The AIDS Foundation of Chicago will award $1.2 million in grants to more than 55 Chicago-area organizations this week. AFC also reports that the Illinois General Assembly approved a record number of HIV-related bills this year aimed at lowering new HIV infections and assisting those living with HIV. See www.aidschicago.org.
Chicago is making history with the announcement that the Jewish Lesbian and Gay Fund, a donor-advised field of interest fund which is the first of its kind, has awarded its first grants. They have granted $50,000 to agencies for programs in Chicago’s Jewish lesbian and gay community, and in Israel.
Fundraisers continue for the Lesbian Community Cancer Project. More than $22,000 was raised in a benefit at the home of Nan Schaffer and Dima Elissa with a backdrop of the lakefront fireworks.