Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AIDS UNITED
AIDS UNITED (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,680,908 to it, the largest being ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ($13,269,989). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.3M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What AIDS United does
Mission
AIDS United's mission is to end the aids epidemic in the united states. The organization seeks to fulfill their mission through strategic grant making, capacity building, policy advocacy and technical assistance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Other programs
$3,710,517 spentof which $1,272,369 as grants53% of program spendingHrsa 2is: the coordination center for technical assistance is supported by four year subcontract with the fenway institute, which is funded directly by hrsa's hiv/aids bureau. This initiative is focused on implementing and evaluating eleven evidence-informed interventions in four focus areas: improving hiv health outcomes for msm of color, improving hiv health outcomes for transgender women, identifying and addressing trauma for people living with hiv and integrating behavior health in hiv care. AIDS United is charged with the selection, funding and monitoring of the 20 funded subrecipients, providing technical assistance.
$2,477,897 spentof which $849,692 as grants35% of program spendingSouthern hiv impact fund: focuses on the needs of individuals and policy advocacy and movement building. Serving nine states in the united states south (alabama, florida, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, and texas), this initiative focuses on increasing cross sectional work among traditionally hiv focused organizations and those with little or no prior hiv experience, but with a history of working to advance social justice and/or civil rights. Organizations working in the intersecting fields of racial and social justice, gender equality and reproductive rights, lgbtq, immigration, detention and mass incarceration, among others are well-positioned to positively impact the social determinants of health that have significant implications for people living with or at risk.
$842,551 spentof which $288,918 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,030,965.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $16M to $10M (−37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 41% · 2018 47% · 2019 46% · 2020 40% · 2021 80% · 2022 47% · 2023 53% · 2024 51% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of AIDS UNITED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Carl Baloney
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $3.7M.
7 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AIDS UNITED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AIDS UNITED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AIDS UNITED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 50% · 2019 84% · 2020 42% · 2021 31% · 2022 73% · 2023 73% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
34% of AIDS UNITED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AIDS UNITED draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AIDS UNITED is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AIDS UNITED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$20.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AIDS UNITED
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AIDS UNITED: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AIDS UNITED?
- AIDS UNITED (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,680,908 to it, the largest being ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ($13,269,989). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AIDS UNITED have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $32,680,908 in grants to AIDS UNITED, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AIDS UNITED?
- ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,269,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AIDS UNITED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 47 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing