Research and Public Education Grants - $12,400 (23%)


Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA)Charleston, SC
Grant Amount - $5,000

AFFA’s Education and Awareness Campaign educates the moveable middle heterosexual population to achieve acceptance for LGBT people.  It offers information on the concerns of the LGBT community to civic organizations and service professionals open to learning more about sexual orientation.  In addition to offering training, resources, and education, the Campaign builds coalitions and advocates for GLBT citizens in the workplace, legislature, and courts of law. For more information visit their web site www.affa-sc.org


Campus Pride
Charlotte, NC
Grant Amount - $5,000

This is the first ward to Campus Pride.  Funds will be used to support the Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp, the only one of its kind.  The Camp is a five-day event that educated, enlightens and empowers youth on college campuses across the United States.  It is a personal investment in GLBT and ally youth, as the future leaders of our movement for equality.  Specifically, funds will be used for youth scholarships, overall program, educational material and activities.  Campus Pride has been selected to receive the FY2010 Richard Karpawich Research and Public Education Award.  For more information visit their web site www.compuspride.org


Union County AIDS Task Force
Marysville, OH
Grant Amount - $2,400

This the first grant awarded to The Philadelphia Center and the first time they have applied.  The Task Force is a small rural group and their project, Take Control/Get Tested will off incentives to at risk persons in Union County and in two surrounding counties where HIV testing is not available to come in and get tested. This organization does not currently have a web site.