Program Services$11,564ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,767ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$8,179FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$239,335TotalAmt
Program Services$153,943ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$36,254ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$49,138FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,534,789TotalAmt
Program Services$933,407ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$229,866ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$371,516FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,049,881TotalAmt
Program Services$328,318ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,732ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$719,831FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$210,830TotalAmt
Program Services$166,072ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,362ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$40,396FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$30,340TotalAmt
Program Services$19,216ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,737ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$6,387FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$408,449TotalAmt
Program Services$258,690ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$63,769ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$85,990FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$334,646TotalAmt
Program Services$211,947ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$52,247ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$70,452FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM MATERIALS$3,800,979$3,800,979$0$0
PROG. TECHNICAL SUPPORT$490,912$490,912$0$0
PRINTING$486,897$37,479$1,128$448,290
POSTAGE & SHIPPING$474,306$253,706$2,330$218,270

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,763,946TotalAmt
Program Services$760,319ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$558,608ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$445,019FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$28,004,142TotalAmt
Program Services$19,158,412ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,784,831ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$6,060,899FundraisingAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Joint CostsYes (X)JointCostsInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,387,272BOYAmt
EOY$4,392,774EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,250,013BOYAmt
EOY$868,721EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$558,346BOYAmt
EOY$92,474EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,657,274BOYAmt
EOY$9,810,449EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$560,116BOYAmt
EOY$544,666EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,392,167BOYAmt
EOY$2,405,901EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$8,105,144LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$5,669,188LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,491,626BOYAmt
EOY$2,435,956EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$40,066,573BOYAmt
EOY$34,244,287EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$480,208BOYAmt
EOY$390,809EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,843,595BOYAmt
EOY$55,186,037EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,834,273BOYAmt
EOY$3,431,342EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,246,435BOYAmt
EOY$743,456EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,916,273BOYAmt
EOY$13,553,638EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,509,082BOYAmt
EOY$850,000EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,717,253BOYAmt
EOY$1,513,249EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$17,223,316BOYAmt
EOY$20,091,685EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$35,366,530BOYAmt
EOY$32,671,728EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,253,749BOYAmt
EOY$2,422,624EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$38,620,279BOYAmt
EOY$35,094,352EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,843,595BOYAmt
EOY$55,186,037EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$3,440,003ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$6,965,930NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$42,784,390CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,275,703CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$21,630,486CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$28,196,461CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$43,792,707CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$176,679,747TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$42,784,390CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,275,703CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$21,630,486CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$28,196,461CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$43,792,707CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$176,679,747TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$160,638SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$176,519,109PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,590,672CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,538,331CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,252,653CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,025,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,328,141CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,734,797TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,097,498CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,822,760CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$858,301CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$354,316CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,345,688CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,478,563TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$189,893,107TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$189,788,462GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.92960PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.93050PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationMISCELLANEOUS - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 396. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 1,267. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 165. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 6,557. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 18,851. LIST RENTALS - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 2,793. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 170. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 2,201. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 0. COMMISSIONS - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 48,094. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 25,294. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 18,379. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 28,456. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 26,730. SPECIAL EVENTS - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 2,043,540. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 1,794,170. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 836,855. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 318,000. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 1,298,675. STORE SALES - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 2,675. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 1,859. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 701. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 1,303. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 1,432.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteers0VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or ManagementYes (1)PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements0MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members0MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast0PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations0GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators0DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations0RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other ActivitiesYes (1)OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities$256,929OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures$256,929TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c30NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART II-B, LINE 1:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH DEVELOPED AN ACTION AGENDA TO END AIDS THAT IDENTIFIED CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ADVANCE EVIDENCE BASED AIDS POLICIES. WE CREATED A VARIETY OF ISSUE BRIEFS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF VARIOUS BUDGET SCENARIOS ON GLOBAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND POLICY PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS THE HIV EPIDEMIC AMONG GAY MEN IN THE US. THESE ISSUE BRIEFS WERE SHARED WITH CAPITOL HILL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. AMFAR MET REGULARLY WITH STAFF TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WITH ADMINISTRATION STAFF, AND WE PROVIDED INPUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEPFAR BLUEPRINT FOR AN AIDS FREE GENERATION. AMFAR SPONSORED SEVERAL BRIEFINGS ON CAPITOL HILL ON AIDS POLICY AND RESEARCH ISSUES. AMFAR USES THESE BRIEFINGS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL. THE FOUNDATION ENGAGED AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO ENGAGE IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ON ITS BEHALF. FEES PAID TO THIS CONSULTANT TOTALED $5,082 IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Assets Included$605,185AssetsIncludedAmt

Collection Used Other Purposes CollectionUsedOtherPurposesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Other PurposesYes (X)CollectionUsedOtherPurposesInd
Other PurposesDONATED ITEMS, INVENTORY ETC.OtherPurposesDesc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets SaleYes (1)SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$785,615BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$4,700ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$88,040InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$702,275EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$731,736BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$5,380ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$48,499InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$785,615EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$701,368BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$7,933ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$22,435InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$731,736EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$684,111BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$6,750ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$10,507InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$701,368EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$593,133BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$4,100ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$86,877InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$684,110EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.56580PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.43420TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,542,490OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,879,800DepreciationAmt
Book Value$662,690BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$315,784OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$306,719DepreciationAmt
Book Value$9,065BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,246,870OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$3,482,669DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,764,201BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,435,956TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
LONG TERM LEASE LIABILITY$1,171,912
SEC. 457 RETIREMENT LIABILITY$341,337
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$1,513,249TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$24,289,836TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$6,965,930NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$39,893DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$6,926,037RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$31,215,873RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$228,272InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$228,272RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$31,444,145TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$27,815,763TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$39,893DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$39,893ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$27,775,870ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$228,272InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$228,272ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$28,004,142TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART III, LINE 4:COLLECTIONS OF ART, HISTORICAL TREASURES, OR OTHER SIMILIAR ASSETS AMFAR HOLDS VARIOUS ITEMS OF JEWELRY, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR SALE AT SPECIAL EVENTS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAINTAINED THESE ITEMS IN INVENTORY FOR A FEW YEARS AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THEM.
