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Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc

Established in 1992, the foundation is one of the leading independent aids organizations in the world.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$15MHealth$15MInternational$6.5MCivil Rights$2.2MCommunity Improvement$2.0MHuman Services$1.2MCrime & Legal$806kYouth Development$605kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $5,944,709, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,486,898 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,542,189 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $293k
  • $250k+6 grants · $5.5M
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC$2,871,282
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$647,968
MPACT (THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MSM)$606,674
PREVENTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN$546,487
CENTER FOR HIV LAW AND POLICY$503,592
THE VISION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$311,095
GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT$239,798
BUILDING HEALTHY ONLINE COMMUNITIES$52,733
FRIENDS OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS TB AND MALARIA$45,000
GLOBAL BLACK GAY MEN CONNECT$25,000
CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE$12,745
FUNDERS CONCERNED ABOUT AIDS$11,000
POPULATION COUNCIL$10,880
NATIONAL MINORITY AIDS COUNCIL$10,000
SOUTHERN AIDS COALITION INC$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%St Boniface Haiti Foundation: $175k → 8%Out Now Inc: $40k → 17%IN THE MEANTIME MEN'S GROUP: $180k → 14%Destination Tomorrow Inc: $50k → 28%Abounding Prosperity Inc: $36k → 14%CHANGE HAPPENS: $8k → 16%OASIS: $50k → 8%MIRACLE OF LOVE (FOR BROS IN CONVO): $180k → 13%THE KNIGHTS & ORCHIDS SOCIETY INC: $129k → 33%Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition: $30k → 11%Positively Living Inc: $35k → 12%FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION INC: $150k → 17%People's Harm Reduction Alliance: $50k → 9%Lesbian and Gay Community Svs Center: $50k → 17%DESTINATION TOMORROW INC: $30k → 28%ABOUNDING PROSPERITY INC: $36k → 14%Friends For Life Corporation Inc: $75k → 17%The Knights & Orchids Society Inc: $25k → 33%Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center: $60k → 17%Center for Health Justice: $75k → 14%FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION: $46k → 17%GLOBAL BLACK GAY MEN CONNECT: $25k → 17%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $90k → 14%Tides Center: $20k → 10%The TransLatin Coalition: $125k → 14%Hetrick-Martin Institute: $50k → 17%Institute for Public Health Innovation: $40k → 14%Helping Indv Prostitutes Survive (HIPS): $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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Grants abroad, by region: $7.5M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.0M · 41% · 8 grants

Stated purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORT

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$3.0M · 40% · 8 grants

Stated purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORT

North America (Canada and Mexico)$497k · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORT

South Asia$489k · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORT

East Asia and the Pacific$457k · 6% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: PROGRAM SUPPORT

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 55 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +70% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
139

Total granted

$33M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
+70%

Still filing today

93%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AIDS UNITED
    5× · 2017–2024 · $13M · revenue +11% · 55% of their budget
  • SH
    SPRINGBOARD HEALTHLAB
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +65%
  • NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN
    3× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +590%

Funded once

  • PI
    PREP4ALL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $665k · revenue +59%
  • FH
    Family Health International Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $517k · revenue -35%
  • AF
    AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Aids Foundation

San francisco aids foundation promotes health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by hiv, through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and community partnerships.

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2
Southern Tier Aids Program Inc

Stap compassionately and competently meets the evolving needs of its communities by serving people affected by chronic illness and to improve public health through disease prevention, care coordination, and advocacy.

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3
Aids Community Resources Inc D/B/a Acr Health

Aids community resources, inc. d/b/a acr health, is a community-based organization providing prevention, education, and support services to people with chronic illnesses, including hiv/aids, and those at risk for contracting hiv, stds, and…

Education
4
Legacy Community Health Services Inc

The mission of legacy community health services is, "driving healthy change in our communities." our vision is, "connecting our communities to health every day, in every way."

Health
5
Allies Linked for the Prevention of Hiv and Aids

Provide HIV/STD testing and support for those affected

Health
6
Afro Pride Federation Inc

Afro Pride fosters the mental and social wellness of the Afrocentric LGBTQ community and those who love and support them.

Human Services
7
Southern Arizona Aids Foundation

To promote health, well-being, and social justice for those living with HIV, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities marginalized by society.

Health
8
The Hiv and Hepatitis Policy Institute

The hiv+hepatitis policy institute promotes quality and affordable healthcare for people living with or at risk of hiv, hepatitis, and other serious and chronic health conditions. monitors policies that impact the prevention and treatment…

Health
9
3 Kings Project

3 Kings Project is at the forefront of driving positive representation and visibility in minority communities, with a mission to eradicate health inequities impacting Black and Brown LGBTQ populations.

