AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
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| Abbreviation | AVAC |
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| Formation | Tax-exempt since April 1997 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| EIN: 943240841 | |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Revenue | 10,029,156 USD (2024) |
| Expenses | 13,791,130 USD (2024) |
| Website | avac |
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AVAC is a New York City-based international non-profit community- and consumer-based organization working to accelerate ethical development and delivery of AIDS vaccines and other HIV prevention options to populations throughout the world.[2]
History
Founded in 1995,[3] AVAC uses public education, policy analysis, advocacy and Community Mobilization to accelerate a response to the epidemic. AVAC's goal is to involve affected populations in work to promote the ethical introduction and distribution of life-saving HIV/AIDS technologies such as vaccines and microbicides. AVAC works to provide independent analysis, policy advocacy, public education and mobilisation to enhance AIDS vaccine research and development.[4][2]
In 2023 AVACs Country Director in Malawi, Ulanda Mtamba was recognised as one of the BBC 100 Women.[5]
Funders
Funders have included:
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,[3]
- Ford Foundation[6]
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative[7]
- Until There's a Cure Foundation[7]
- Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS[7]
- Gill Foundation[8]
- Overbrook Foundation[9]
- USAID[7]
- The Children's Investment Fund Foundation[7]
- Combined Federal Campaign[7]
- FHI 360[7]
- UNAIDS[7]
- Mac AIDS Fund[7]
References
- ^ "AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition". Internal Revenue Service filings. ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- ^ a b "AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition". AVAC. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ a b "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards Three-Year Grant to AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition". www.gatesfoundation.org. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ^ "AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition(AVAC)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ Agbetiloye, Adekunle (2023-11-24). "Meet the 13 African women named among BBC 100 women in 2023". Business Insider Africa. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "FORD FOUNDATION MAKES TWO YEAR AWARD TO AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION". AVAC (Press release). Archived from the original on 27 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Donors". AVAC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2025.
- ^ "2022 Report" (PDF). AVAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2024.
This publication and AVAC's continuous policy, advocacy, and outreach work is made possible by the dedicated labor of AVAC advocates and contributions from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Until There's a Cure Foundation, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Gill Foundation, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the Horizons Foundation, and many generous individuals.
- ^ "AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Issues Report on Tenofovir Prevention Trials: Calls for coordinated response to ensure trials continue". AVAC (Press release). Archived from the original on 26 February 2024.
This special report and AVAC's continuous policy analysis, advocacy, education and outreach work are made possible by the dedicated labor of AVAC advocates and support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Ford Foundation, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the Overbrook Foundation, Until There's a Cure Foundation, the WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative, and many generous individuals who have become AVAC Members.