PART V, LINE 4:ENDOWMENTS AMFAR'S ENDOWNMENT FUND IS INTENDED TO FUND THE VARIOUS GENERAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORS.
PART X, LINE 2:FIN 48 - INCOME TAXES AMFAR FOLLOWS GUIDANCE THAT CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATING TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND GUIDANCE ON MEASUREMENT. THIS GUIDANCE PROVIDES THAT THE TAX EFFECTS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION CAN ONLY BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IF THE POSITION IS "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" TO BE SUSTAINED IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TAX POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE TAX POSITION MAY BE CHALLENGED. AMFAR IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3), THOUGH IT IS SUBJECT TO TAX ON INCOME UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE, UNLESS THAT INCOME IS OTHERWISE EXCLUDED BY THE CODE. AMFAR HAS PROCESSES PRESENTLY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS; TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT UNRELATED INCOME; TO DETERMINE ITS FILING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS IN JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH IT WAS NEXUS; AND TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED TAX POSITIONS. AMFAR HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

RegionRegionTxtType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCnt
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUMGRANTMAKINGN/A$502,053
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA,GRANTMAKINGN/A$1,128,900
SOUTH ASIA - AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INGRANTMAKINGN/A$147,425
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,GRANTMAKINGN/A$5,253
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUMFUNDRAISINGN/A$9,489,467
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,FUNDRAISINGN/A$22,000
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA,PROGRAM SERVICESTHERAPEUTICS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND AIDS TRAINING IN ASIA$1,621,111114
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices1SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees14SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee14TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$12,916,209SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$12,916,209TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (62 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
EUROPERESEARCH$433,141WIRE$0
EUROPERESEARCH$160,255WIRE$0
EUROPERESEARCH$149,963WIRE$0
SOUTH AMERICARESEARCH$5,253WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$8,699WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,241WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,803WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,649WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$15,284WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,308WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,967WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$6,675WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,350WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,125WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$7,500WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$16,300WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,982WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$10,000WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$22,612WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$21,114WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,829WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$23,260WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$14,445WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$20,852WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$18,636WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$11,878WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$21,760WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$20,000WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$21,896WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,573WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$21,628WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$17,748WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$20,000WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,999WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$8,424WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$24,992WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,999WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$8,490WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$8,498WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$418,123WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$10,768WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,993WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$10,949WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$16,558WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$13,237WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$5,549WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$19,001WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$10,276WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$18,148WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$6,804WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$6,373WIRE$0
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICTREAT ASIA$10,550WIRE$0
SOUTH ASIATREAT ASIA$20,000WIRE$0
SOUTH ASIATREAT ASIA$19,991WIRE$0
SOUTH ASIATREAT ASIA$7,796WIRE$0
SOUTH ASIATREAT ASIA$72,232WIRE$0
SOUTH ASIATREAT ASIA$10,880WIRE$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org62Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 2:FOREIGN ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF COMMUNITY-BASED PEER REVIEW AND/OR PROGRAM STAFF ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSAL MERIT AND ORGANIZATION CAPACITY TO UNDERTAKE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT ARE CHARITABLE IN PURPOSE. PRE-AWARD DUE-DILIGENCE FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL GRANTEES INCLUDES REVIEW OF ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS AND REGISTRATIONS TO VERIFY THAT THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES FOR A CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND THAT BASIC CAPACITY FOR PROJECT OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNANCE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. ALL INTERNATIONAL GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT SEMI-ANNUALLY ON PROJECT PROGRESS AND EXPENDITURES; CONTINUED REPORTING IS REQUIRED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS GRANT FUNDS ARE EXPENDED IN FULL. REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM STAFF. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT IS PROVIDED AS NECESSARY BY MEANS OF ONGOING, INFORMAL CONTACT WITH SITES REGARDING PROGRESS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES AND SITE VISITS WHERE FEASIBLE. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS SUBMIT AN INTERIM AND A FINAL PROGRESS REPORTING ADDITION TO EXPENDITURES REPORTS DUE FOLLOWING THE ENDS OF THE 2ND, 3RD AND FINAL QUARTERS OF THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD. FOREIGN ACTIVITIES PART I, LINE 3, COLUMN D THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH CONDUCTS MANY OF ITS GRANT-MAKING PROGRAM SERVICES (SEE PART III OF FORM 990) IN U.S. AND FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS. IN COLUMN D, THE ORGANIZATION HAS REPORTED THE BASIC PROGRAM THESE GRANTS SUPPORT; PLEASE REFER TO PART III FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS/INITIATIVES. FOREIGN ACTIVITIES - STATUS OF GRANTEES THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH SUPPORTS MANY NON-U.S. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS AND HIV-RELATED DISEASES. FOR PURPOSES OF SCHEDULE F, PART II, LINE 2 - ALL 62 CHARITIES SUPPORTED ARE PRESUMED TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF U.S. CHARITIES.
PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD:

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone SolicitationsYes (X)PhoneSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (1)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
AAB PRODUCTIONS
64 ALLEN STNEW YORKNY10002SPECIAL EVENT PRODUCTION0$16,592,444$320,000$16,272,444
SANKY COMMUNICATIONS INC
599 11TH AVENEW YORKNY10036DIRECT MAIL DIRECT RESPONSE CONSULTING0$1,307,493$396,416$911,076
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$17,899,937TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$716,416TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$17,183,520TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesAKLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesALLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesARLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCOLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesCTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesDCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesFLLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesGALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesHILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesILLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesKSLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesKYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesLALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMELicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMDLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMNLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMSLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesMOLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNVLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNJLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNMLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNYLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesNDLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOHLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesOKLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesORLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesPALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesRILicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesSCLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesTNLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesUTLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesVALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWALicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWVLicensedStatesCd
Licensed StatesWILicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1CANNES GALAEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$13,603,974GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$13,187,474CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$416,500GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$826,073RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$458,883FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$2,137,130EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$4,896,417OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2DALLAS TWO BY TWOEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$6,518,383GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$6,232,758CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$285,625GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2$196,093RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$236,206FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2$231,474EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$1,304,165OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total6OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events$10,109,123GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events$9,512,573CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events$596,550GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events$732,266RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events$550,439FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events$779,640EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events$2,268,953OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total$30,231,480GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$28,932,805CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$1,298,675GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$1,754,432RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$1,245,528FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$3,148,244EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$8,469,535OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$14,617,739DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$13,319,064NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (V)FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ACTUALLY PAID OUT $556,416 IN FUNDRAISING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022. THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED ON PART IX, LINE 11(E). FOR PURPOSES OF SCHEDULE G, THE FOUNDATION IS REPORTING ALL AMOUNTS PAID TO THE CONSULTANTS LISTED ON PART I, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH AMOUNTS WERE PURE FUNDRAISING EXPENSES OR EVENT PRODUCTION COSTS. ON SCHEDULE G, THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IS $716,416. OF THAT $716,416 ONLY $556,416 WAS PAID FOR FUNDRAISING SERVICES, THE REMAINING $160,000 WAS PAID FOR EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES. IN THE INTERESTS OF CLARITY, THE FOUNDATION WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE COMPENSATION REPORTED AS HAVING BEEN PAID TO THE PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISERS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE G IS REPORTED ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS. SOME OF THOSE SAME FUNDRAISERS ARE REPORTED ON THE FOUNDATION'S TOP 5 HIGHEST PAID INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS LIST (IN PART VII). IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FORM 990, COMPENSATION REPORTED FOR PART VII IS REPORTED ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS. ACCORDINGLY, AMOUNTS ON PART VII AND SCHEDULE G WILL NOT RECONCILE.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (21 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC
75 FRANCIS STREETBOSTONMA02115042312909501(C)(3)$213,736$0RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
11000 KINROSS AVENUE SUITE 211LOS ANGELESCA90095956006143501(C)(3)$158,335$0RESEARCH
HEALTH GAP (GLOBAL ACCESS PROJECT)
81 PROSPECT STREETBROOKLYNNY11201205053765501(C)(3)$97,183$0PUBLIC POLICY
NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF TROPICAL DISEASES
