Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$29,082,707

Total expenses

$33,940,246

Contributions and grants received

$42,216,134

Grants paid

$5,747,152

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$906,419

Other revenue

-$14,039,846

Total assets, end of year

$50,719,163

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,349,538

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$32,369,625

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$24,729,591

Management and general expenses

$2,688,409

Fundraising expenses

$6,522,246

Program service expenses (Part III)

$24,729,591

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• AMFAR SUPPORTS RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT EXPLORE NOVEL APPROACHES TO SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND BUT UNTESTED HYPOTHESES IN ALL AREAS OF RESEARCH ON HIV/AIDS. FUNDING GOAL-ORIENTED STUDIES THAT OFTEN LACK THE PRELIMINARY DATA REQUIRED FOR SUPPORT FROM TRADITIONAL GRANT MAKERS. THE FOUNDATION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN HIV/AIDS RESEARCH, IDENTIFYING CRITICAL GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SEED MONEY THAT ENABLES GRANTEES AND FELLOWS TO TEST THE MERITS OF NEW CONCEPTS OR TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUBSEQUENTLY CAN BE VALIDATED THROUGH LARGE-SCALE STUDIES, SUCH AS THOSE FUNDED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE SCHEULE O.

  Expenses $13,557,689 · Grants $3,874,168

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $5,074,670 · Grants $1,734,984

