Chart 11: Domestic Target Populations for U.S. HIV/AIDS Philanthropic Funding in 2008 (by percentage of 48 top funders that responded to the survey question)
Domestic Funding Target Populations 63%
PLWHA African-Americans
33%
MSM
33%
Youth
31%
Homeless/impoverished
31% 27%
Women 21%
IDUs
19%
Other 13%
Latinos HCWs 6% Asian/Pacific Islanders 4% OVC 4% Migrants
2%
Sex workers
2%
Incarcerated people 1% 0%
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30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Percentage of Top Funders The “other” category for domestic target populations included responses that fell outside of the predetermined categories. Funders reported the following examples as “other”: funding for all populations, people of color, medical research not directed to a specific population, all persons at risk of contracting HIV, Jewish communities, and immigrant communities. It is notable that while data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate over half of new HIV infections in the United States in 2006 were among gay and bisexual men, only a third of domestic funders identified this group as a top beneficiary of their organizations’ giving.20 Similarly, African-Americans accounted for half of HIV diagnoses in 2007, but only a third of domestic funders identified this group as a top target population of their funding.21 20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2007, (Vol. 19). http://www.cdc. gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/ reports/2007report/default.htm 22 ibid.
U.S. Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2008
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