Gilead COMPASS Initiative®
The Gilead COMPASS Initiative funds community organizations in the U.S. South to advance science-based, culturally responsive solutions for HIV, focusing on capacity building, mental health, stigma reduction, and faith advocacy.
Funder: Gilead Sciences
Due Dates: May 15, 2022 | May 8, 2022 | June 15, 2020 | May 8, 2023 | April 8, 2024
Funding Amounts: Up to $100,000 per Transformative Grant (18-month period); other grant lines range from $15,000 to $100,000; ACTION in the South grants up to $55,000.
Summary: Multi-year initiative supporting community-based organizations in the U.S. South to address HIV through capacity building, mental health, stigma reduction, and faith-based advocacy.
Key Information: Applicants must be nonprofits working in 12 Southern states; multiple grant types and deadlines.
Description
The Gilead COMPASS Initiative® is a major philanthropic effort to address the HIV epidemic in the Southern United States, with a commitment of over $100 million across ten years. The program funds community-based organizations to develop and implement solutions that are responsive to the unique needs of Southern communities, especially those disproportionately affected by HIV, including Black individuals and women. The initiative operates through four Coordinating Centers, each focusing on a key area: organizational capacity building, mental health and trauma-informed care, stigma reduction, and faith-based advocacy.
Grants are available to support a variety of projects, such as developing organizational infrastructure, implementing trauma-informed care, reducing HIV-related stigma, and building inclusive faith-based responses. The initiative emphasizes holistic, evidence-based, and culturally appropriate interventions, and prioritizes organizations that center racial justice and the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV.
