Estate Gift Benefits Local HIV/AIDS Organizations
Kitsap County AIDS Foundation board members accept their check from Abdel
Pride Foundation’s Board and staff were honored by Mr. Cornwell’s trust and inspired by his generosity. Eager to put his funding right to work, in December they awarded approximately $250,000 to 27 different HIV/AIDS organizations throughout Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The remaining funds will be distributed in 2010.
“I was ecstatic,” reported Liz Murphy, the Executive Director of the Missoula AIDS Council. “The news came right before World AIDS Day, at a time when we were spending money and wishing we had more to spend on a great cause.”
During these tough economic times, many organizations have been forced to lay off staff members or offer fewer services to their clients. Cornwell’s generous gift gave a boost to these organizations when they really needed it.
Farand presents a check to Spokane AIDS Network
“We are so thankful to have a truly working relationship with the Pride Foundation”, said Scott Bertani, the Assistant Director of Evergreen AIDS Foundation (EAF) of Bellingham, WA and a recipient of the Cornwell funds. “So often, in rural communities like ours, there is a scarcity of openly LGBTQ-supportive agencies around, and to find both Pride and EAF in the same region—working in tandem on similar issues—is not only encouraging, but instrumental towards fulfilling the promises we made to our communities so long ago. Promises like solving stigma, discrimination and inequality.”
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The following organizations all received funding from the Cornwell estate, via Pride Foundation.
Alaksa AIDS Assistance Association (AAAA)
AIDS Housing Association of Tacoma
Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS (ALPHA)
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Kitsap County HIV/AIDS Foundation
Martha’s Pantry
People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN)
United Communities AIDS Network
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