Civil Rights
10
Chicago House & Social Service Agency

Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids

Health
11
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc

Over 9,000 clients are served by gmhc's programs each year. gmhc provides a broad array of programs through the efforts of clinicians, trained volunteers, and professional staff who identify undiagnosed cases on hiv, ensure access and…

Health
12
Alianza of New Mexico

Alianza's mission is to empower hard-to-reach, vulnerable, and underserved populations through education and supportive services aimed at working with everyone we serve to achieve better outcomes and higher quality of life.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

174 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 174 of the 201 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
67
Early backer (in before they grew)
163/174
Grantees still filing
141/174
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AIDS UNITED: $13,269,989 · EducationAIDS UNITEDDUKE UNIVERSITY: $770,958 · EducationPREP4ALL INC: $665,240 · Education+9 more: $1,039,768 · Education+9 moreZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,643,554 · OtherZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INCUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $647,968 · OtherSPRINGBOARD HEALTHLAB: $1,760,421 · OtherSPRINGBOARD HEALTHLABHENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $434,814 · OtherSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $621,487 · OtherTHE VISION COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO: $510,200 · Other+82 more: $5,305,841 · Other+82 moreThe Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF): $606,674 · HealthThe Global Forum …NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $599,045 · HealthNATIONAL HARM RED…AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC: $500,000 · HealthAIDS FOUNDATION H…GEORGIA HARM REDUCTION COALITION INC: $500,000 · HealthGEORGIA HARM REDU…SAN ANTONIO AIDS FOUNDATION: $495,197 · HealthSAN ANTONIO AIDS …SERO PROJECT INC: $300,000 · HealthNorth Carolina Aids Action Network: $275,000 · HealthAIDS ALABAMA INC: $265,000 · HealthTHRIVE SS INC: $249,500 · HealthMy Brother's Keeper Inc: $244,000 · Health+38 more: $3,016,675 · Health+38 moreVITAL STRATEGIES INC: $1,157,028 · InternationalTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $865,909 · InternationalCLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC: $554,129 · InternationalFamily Health International Inc: $517,163 · InternationalFUNDERS CONCERNED ABOUT AIDS INC: $176,000 · InternationalSISTERLOVE INCORPORATED: $140,000 · InternationalFLORIDA HARM REDUCTION COLLECTIVE INC: $495,271 · Human ServicesFRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION: $271,220 · Human ServicesMIRACLE OF LOVE INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesIN THE MEANTIME MENS GROUP INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesTHE KNIGHTS & ORCHIDS SOCIETY INC: $154,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesBRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $90,000 · Human Services+19 more: $835,500 · Human ServicesEQUALITY FOUNDATION OF GA INC: $600,269 · Civil RightsEquality Ohio Education Fund: $445,380 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $441,285 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center: $390,000 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $100,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY FLORIDA INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $100,000 · Civil Rights+7 more: $320,214 · Civil RightsNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $1,303,592 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $290,000 · Community ImprovementHOUSING WORKS INC: $290,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $75,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $40,000 · Community Improvement
Education$15,745,955Other$12,924,285Health$7,051,091International$3,410,229Human Services$2,505,991Civil Rights$2,497,148Community Improvement$1,998,592

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAIDS UNITED: $13,269,989 over 5y, 55% of budgetSPRINGBOARD HEALTHLAB: $1,760,421 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $1,303,592 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetVITAL STRATEGIES INC: $1,157,028 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $865,909 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $770,958 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $621,487 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF): $606,674 over 1y, 17% of budgetEQUALITY FOUNDATION OF GA INC: $600,269 over 4y, 19% of budgetNATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $599,045 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetCLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE INC: $554,129 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $517,163 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VISION COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO: $510,200 over 2y, 45% of budgetAIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGEORGIA HARM REDUCTION COALITION INC: $500,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetFLORIDA HARM REDUCTION COLLECTIVE INC: $495,271 over 1y, 23% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AIDS FOUNDATION: $495,197 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $469,768 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Ohio Education Fund: $445,380 over 1y, 20% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $441,285 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $434,814 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $390,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $378,440 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $290,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOUSING WORKS INC: $290,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNorth Carolina Aids Action Network: $275,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetFRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION: $271,220 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetAIDS ALABAMA INC: $265,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHERN AIDS COALITION: $265,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetTHRIVE SS INC: $249,500 over 3y, 14% of budgetMy Brother's Keeper Inc: $244,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC: $239,798 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetRemedy Alliance Inc: $238,882 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetDAVE PURCHASE PROJECT: $235,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTAG TREATMENT ACTION GROUP INC: $200,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $198,950 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA: $195,008 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetALAMO AREA RESOURCE CENTER INC: $192,862 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUS HELPING US PEOPLE INTO LIVING INC: $180,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYoung Scholars For Academic Empowerment dba TruEvolution Inc: $180,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMIRACLE OF LOVE INC: $180,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Montrose Center: $180,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIN THE MEANTIME MENS GROUP INC: $180,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFUNDERS CONCERNED ABOUT AIDS INC: $176,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE KNIGHTS & ORCHIDS SOCIETY INC: $154,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCASA RUBY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNASHVILLE CARES: $142,646 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AIDS UnitedBroadway Caresequity …The Mac AIDS FundThe Estee Lauder Comp…The Elizabeth Taylor …AIDS Healthcare Found…Wellspring Philanthro…Emory UniversityHuman Rights Campaign…National Alliance of …Borealis PhilanthropyNational Foundation f…
AIDS UnitedDC162.8× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AIDS United · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · The Mac AIDS Fund · The Estee Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation · The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation · AIDS Healthcare Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Emory University · Human Rights Campaign Foundation · National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directorsdba Nastad · Borealis Philanthropy · National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Hiv Alliance: 54% of income from government
  • Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Guiding Right Inc: 28% of income from government
  • North Jersey Aids Alliance Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Basic Nwfl Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Hyacinth Aids Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Out Now Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Big Bend Cares Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Miracle of Love Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
55report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 201 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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