423 WEST 127 STREET 4 FLOORNEW YORKNY10027943240841501(C)(3)$114,857$0PUBLIC POLICY
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
733 N BROADWAY MRB SUITE 117BALTIMOREMD21205520595110501(C)(3)$137,500$0RESEARCH
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
101 HUNTINGTON AVE SUITE 300BOSTONMA02199042697983501(C)(3)$36,650$0RESEARCH
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
10550 NORTH TORREY PINES ROADLA JOLLACA92037330435954501(C)(3)$62,500$0RESEARCH
GLADSTONE INSTITUTE
1650 OWENS STREETSAN FRANCISCOCA94158237203666501(C)(3)$75,000$0RESEARCH
GLOBAL ACTION FOR TRANS EQUALITY GATE INC
576 5TH AVENUENEW YORKNY10036371762577501(C)(3)$121,018$0PUBLIC POLICY
RAGON INSTITUTE OF MGH MIT AND HARVARD
400 TECHNOLOGY SQUARECHARLESTOWNMA02139042697983501(C)(3)$200,000$0RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER
11937 US HIGHWAY 271TYLERTX75708756001354501(C)(3)$59,999$0RESEARCH
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
733 N BROADWAY MRB SUITE 117BALTIMOREMD21205520595110501(C)(3)$113,459$0TREAT ASIA
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
630 WEST 168TH ST BOX 49NEW YORKNY100323702135598093501(C)(3)$37,517$0TREAT ASIA
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
600 PEACHTREE STREET NE SUITE 1000ATLANTAGA303081120582106707501(C)(3)$48,798$0TREAT ASIA
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
1320 S DIXIE HIGHWAY SUITE 650CORAL GABLESFL33146590624458501(C)(3)$43,750$0RESEARCH
THE WISTAR INSTITUTE
3601 SPRUCE STREETPHILADELPHIAPA19014236434390501(C)(3)$43,750$0RESEARCH
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
1100 FAIRVIEW AVENUE NSEATTLEWA98109911935159501(C)(3)$37,500$0RESEARCH
FOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS MONUMENT
1049 HAVENHURST DRIVE 133WEST HOLLYWOODCA90069462791464501(C)(3)$15,000$0PREVENTION SCIENCE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
635 BARNHILL DR MS420INDIANAPOLISIN46202356001673501(C)(3)$25,000$0RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
4333 BROOKLYN AVENUE NE BOX 359472SEATTLEWA981959472906001537501(C)(3)$74,257$0RESEARCH
PREP4ALL INC
185 HALL STREET 105BROOKLYNNY11205853596607501(C)(3)$20,000$0PUBLIC POLICY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org21Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationAMFAR PROVIDES GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS TO INDEPENDENT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A PEER-REVIEW PROCESS. GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE FIRST REVIEWED BY THE FOUNDATION'S VOLUNTEER SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THE MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DISCIPLINES RELEVANT TO HIV AND AIDS. THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEN SENDS ITS EVALUATIONS TO ONE OF THE THREE COMMITTEES (RESEARCH, GLOBAL INITIATIVES OR PUBLIC POLICY) OF THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM BOARD, WHICH SERVES IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AFTER A PROGRAM COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED ITS REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS, IT PRESENTS ITS FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMFAR'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND/OR THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND FUNDING AUTHORIZATION. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS ARE PAYABLE OVER A ONE-TO-THREE-YEAR PERIOD, AND ARE REVOCABLE AT AMFAR'S OPTION IF THE RECIPIENT'S PERFORMANCE OR USE OF FUNDS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT OR FELLOWSHIPS. IN CERTAIN CASES, THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS PAID UNDER GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS MAY BE LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL AWARD IF THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT USE THE FULL AMOUNT AWARDED. THEREFORE, A RESERVE FOR UNEXPENDED GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS HAS BEEN RECORDED. SUBAWARDS ARE GRANTS AWARDED TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THE COSTS OF COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION IN HIV/AIDS-RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR WHICH AMFAR HAS SECURED RESTRICTED FUNDS. SUBAWARDS ARE PAYABLE OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, ALTHOUGH ADVANCE PAYMENTS, IN FULL OR IN PART, MAY BE ISSUED FOLLOWING EXECUTION OF THE SUBAWARD AGREEMENT. SUBAWARDS ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND ARE REVOCABLE IF THE RECIPIENTS' PERFORMANCE OR USE OF FUNDS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBAWARD TERMS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent ConsultantYes (X)IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanYes (1)SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
KEVIN FROST
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$444,905$0$0$0$39,346$0$39,800$0$66,204$0$590,255$0$0$0
BRADLEY JENSEN
ASSISTANT TREASURER/CFO$268,473$0$0$0$0$0$18,897$0$51,115$0$338,485$0$0$0
KYLE CLIFFORD
VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT$243,069$0$0$0$0$0$17,576$0$51,115$0$311,760$0$0$0
ANNMARIE SHANNAHAN
VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION$242,202$0$0$0$0$0$17,215$0$51,115$0$310,532$0$0$0
ANNETTE SOHN
VICE PRESIDENT, TREAT ASIA PROGRAM$255,887$0$0$0$0$0$17,902$0$8,989$0$282,778$0$0$0
ANTHONY ANCONA
VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES$194,105$0$0$0$0$0$13,918$0$51,115$0$259,138$0$0$0
ANDREW MCINNES
DIRECTOR, PUBLICATIONS$174,571$0$0$0$0$0$12,577$0$66,204$0$253,352$0$0$0
SEBASTIAN GHEITH
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL, ASST SECRETARY$173,750$0$0$0$0$0$12,571$0$66,204$0$252,525$0$0$0
GREGORIO MILLET
VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC POLICY$186,759$0$0$0$0$0$13,442$0$51,115$0$251,316$0$0$0
ROWENA JOHNSTON
ASST SEC, VP, RESEARCH$212,289$0$0$0$0$0$14,932$0$21,488$0$248,709$0$0$0
JOSEPH FERRARA
DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPY$170,285$0$0$0$0$0$8,243$0$66,204$0$244,732$0$0$0
BENNAH SERFATY
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS$137,597$0$0$0$0$0$10,013$0$66,204$0$213,814$0$0$0
RAOUL TENANZA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR$132,756$0$0$0$0$0$9,788$0$66,204$0$208,748$0$0$0
EDWARD DONNELLY
