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06/21/2011
Authored by: Sarah Hamilton
The 30th anniversary of AIDS also
creates an important opportunity for the FCAA community to stop and
reflect on the important role of philanthropy has played in supporting
and advancing the global response to HIV/AIDS. Following the first
reported case of AIDS, philanthropy was still struggling to respond to
the epidemic; most funding for early AIDS efforts came from individuals,
and was mostly informal and highly personal. In 1987 FCAA was founded by
a group of grantmakers dedicated to bringing philanthropic attention to
the AIDS crisis and to building the field of AIDS-related philanthropy.
In 2003 FCAA published HIV/AIDS Philanthropy: History and Current Parameters 1981-2000 to provide a brief overview and history of U.S.-based HIV/AIDS philanthropy.
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02/16/2012
By: John Barnes
Setting the Stage
1987 was a momentous year. President
Reagan was embroiled in the Iran Contra affair in the same year that he
famously called upon Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down
this wall” in Berlin, and nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Televangelist
Pat Robertson launched his campaign for the presidency and the Dow
Jones Industrial Average hit historic highs at 2,000 and 2,500 before
crashing on “Black Monday”. In pop culture, Aretha
Franklin was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while future
global health activist, Bono, released Joshua Tree with U2; plans were unveiled for Euro Disney and The Simpsons were introduced to American television audiences.
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