• PUBLIC 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, AND ENGAGES RESPECTED PUBLIC FIGURES, HIV/AIDS SCIENTISTS, AND POLICYMAKERS IN COMMUNICATING THE NEED FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP NEW METHODS OF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, AND, ULTIMATELY, A CURE FOR HIV. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AMFAR PRODUCES PERIODICALS IN BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMATS, INCLUDING ITS NEWSLETTER, INNOVATIONS, PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR AND DISTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 16,000 PEOPLE, AND A MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, INSIGHTS, DISTRIBUTED TO APPROXIMATELY 20,000 RECIPIENTS. THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE - WWW.AMFAR.ORG - FEATURES NEWS, INTERVIEWS, AND ORIGINAL ARTICLES COVERING HIV RESEARCH, POLICY, THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC, AND AMFAR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE WEBSITE ATTRACTS AN AVERAGE OF 18,000 VISITS AND OVER 31,000 PAGEVIEWS PER MONTH. AMFAR CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES REPORTS, PRESS RELEASES, AND UPDATES ON MAJOR HIV/AIDS ISSUES AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EDUCATING POLICYMAKERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, AND THE PUBLIC. AMFAR'S PUBLIC INFORMATION TEAM ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC POLICY OFFICE AND TREAT ASIA STAFF (SEE ABOVE) TO PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUE BRIEFS, FACTS SHEETS, INFOGRAPHICS, AND REPORTS.SOCIAL MEDIAAMFAR HAS VIGOROUSLY EXPANDED ITS PRESENCE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ARENA, REACHING LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS OFTEN LESS EDUCATED ABOUT HIV AND THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. POSTS IN FY2023 COVERED TOPICS SUCH AS TREATMENT ACCESS, HIV CRIMINALIZATION (INCLUDING UGANDA'S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT), CUTS IN HIV FUNDING, THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV TESTING, WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PEPFAR ON THE GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM'S TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND IN LIGHT OF ITS POSSIBLE DEFUNDING BY CONGRESS. THE FOUNDATION HAS EXPANDED ITS SOCIAL PLATFORMS TO INCLUDE TIKTOK, TARGETING A NEW GENERATION OF ADVOCATES. AMFAR REGULARLY UPDATES ITS SOCIAL CHANNELS WITH THE LATEST RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS AND POLICY NEWS, AS WELL AS DETAILED COVERAGE FROM ITS WORLD-RENOWNED FUNDRAISING GALAS. AMFAR HAS OVER 85,000 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK, MORE THAN 42,000 X (FORMERLY TWITTER) FOLLOWERS, OVER 120,500 TIKTOK FOLLOWERS, AND 194,000 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS. DURING AMFAR'S VENICE GALA, THE FOUNDATION'S INSTAGRAM POSTS GARNERED OVER 1.3M IMPRESSIONS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF PHOTO AND VIDEO CONTENT. AMFAR STRATEGICALLY PLACED SEVERAL PROGRAMMATIC MESSAGES IN ITS FEEDS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TO CAPITALIZE ON HEIGHTENED TRAFFIC OUR CHANNELS RECEIVED. MEDIA OUTREACHAMFAR CONTINUED TO WORK 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. ARTICLES AND REPORTS INVOLVING AMFAR MANY OF WHICH INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF WERE CARRIED IN NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING NBC NEWS, PBS NEWSHOUR, NPR, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, VANITY FAIR, VOGUE, VOGUE BUSINESS, W, PEOPLE, VARIETY, THE LANCET, PHARMACY TIMES, JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY, POZ, AIDSMAP, THEBODY, CR FASHION BOOK, WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, ELLE, US WEEKLY, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, DEADLINE, PAGE SIX, WIRED, ET, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, COSMOPOLITAN, TOWN & COUNTRY, CULTED, ARTNET, HAUTE LIVING, BUZZFEED, MIAMI LIVING, PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS, PALM BEACH SOCIETY, FLORIDA WEEKLY, THE TENNESSEAN, QUEST, ARTSPACE, GAY CITY NEWS, INSIDER, NYLON, VOGUE HONG KONG, HARPER'S BAZAAR FRANCE, EURONEWS, PARIS MATCH, L'OFFICIEL ITALIA, AND L'OFFICIEL AUSTRIA.AMFAR GARNERED APPROXIMATELY 21,400 MENTIONS ACROSS MEDIA IN FY2023.MULTIMODAL AWARENESS-RAISINGAMFAR FREQUENTLY SPOTLIGHTS AIDS AWARENESS NOT ONLY ACROSS DIFFERENT PLATFORMS BUT ACROSS DIFFERENT MEDIA IN ORDER TO REACH DIVERSE AUDIENCES. FOR WORLD AIDS DAY 2022, AMFAR'S PUBLIC INFORMATION TEAM PRODUCED A VIDEO FEATURING THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO AND PROGRAM HEADS, OFFERING INSIGHTS INTO PROGRESS ON HIV/AIDS, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN HIV POLICY, AND CURRENT HIV RESEARCH.AMFAR PARTNERED WITH PROSPECT 100 TO SPONSOR AN NFT ART/DESIGN COMPETITION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. JUDGES INCLUDED KENDALL JENNER, JEFF KOONS, KATE MOSS, J BALVIN, ALTON MASON, AND BAZ LUHRMANN.ALONG WITH MARKING NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AMFAR HELPED COMMEMORATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DENVER PRINCIPLES, A FOUNDING DOCUMENT THAT BECOME A BLUEPRINT OF EMPOWERMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, WITH A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASE AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.IN JUNE 2023, AMFAR ORGANIZED SEVERAL PRE-PRIDE EVENTS IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES AND PARTICIPATED IN NEW YORK CITY'S HERITAGE OF PRIDE MARCH BY SPONSORING A FLOAT THAT CELEBRATED UNITY AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.BENEFIT EVENTSPUBLIC INFORMATION ASSISTED IN THE PRODUCTION OF BENEFIT EVENTS SUCH AS FUNDRAISING GALAS IN DALLAS, TEXAS, IN OCTOBER 2022; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 2022; PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, MARCH 2023; CANNES, FRANCE, MAY 2023; AND VENICE, ITALY, IN SEPTEMBER 2023. CELEBRITY SUPPORT AMFAR'S PUBLIC AWARENESS EFFORTS ARE GREATLY ENHANCED BY THE COMMITTED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC FIGURES WHO LEND THEIR VOICES AND DONATE THEIR TIME, TALENTS, AND RESOURCES TO HELP SUSTAIN THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. SUPPORT OF AMFAR FROM PROMINENT PUBLIC FIGURES BEGAN WITH THE LATE DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AMFAR'S FOUNDING INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMAN, AND OTHERS HAVE FOLLOWED IN HER FOOTSTEPS. AMFAR IS PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUING SUPPORT OF CELEBRITIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS INCLUDED ANGELA BASSETT, KATE BECKINSALE, ORLANDO BLOOM, MATTEO BOCELLI, KELLY CLARKSON, ROBERT DE NIRO, LEONARDO DICAPRIO, AVA DUVERNAY, JAY ELLIS, LUKE EVANS, EMILY HAMPSHIRE, ED HARRIS, ETHAN HAWKE, TOMMY HILFIGER, CHEYENNE JACKSON, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON, MILLA JOVOVICH, HEIDI KLUM, GLADYS KNIGHT, JANE KRAKOWSKI, ADAM LAMBERT, JULIAN LENNON, LEONA LEWIS, EVA LONGORIA, JANE LYNCH, TOBEY MAGUIRE, JAMES MARSDEN, CATHERINE O'HARA, KEKE PALMER, TYLER PERRY, QUEEN LATIFAH, RITA ORA, SHERYL LEE RALPH, BEBE REXHA, COCO ROCHA, MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, CARINE ROITFELD, JEREMY SCOTT, TROYE SIVAN, ALEXANDER SKARSGRD, KENAN THOMPSON, BELLA THORNE, ELLEN VON UNWERTH, TAIKA WAITITI, JESSE WILLIAMS, REBEL WILSON, AND JEFFREY WRIGHT.