ASSISTANT TREASURER, CONTROLLER$173,011$0$0$0$0$0$12,386$0$19,605$0$205,002$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 4BFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCOMPENSATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, KEVIN FROST, PARTICIPATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022, AMFAR CONTRIBUTED $39,346 INTO MR. FROST'S NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C) BECAUSE THE CONTRIBUTED AMOUNT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO MR. FROST WITHIN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR. INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J COLUMN (B)(III) IS MR. FROST'S 2022 EMPLOYER-FUNDED 457(F) CONTRIBUTION OF $39,346.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution7ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$88,714NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts0ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH IS AN INTERNATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK IN 1989. AMFAR WAS FORMED THROUGH THE UNIFICATION IN 1985 OF TWO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THE AIDS MEDICAL FOUNDATION ("AMF"), INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK IN APRIL 1983, AND THE NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED IN CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST 1985. FIRST BASED IN CALIFORNIA, AMFAR TRANSFERRED ITS LEGAL DOMICILE TO NEW YORK IN 1989, USING THE INITIAL INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS OF AMF, MAKING IT AMF'S LEGAL SUCCESSOR. AMFAR HAS OFFICES IN NEW YORK, NY, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND BANGKOK, THAILAND. ON MARCH 7, 2005, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH APPROVED A CHANGE IN LEGAL NAME TO "THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH." ON OCTOBER 18, 2005, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE APPROVED THIS CHANGE. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS SECURED APPROVAL FOR DOING BUSINESS AS (DBA) THE FOLLOWING: - AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH - AMFAR - AIDS RESEARCH FOUNDATION AMFAR IS DEDICATED TO ENDING THE GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH. THE FOUNDATION ACCOMPLISHES THIS MISSION THROUGH: - RESEARCH TO EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO HIV PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND POTENTIAL CURES, AND TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND SURVIVAL OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS; - INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE RESEARCH, TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; - PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS AND THE ADVOCACY OF RATIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE POLICIES THAT PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE THREATENED BY HIV/AIDS; - EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES TO BUILD AWARENESS OF THE CONTINUED THREAT HIV/AIDS POSES AND TO PUBLISH UPDATES ABOUT THE LATEST MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND PREVENTION ADVANCES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE PUBLIC.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4AWITH A $148,500 GRANT, KEITH JEROME, M.D., PH.D., OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE, WILL STUDY WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESENCE OF ART MIGHT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE EFFICACY OF ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED MEANS OF DELIVERING GENE THERAPY-ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV). INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE GENE THERAPY MOST LIKELY WILL BE TAKING ART, SO THE QUESTION OF COMPATIBILITY IS A VITAL ONE. THE RECIPIENT OF A FY2022 TARGET GRANT, ANJIE ZHEN, PH.D. (SEE ABOVE), WILL USE A $210,000 ARCHE GRANT TO CONTINUE TO FINE-TUNE CAR T CELL THERAPY, WHICH HAS SHOWN LIMITED SUCCESS AGAINST HIV TO DATE. DR. ZHEN WILL CREATE STEMS CELLS USING BLOOD-DERIVED STEM CELLS, SELECTED FOR THEIR POTENTIAL TO PERSIST AND SELF-RENEW. SHE WILL EXPLORE THEIR CAPACITY TO MATURE INTO NOT ONLY CAR T CELLS, BUT ALSO CAR-NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND CAR-MACROPHAGES, ALL THREE OF WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ATTACK HIV-INFECTED CELLS. MATHILDE KRIM FELLOWSHIPS THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2022 MATHILDE KRIM FELLOWSHIPS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH - DR. SEBASTIAN FUCHS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN FLORIDA, DR. LEILA GIRON OF THE WISTAR INSTITUTE IN PHILADELPHIA, AND DR. JEANNETTE TENTHOREY OF THE FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER IN SEATTLE - WERE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH. ANTIBODIES ARE A PROMISING TREATMENT OR POTENTIAL COMPONENT OF A CURE FOR HIV, BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND MUST BE DOSED REPEATEDLY. GERMAN-BORN DR. FUCHS AND HIS MENTOR DR. RON DESROSIERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A GENE THERAPY APPROACH TO DELIVERING THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES SO THAT A PERSON'S BODY COULD MAKE AN INDEFINITE SUPPLY OF THEM. ONE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN GENERATE RESPONSES AGAINST THESE ANTIBODIES AND DESTROY THEM BEFORE THEY CAN EXERT THEIR BENEFICIAL EFFECTS. DR. FUCHS WILL ATTEMPT TO INDUCE IMMUNE TOLERANCE OF THE FOREIGN ANTIBODIES BY EITHER REPEATEDLY EXPOSING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO THE ANTIBODIES THEMSELVES, OR BY RECRUITING RED BLOOD CELLS TO CONVEY A MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. HIS RESULTS MAY IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER ANTIBODIES AS THERAPY NOT ONLY FOR HIV, BUT ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF DISEASES. A NATIVE OF BRAZIL, DR. LEILA GIRON, SEEKS TO ANALYZE THE ROLE OF CELL METABOLISM IN HIV PERSISTENCE. DR. GIRON HAS DATA SUGGESTING THE PROCESS OF CELL METABOLISM CAN AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE VIRUS TO REACTIVATE, AND THAT SOME COMPONENTS OF THE PROCESS CAN EVEN PREDICT WHETHER, AND FOR HOW LONG, A PERSON CAN CONTROL HIV WITHOUT ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY. SHE PLANS TO DELVE INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS METABOLIC PROCESS AND THE ABILITY TO CONTROL HIV. DR. TENTHOREY'S RESEARCH FOCUSES LARGELY ON TRIM5ALPHA, AN ANTIVIRAL PROTEIN THAT RESTRICTS HIV. AS A KRIM FELLOW, DR. TENTHOREY WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH TRIM5ALPHA BINDS TO HIV AND ALTERS THE UNCOATING PROCESS NECESSARY FOR A VIRUS TO INFECT A CELL. WHILE HIV HAS EVOLVED TO AVOID THE ACTION OF TRIM5ALPHA, BETTER UNDERSTANDING THIS PROCESS COULD LEAD TO THERAPIES THAT WOULD ALLOW THE HUMAN BODY TO BLOCK THE VIRUS. EACH FELLOW IS AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $150,000 OVER TWO YEARS. ALEKSANDAR ANTANASIJEVIC, PH.D., OF THE COLE POLYTECHNIQUE FDRALE DE LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, WAS AWARDED $50,000 TO CONTINUE THE WORK FUNDED BY HIS 2021 KRIM FELLOWSHIP. HE IS USING A SOPHISTICATED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY CALLED CRYOEMPEM TO ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT MAKE DEVELOPING AN HIV VACCINE SO CHALLENGING. PUBLISHED RESEARCH RESEARCH STUDIES MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE HIV FIELD AND ON THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. IN FY2022, 29 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS RESULTED FROM AMFAR-FUNDED RESEARCH. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: USING IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO MEASURE THE HIV RESERVOIR IN ORDER TO TARGET AND POTENTIALLY ERADICATE THE HIV RESERVOIR, THE MAIN BARRIER TO A CURE, SCIENTISTS FIRST NEED TO DISCOVER WHERE EXACTLY HIV HIDES OUT. ALONG WITH HIS TEAM, AMFAR GRANTEE DR. TIMOTHY HENRICH, OF THE AMFAR INSTITUTE FOR HIV CURE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, RECENTLY BECAME THE FIRST TO DEVELOP A METHOD OF USING PET IMAGING TO DIRECTLY ASSESS WHICH TISSUES IN LIVE HUMANS HARBOR THE GREATEST BURDEN OF VIRUS. HE REPORTED FURTHER WORK BY HIS TEAM, DESCRIBING HOW THE HIV RESERVOIR SHIFTS LOCATION OVER THE COURSE OF LONG-TERM TREATED HIV AND NEW METHODS OF MEASURING HIV ACTIVITY INSIDE LYMPH NODES IN REAL TIME. THE STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, HELPS FURTHER IDENTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE THE HIV RESERVOIR LOCATED IN PARTS OF THE BODY INACCESSIBLE TO ROUTINE SAMPLING BY PROVIDING A NON-INVASIVE WAY OF MEASURING THE TISSUE-WIDE BURDEN OF HIV OVER TIME. REVIVING THE "SHOCK AND KILL" APPROACH TO CURE HIV ANOTHER AMFAR-FUNDED STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS IN JANUARY : DR. JEROME ZACK, OF UCLA, AND HIS TEAM SHARED THEIR FINDINGS ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE REFINEMENT TO THE "SHOCK AND KILL" APPROACH, WHICH SHOCKS THE VIRUS OUT OF LATENCY AND MAKES INFECTED CELLS VISIBLE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM FOR KILLING. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF ATTEMPTS AT SHOCK AND KILL THAT HAVE MET WITH LIMITED SUCCESS. ON THE ONE HAND, THE "SHOCK" ARM OF THE STRATEGY, KNOWN AS A LATENCY-REVERSING AGENT (LRA), HAS BEEN EITHER SAFE BUT INEFFECTIVE, OR EFFECTIVE BUT UNSAFE. IN ADDITION, THE "KILL" ARM OF THE APPROACH HAS BEEN AT BEST ONLY MODERATELY EFFECTIVE. DR. ZACK CREATED AN ANALOG OF A POTENT LRA, BRYOSTATIN, WHICH IS OTHERWISE TOXIC FOR HUMAN USE, CALLED SUW133, KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO INDUCE THE DEATH OF A SUBSET OF HIV-INFECTED CELLS. THE RESEARCHERS COMBINED SUW133 WITH A KILL AGENT IN THE FORM OF NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELLS AND TESTED IT IN HUMANIZED MICE. FOUR OUT OF THE 10 MICE TREATED WITH THE COMBINATION EXPERIENCED NO REBOUND OF HIV, PROVIDING RENEWED PROMISE THAT THE "SHOCK AND KILL" APPROACH CAN BE REFINED AND POTENTIALLY REVIVED.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4BTREAT ASIA ALSO PARTICIPATED IN: THE 24TH BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIV MEDICINE IN JANUARY 2022; THE CONFERENCE ON RETROVIRUSES AND OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS (CROI) IN FEBRUARY; THE PEPFAR REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PLAN (ROP) VIRTUAL PLANNING MEETINGS (ASIA REGION) IN MAY; AND THE WORLD HEPATITIS SUMMIT AND THE SEVENTH ASIA PACIFIC AIDS & CO-INFECTIONS CONFERENCE (APACC), BOTH IN JUNE; AND THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HIV PEDIATRICS 2022 IN JULY.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:PUBLIC POLICY: INFORMED BY THOROUGH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, AMFAR IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED ADVOCATE OF RATIONAL AND COMPASSIONATE HIV/AIDS-RELATED PUBLIC POLICY. THE FOUNDATION IS ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO SECURE NECESSARY INCREASES IN FUNDING FOR HIV/AIDS RESEARCH AND GLOBAL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS, EXPAND ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND CARE FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, ADVOCATE HARM REDUCTION POLICIES AIMED AT REDUCING THE TRANSMISSION OF HIV AND HEPATITIS C (HCV) AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS, AND PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OR VULNERABLE TO HIV/AIDS. ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE U.S. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE AMFAR POLICY TEAM WORKED CLOSELY WITH MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC), NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) TO PROMOTE AN EVIDENCED-BASED RESPONSE TO THE U.S. HIV EPIDEMIC AND DISCUSS POLICY INITIATIVES. THIS INCLUDED MULTIPLE ADVOCACY MEETINGS, COLLABORATIVE EVENTS, AND CONSULTATIONS. THE POLICY TEAM MET WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES, WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, AND DISCUSSED ISSUES INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID AND OPIOID PANDEMICS. THE TEAM ALSO MET WITH THE CDC TO DISCUSS THE NEW MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR PREP PROGRAM. THE POLICY OFFICE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS WHITE HOUSE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE ADDITION OF A QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATOR TO THE NEWLY RELEASED NATIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY; PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO SUPPLEMENT OPIOID/HIV HARM REDUCTION SERVICES; AND CONTRIBUTE GUIDANCE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW AGENCY FOR HEALTH INNOVATION, ARPA-H. AMFAR POLICY STAFF WORKED WITH HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES ON FY23 FUNDING FOR BOTH DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL HIV PROGRAMS. MONKEYPOX PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE SPRING OF 2022, IN RESPONSE TO THE MONKEYPOX (NOW KNOWN AS MPOX) OUTBREAK IN PARTS OF EUROPE AND THE U.S., THE PUBLIC POLICY OFFICE WAS A CO-PRESENTER WITH THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL MONKEYPOX RESPONSE DEPUTY COORDINATOR DEMETRE DASKALAKIS DURING MULTIPLE HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS. IN JULY, AMFAR STAFF ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE O'NEILL INSTITUTE AT GEORGETOWN LAW TO PUBLISH A CALL TO ACTION TO ADDRESS THE OUTBREAK AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY (MONKEYPOX AND MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS SIGNAL NEW HEALTH THREATS FOR COMMUNITIES HEAVILY IMPACTED BY HIV AND DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION). IN