Abbreviation amfAR Legal status Research charity Founded 1985 Motto Making AIDS History | Tax ID no. 13-3163817 Focus AIDS Research Endowment 443,886 USD (2013) Revenue 29.94 million USD (2013) | |
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Formation September 1983 (1983-09) Merger of AIDS Medical Foundation
National AIDS Research Foundation Headquarters New York City, New York, United States Founders Mathilde Krim, Elizabeth Taylor Similar Council of Fashion Designer, Lincoln Center for the Perfor, Museum of Modern Art Profiles | ||
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, (AMerican Foundation for Aids Research) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of AIDS-related public policy.
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History
In the early 1980s, a group of researchers and scientists including Mathilde Krim, Ph.D., then a researcher at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, formed an informal study group to investigate the condition that came to be known as AIDS. In 1983, Dr. Krim, Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, Michael Callen, and several others launched the New York-based AIDS Medical Foundation. In Los Angeles, Dr. Michael S. Gottlieb and Elizabeth Taylor spearheaded the creation of the National AIDS Research Foundation. The two organizations merged in September 1985 to become american foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). The merged organization was launched with a $250,000 contribution from Rock Hudson shortly before his AIDS-related death in October 1985.
Charity Watch rates Foundation for AIDS Research a "B" grade.
Charity Navigator rates amfAR a four-star charity.
Advocacy
As an advocate of evidence-based AIDS-related public policy, amfAR works to secure necessary increases in funding for HIV/AIDS research, implement the new national HIV/AIDS strategy, expand access to care and treatment, and protect the civil rights of all people affected by HIV.