Transformative Grants (Gilead COMPASS Initiative)

Transformative Grants (Gilead COMPASS Initiative) is sponsored by Gilead Sciences. Transformative Grants, offered through the Gilead COMPASS Initiative, support programs and activities that address organizational capacity building, wellbeing, mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use, telehealth, faith-based advocacy, and HIV-related stigma reduction …

Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative® Accepting Transformative Grant Applications from Organizations Fighting HIV in the South Samira Ali, director of the SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPASS Coordinating Center The Gilead COMPASS ( COM mitment to P artnership in A ddressing HIV/AIDS in S outhern S tates) Initiative ® announced a request for proposals (RFP) from organizations working to fight stigma, increase access to health services, and increase local leadership for those living with HIV in the South.

The 2020 Transformative Grants are part of Gilead Sciences’ COMPASS Initiative ® , an unprecedented 10 year, more than $100 million effort working to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern United States.

Samira Ali, assistant professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, received a $5 million grant in 2017 to establish the SUSTAIN ( S upporting U.S. Southern States to Incorporate T rauma-Informed HIV/ A IDS In itiatives for Wellbeing) Center, one of three coordinating centers created to identify and provide funding to local organizations to address the epidemic throughout the Last year, 32 community partner organizations across nine Deep South states were awarded Transformative Grants.

A full list of 2019 Transformative Grant Partners can be found "The Transformative Grant helps our organization address HIV-related stigma through a meaningful program that supports leadership and entrepreneurship among persons living with HIV in our community,” said Derrick Blue of Tampa Hillsborough Action Plan, Inc. “The grant and technical assistance allowed us to build staff capacity to better evaluate the impact of our work."

Transformative Grants focus on supporting the development and implementation of programs and activities that address three programmatic focuses of the COMPASS Initiative ® : Organizational capacity building; Wellness, mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use and telehealth; and HIV-related stigma reduction.

Following the opening of the application, the three Coordinating Centers for the Gilead COMPASS Initiative ® – Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Southern AIDS Coalition, and University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work – will host a series of five informational webinars to provide technical assistance to organizations, provide an overview of the RFP, and offer insight into grants’ programmatic focus areas.

These Coordinating Centers will also ensure grants help address the epidemic throughout the region by mobilizing the local community to implement solutions. More information about the webinars can be found here . Completed proposals are due via the COMPASS Initiative ® website (www.

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com) by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday, September The Coordinating Centers anticipate selection of the Transformative Grant Partners Applicants must be located in and provide services in one of the nine “Deep South” states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas) and must be non-profit, tax-exempt organizations as set forth in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Applicants that do not hold 501(c)(3) status must have a fiscal sponsor to apply. Applicants must be able to complete work proposed within a 12-month period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020. The maximum amount an applicant can request is $100,000.

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