THAT POLICY BRIEF, AMFAR INCLUDED A MODELING ANALYSIS THAT PREDICTED MPOX DIAGNOSES IN THE U.S. WOULD INCREASE TO 11,311 BY AUGUST 4. EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION, THE CASES HAD RISEN TO 11,177, UNDERSCORING THE TWO INSTITUTIONS' PRESCIENT SENSE OF URGENCY. AMFAR AND THE O'NEILL INSTITUTE FOLLOWED UP WITH TWO SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFS, TACKLING MPX IN BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES AND MPX RESEARCH GAPS: WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN. ALONG WITH DELIVERING SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FOR POLICY MAKERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, AMFAR'S GREG MILLETT, M.P.H., VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, ALSO CO-AUTHORED TWO EDITORIALS IN LEADING PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, THE BMJ AND AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. IN ADDITION, THE POLICY TEAM WAS INTERVIEWED BY REUTERS, NPR, AND NBC NEWS ABOUT THE MPOX OUTBREAK. ON THE RESEARCH FRONT, AMFAR AWARDED FUNDING TO TWO SURVEY-BASED STUDIES TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF MPOX ON MSM IN NEW YORK CITY, THE EPICENTER OF THE U.S. OUTBREAK, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MPOX AND DEVELOP TARGETED INTERVENTIONS. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN 2022, AMFAR CONTINUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE HIV RESPONSE BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND GLOBALLY, AND THE INEQUITABLE DOMESTIC IMPACT OF COVID-19. POLICY STAFF PRESENTED ON COVID-19 AT THE CDC AND PRESENTED ON THE SIMILARITIES OF COVID AND HIV AT THREE UNIVERSITIES (NYU, GEORGETOWN, AND UNC CHAPEL HILL). THE TEAM ALSO MODERATED A PANEL FOR A GEORGETOWN LAW SCHOOL MEETING ON THE HIV CARE CONTINUUM AFTER COVID-19. IN ADDITION, THE TEAM MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY (OSTP) TO DISCUSS COVID-19 AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. HIV AND THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AMFAR MAINTAINS AN IMPORTANT AND WIDELY USED RESOURCE ON HIV AND THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. ITS OPIOID & HEATH INDICATORS DATABASE (OPIOID.AMFAR.ORG) IS A FREE WEB PLATFORM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LAWMAKERS, COMMUNITIES, AND ADVOCATES IN MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT ON HIV AND HEPATITIS C. THE SITE IS A WINDOW INTO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC UNFOLDING IN EVERY AMERICAN'S BACKYARD. IT PROVIDES LOCAL TO NATIONAL STATISTICS USING RELIABLE DATA SOURCES ON NEW HIV AND HEPATITIS C INFECTIONS, OPIOID USE AND OVERDOSE DEATH RATES, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES LIKE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND SYRINGE EXCHANGE SERVICES. IN 2022 THE POLICY TEAM MET WITH THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT HHS AND PRESENTED AMFAR'S OPIOID AND HEALTH INDICATORS DASHBOARD. AMFAR STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SAMHSA'S REGION 5 OPIOID TASKFORCE. GLOBAL HEALTH THE AMFAR POLICY OFFICE MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY INITIATIVES INCLUDING ATTENDING PEPFAR COUNTRY OPERATIONAL PLAN MEETINGS (FOR BOTSWANA, CAMEROON, COTE D'IVOIRE, ESWATINI, KENYA, MALAWI, SOUTH AFRICA, TANZANIA, ZAMBIA, AND ZIMBABWE), THE GLOBAL FUND PARTNERSHIP FORUM, AND THE UN HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS ON HIV/AIDS. POLICY STAFF ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY WITH HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES TO SECURE STRONG GLOBAL HIV BUDGETS AND CLOSELY TRACK AND RESPOND TO NEW GLOBAL HEALTH POLICIES. ADDITIONALLY, AMFAR PLAYS A KEY ROLE AS A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER FOR IN-COUNTRY COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING EFFORTS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES. IN THIS ROLE, AMFAR ENGAGES WITH LOCAL ACTIVISTS AND DATA COLLECTION TEAMS TO ENSURE HIGH-QUALITY DATA ARE PRODUCED FOR HIV SERVICE QUALITY MONITORING AND ADVOCACY WITH DUTY BEARERS. AMFAR CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING PROGRAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE, UGANDA, AND MALAWI. IN THE U.S., THE TEAM ALSO MET WITH OFFICE OF GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR STAFF ON BEST PRACTICES ON COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING FUNDING AND PROJECT STRUCTURES. THE POLICY TEAM HELD MEETINGS WITH USAID, CDC, AND OTHERS TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING PEPFAR RECENCY TESTING, STRATEGIES FOR KEY POPULATIONS, COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING, AND DATA-DRIVEN ADVOCACY, AMONG OTHERS. THE TEAM ALSO WORKED TO GARNER BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM SENATE OFFICES FOR GLOBAL HIV FUNDING IN ADVANCE OF GLOBAL FUND'S SEVENTH REPLENISHMENT, AND WORKED WITH SENATE MAJORITY LEADER SCHUMER'S NOMINATION TEAM TO CONFIRM DR. JOHN NKENGASONG AS THE U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR. IN AUGUST 2022, AMFAR STAFF PUBLISHED THREE ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS WITH FAR-REACHING POLICY IMPLICATIONS. -TELEHEALTH SERVICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENHANCING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION PREVENTION IN THE JOURNAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (ONLINE AHEAD OF PRINT). THE AUTHORS PRESENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR TELEHEALTH AND HOW IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING HEALTH EQUITY BY OFFERING AN IMPORTANT COMPLEMENT TO AND, IN SOME CASES, SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON STI SERVICES FOR SOME POPULATIONS. -IN COMPETING HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND EARLY RESPONSE: A SCOPING REVIEW, PUBLISHED IN PLOS ONE, THE AUTHORS ANALYZE THE EARLY IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HIV, TUBERCULOSIS, MALARIA, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, AND MALNUTRITION. -WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK? IN THE BMJ DESCRIBES A PLAN OF ACTION FOR ADDRESSING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT, INCLUDING FILLING KEY KNOWLEDGE GAPS TO STEM TRANSMISSION, ANTICIPATING HOW THE PANDEMIC MAY UNFOLD, AND TRANSITIONING FROM DISCUSSIONS AROUND A NEW GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH ARCHITECTURE TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION. AMFAR ALSO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE REPORTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON A VARIETY OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND HIV-RELATED TOPICS. IN JUNE, THE POLICY TEAM PRODUCED A MAJOR REPORT, BLINDED BY OUR OWN DATA-RECENCY TESTING IN PEPFAR, THAT OUTLINED THE TECHNICAL AND SOMETIMES ETHICAL LIMITATIONS OF PEPFAR'S WELL-INTENTIONED STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO NEW TRANSMISSION "HOT SPOTS." ALSO IN JUNE, AMFAR RELEASED KEY POPULATIONS, SIZE ESTIMATES, AND PLANS IN COP22, WHICH POINTS OUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THE SIZES OF KEY POPULATIONS ARE UNDERESTIMATED AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW TO BEST ADDRESS FUNDING DISCREPANCIES THAT RESULT FROM THEM.