  Expenses $3,820,815

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $2,276,417 · Grants $138,000 · Revenue $61,777

• BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF FIVE TRANS-LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE IN NSP-FOCUSED ADVOCACY AND SHAPE TRANS-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING.IN 2023, AMFAR STAFF PUBLISHED THREE ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS WITH FAR-REACHING POLICY IMPLICATIONS. IN THE LANCET HIV IN MARCH, GREG MILLETT, MPH, AMFAR VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, CO-AUTHORED "ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PUNITIVE POLICIES AND LEGAL BARRIERS TO CONSENSUAL SAME-SEXUAL ACTS AMONG GAY MEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA," POOLING DATA FROM TEN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC, CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES CONDUCTED IN 25 SITES ACROSS THE REGION.THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY PUBLISHED A "VIEWPOINT" WARNING THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION OF GLOBAL HEALTH FUNCTIONS WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT PEPFAR. WRITTEN BY GREG MILLETT, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR EMILY BASS, AND BRIAN HONERMANN, AMFAR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, THE COMMENTARY OUTLINED THE WAYS IN WHICH TAMPERING WITH PEPFAR WOULD NOT ONLY WASTE TIME AND MONEY, BUT ALSO UPEND PROGRESS ON AIDS AND HAMPER OUR RESPONSE TO OTHER PANDEMICS.IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY, GREG MILLETT CO-AUTHORED "THERE IS NO ENDING AIDS BY 2030 WITHOUT IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS," WHICH ILLUMINATED THE WAYS IN WHICH SUBOPTIMAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE HIV-RELATED HEALTH OUTCOMES.AMFAR NUMEROUS PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AMFAR PARTICIPATED IN THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE ON HIV SCIENCE (IAS 2023) IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC POLICY TEAM AUTHORED FIVE ABSTRACTS, COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS PEPFAR'S RECENCY SURVEILLANCE STRATEGY, QUALITY OF CARE FOR KEY POPULATIONS, AND COMMUNITY-LED MONITORING IN SOUTH AFRICA, AMONG OTHERS.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

  $949,169

  RESEARCH

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

  $837,920

  RESEARCH

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

  $260,000

  RESEARCH

• THE WISTAR INSTITUTE

  $243,155

  RESEARCH

• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $151,987

  TREAT ASIA

• UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  $147,598

  RESEARCH

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

  $128,465

  RESEARCH

• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

  $102,301

  PUBLIC POLICY

• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

  $75,000

  RESEARCH

• INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  $75,000

  RESEARCH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

6 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202432199349301603

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