New York · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH (New York) receives grants from 240 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,539,036 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,279,356). 127 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 240
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $34M
What The Foundation for AIDS Research does
Mission
Amfar is dedicated to ending the global aids epidemic through innovative research. (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As a leading nonprofit, amfar advances scientific discovery to improve global health, with a primary and enduring commitment to ending the hiv/aids epidemic. Serving as a catalyst for breakthrough science, amfar supports innovative research in areas where viruses and the immune system play a defining role, including cancer, neurological conditions, aging, autoimmune disorders, and other viral diseases. For further details, see scheule o.
$12,787,908 spentof which $3,706,225 as grants$6,132 earned by the program53% of program spendingTreat asiathe asia-pacific region is home to nearly 7 million people living with hiv, the world's largest epidemic after that in eastern and southern africa, with 23% of all new infections globally. Treatment coverage varies significantly across the region, where people living with and at risk for hiv are also challenged by co-infections such as hepatitis, tuberculosis, and mental health issues. With its network of 21 adult and 18 pediatric sites in 12 countries across the region, amfar's treat asia program brings researchers, health professionals, and advocates together to improve standards of care, expand access to treatment and prevention, and support community-led monitoring of health needs across the region. Championing database-driven researchtreat 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. Iedea is central to the international research in which treat asia participates, ranging from studies on treatment outcomes, cancer screening, and clinical outcomes of pulmonary tb, to mental health challenges faced by…
$6,141,063 spentof which $2,649,385 as grants25% of program spendingPublic informationamfar translates and disseminates information on important hiv-related research, treatment, prevention, and policy issues for diverse audiences to increase awareness and knowledge of the pandemic. Amfar publishes a wide range of educational materials, maintains an informative website, works closely with the media to raise the profile of hiv/aids, both domestically and internationally, and to help ensure the accuracy of hiv-related press coverage, and engages respected public figures, scientists, and policymakers in communicating the need for continued research to develop new methods of prevention and treatment, and a cure for hiv. Raising hiv awareness across platformsamfar frequently spotlights information about hiv and other health challenges across different platforms to reach diverse audiences.amfar produces periodicals in both print and digital formats, including its newsletter, innovations, distributed to about 15,500 people, and a monthly e-mail newsletter, insights, distributed to approximately 24,500 recipients. The foundation's websitewww.amfar.orgfeatures news, interviews, and original articles covering hiv research, policy, the global epidemic, and…
$3,219,765 spent13% of program spendingPublic policyamfar's public policy office underscores urgent hiv public policy issues by making data interpretable and accessible for advocacy. The mission of the foundation's policy program is to: 1. Support evidence-based hiv policies; 2. Advocate for increased global, domestic, and research hiv dollars; and 3. Ensure that efforts to end hiv address old and new threats. The policy office accomplishes these objectives by publishing in medical journals and garnering media attention, as well as the attention of congressional members and offices. In fy25, the policy office's scientific publications included in three articles in two highly competitive sought-after medical journals [the lancet and the journal of the american medical association (jama)]. Ending the hiv epidemic and other health challenges in the u.s.throughout the year, amfar met with members of congress, senate and house committees, and other government representatives to promote an evidenced-based response to the u.s. Hiv epidemic and discuss policy initiatives. In particular, policy staff developed and shared rapid-response information with stakeholders about best practices in the domestic hiv response, highlighting…
$1,963,199 spentof which $30,001 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,111,935.
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 2017 to 2018, from $80M to $70M (−13%).
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 29% · 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 31% · 2021 47% · 2022 24% · 2023 34% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
160% of THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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
Kevin Frost
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 64 funders to 82 funders, grant income rose $726k → $2.2M.
31 of 240 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 240 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 8% of grant income, and it takes 17 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 17 funders to its left
49% 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 18% · 2019 13% · 2020 16% · 2021 25% · 2022 23% · 2023 10% — diversifying over time.
“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
38% of THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 32 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH's funding base is broadening — from 64 funders to 82 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$31.7M
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 THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH (New York) receives grants from 240 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,539,036 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,279,356). 127 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 240 organizations giving $15,539,036 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH, 127 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,279,356 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 240 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