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4CDATA TRANSPARENCY AMFAR MAINTAINS THE PEPFAR MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND REPORTING (MER) DATABASE (MER.AMFAR.ORG). LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER 2018, THE MER DATABASE ENABLES POLICYMAKERS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCESS A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMATIC PEPFAR DATA AND INCLUDES DOWNLOADABLE PDFS, MAPS, DATA VISUALIZATIONS, AND DISTRICT-LEVEL DATA. THE DATABASE COMPLEMENTS AMFAR'S PEPFAR DATABASE (COPSDATA.AMFAR.ORG), WHICH HIGHLIGHTS PLANNED FUNDING BY PROGRAM AREA, COUNTRY AND ORGANIZATION FOR EACH YEAR THAT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED. THE DATABASE IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEPFAR IN ITS EFFORTS TO INCREASE DATA TRANSPARENCY AND GENERAL PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. ADVOCATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD RELY ON THESE RESOURCES TO EASILY ACCESS PEPFAR DATA AND PREPARE FOR ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. LAUNCHED IN 2021, THE KEY POPULATIONS AND KEY POPULATION INVESTMENT FUND (KPIF) DATA PROJECT (KPDATA.AMFAR.ORG) BRINGS TOGETHER AVAILABLE DATA ON KEY POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FUNDING, AND PROGRAMMING FROM UNAIDS, PEPFAR, AND THE GLOBAL FUND. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES COUNTRY FACTSHEETS SHOWING HOW FUNDING HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME, AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, IDENTIFIES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING KP PROGRAMMING IN THE PEPFAR PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT COMPLEMENTS EXISTING WORK IN THE MER AND COPS DATABASES AND IS A KEY TOOL FOR KP ADVOCATES. XXIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE AND OTHER CONFERENCES AMFAR'S POLICY OFFICE PARTICIPATED IN THE XXIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN MONTREAL, CANADA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONFERENCE ON HIV AND AIDS. DELEGATES CAME TOGETHER IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY TO HEAR ABOUT AND DISCUSS THE LATEST HIV RESEARCH FINDINGS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMMATIC, ADVOCACY, AND POLICY ISSUES. AT THE CONFERENCE AMFAR STAFF AUTHORED NINE ABSTRACTS, COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS TRANS INCLUSION IN HIV NATIONAL STRATEGIES, THE USE OF COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND MALAWI, AND THE QUALITY AND IMPLICATIONS OF PEPFAR'S PERFORMANCE TARGETS, AMONG OTHERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY A NATIONALLY RENOWNED ACCOUNTING FIRM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT. A COPY OF THE DRAFT FORM 990 WAS CIRCULATED TO THE FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DISCUSSION AND COMMENT. EACH BOARD MEMBER WAS PROVIDED AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE 990 PRIOR TO ITS FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CEACH OFFICER, DIRECTOR, TRUSTEE AND KEY EMPLOYEE OF AMFAR ("FOUNDATION") IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT ARISE BY VIRTUE OF EMPLOYMENT, BOARD SERVICE, OR POSITION WITH THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THROUGH AN ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE/DISCLOSURE STATEMENT THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15AMFAR ("FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH") UNDERTAKES A THOROUGH PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPENSATION IT PAYS TO ITS TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL AND ALL OF ITS OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS REASONABLE GIVEN THE MARKET IN WHICH THE FOUNDATION OPERATES. AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM QUALIFIED IN THE AREA OF NONPROFIT COMPENSATION PREPARES AN ANALYSIS OF MARKET COMPENSATION RANGES BY JOB FUNCTION AND PRESENTS IT TO THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. ON THE BASIS OF THIS INFORMATION, STAFF COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO SALARY RANGES APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CEO AND CFO. CEO COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND DETERMINED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD UTILIZING THE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ANALYSIS. AMFAR'S LAST INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN AUGUST OF 2020 TO ENSURE THAT THE PRESIDENT & CEO'S COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE GIVEN THE MARKET IN WHICH THE FOUNDATION OPERATES. AS OF JUNE 2022, AMFAR IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING ALL EXECUTIVE AND STAFF SALARIES AND HAS COMMISSIONED AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED REPORT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19AMFAR MAKES ITS FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY RETAINING A COPY AT ITS PLACE OF BUSINESS AND ON ITS WEBSITE, WWW.AMFAR.ORG. THE FORM 990 IS LIKEWISE PUBLISHED ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG. THE FOUNDATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT AND ON ITS WEBSITE. THE FOUNDATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE NOT ORDINARILY MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT, IF REQUESTED, WILL BE PROVIDED AT MANAGEMENT'S DISCRETION.
PART IX, LINES 1 & 3THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH REPORTS ITS GRANTS NET OF GRANT RETURNS OR RECOVERIES. PERIODICALLY, GRANTS REMITTED TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE RETURNED TO AMFAR FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. ON SCHEDULES F & I, GRANTS ARE REPORTED IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THEY WERE ULTIMATELY RETURNED TO AMFAR SINCE CATEGORIZING THE "RETURNED" AMOUNTS WOULD BE TIME CONSUMING. THEREFORE, AMOUNTS REPORTED ON PART IX, LINE 1 WILL NOT TIE TO TOTAL GRANTS ON SCHEDULE I; AMOUNTS REPORTED ON PART IX, LINE 3 WILL NOT TIE TO TOTAL GRANTS ON SCHEDULE F.