AIDS Fund, an HIV nonprofit that served greater Philadelphia since 1989, shuttered at the end of 2024, according to an announcement posted on Facebook by the AIDS Fund Philly staff and board, who wrote, “With the HIV crisis greatly reduced, AIDS Fund makes bittersweet decision to say ‘Farewell.’”

 

For many years, AIDS Fund Philly organized the monthly GayBINGO and the annual AIDS Walk—two popular fundraisers. Beginning in January, the local nonprofit Action Wellness took over production of GayBINGO; the future of the AIDS Walk is to be determined.

 

AIDS Fund provided emergency financial assistance to people living with HIV disease in the Greater Philadelphia region while providing education and increasing public awareness of HIV/AIDS issues, according to its website.

 

According to 2022 data, 18,226 people were living with HIV in Philadelphia, which has a total population of about 1.6 million.

 

AIDSVu.org, which visualizes HIV data, notes that 63% of the city’s HIV population is Black, 17% is Latino and 16% is white. New diagnoses dropped from 445 in 2018 to 381 in 2022.