The Chicago-based charity Fred Says will be giving $50,000 across the United States to organizations supporting HIV-positive youth, with two large “impact grants” at $10,000 going to Test Positive Awareness Network (Chicago) and Lost-and-Found (Atlanta).
The money is being given to provide fiscal support for any advocacy going on that helps educated the public about the needs of young people at risk for HIV, to help cover costs associated with running direct services for HIV-positive youth, or other areas cited by organizations.
Other recipients will include Advocates for Youth (Washington, D.C.), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Bay Area Young Positives (San Francisco), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Callen-Lorde’s Health Outreach to Teens (New York City), The LGBT Center (New York City), St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Adolescent HIV Program (Memphis, Tennessee) and POZ Magazine (New York City).