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MPact Global Action for Gay Men's Health and Rights

Global Action for Gay Men's Health and Rights

aka MPact   |   Oakland, CA   |  www.mpactglobal.org

Mission

MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights was founded in 2006 by a group of activists concerned about the disproportionate HIV disease burden shouldered by gay men and other men who have sex with men. MPact works at the intersection of sexual health and human rights. We are linked to more than 120 community-based organizations in 62 countries who are leading innovative community-led solutions to the challenges faced by gay and bisexual men around the world. MPact's mission is to advocate for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for gay men and bisexual men, including those living with HIV, while promoting their health and human rights worldwide.

Ruling year info

2015

Executive Director

Andrew Spieldenner PhD

Main address

4096 Piedmont Avenue #720

Oakland, CA 94611 USA

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Formerly known as

MSMGF

EIN

47-1065461

NTEE code info

AIDS (G81)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

About MPact: MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights was founded in 2006 by an international group of activists who were concerned about the disproportionate HIV burden being shouldered by gay and bisexual men. We have since expanded our work to focus on the broader sexual health and human rights needs of all men who have sex with men. Our mission is to advocate for equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services for gay men and bisexual men, including those living with HIV, while promoting health and human rights worldwide. We work around the world to identify and advocate for policies that protect the rights of queer people and ensure that queer people have full access to robust, culturally competent healthcare. MPact draws on the expertise and lived experience of our staff and partners in country to channel resources and advocate for adequate funding at the global level to address the most urgent public health crises facing our com

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Bridging The Gaps

Bridging the Gaps is an international HIV initiative focused on the health and rights of LGBT people, sex workers, and people who use drugs. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and led by Aids Fonds, the program was developed and is implemented in 16 countries by an alliance of 5 Dutch-based organizations, 4 global key population networks, and more than 100 local partner organizations. A central website describing the overall program is available at www.hivgaps.org

Population(s) Served
LGBTQ people

Men who have sex with men have played a central role in designing and implementing HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programs since the start of the HIV epidemic. For more than 30 years, their expertise, creativity, energy and fortitude have shaped the global response to the epidemic in important and indelible ways. The MSM Implementation Toolkit (MSMIT) seeks to honor and support the legacy forged by men who have sex with men at the community level and which they continue to create. It therefore gives particular attention to programs run or led by men who have sex with men themselves, in contexts where this is possible.

Population(s) Served
LGBTQ people

Where we work

Our results

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Total dollar amount of grants awarded

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

MPact's primary goal is to resource and support organizations around the world advancing the health and rights of queer and transgender people. We meet this goal through strategic grantmaking, technical assistance, training and community engagement, as well as advocacy. Our vision is a world where queer and transgender people living or vulnerable to HIV live healthly and fully liberated lives, free of discrimination and violence.

MPact works with individuals and organizations across the world to seed movements that advance the health, rights, and liberation of queer and transgender people. We carry out these activities through the following strategic priorities:

- Grant-making: We raise and distribute more than $1.8 million per year to community based organizations around the world working to advance the rights of queer and transgender people.

- Supporting Movements: We provide training to individuals and technical support to organizations to foster the next generation of advocates on the front lines of LGBTQ+ rights and the global HIV response.

- Advocacy & Communication: We conduct policy research, educate policy makers, and advocate in the halls of power for the health and rights of our community.

MPact is uniquely positioned to meet our goals.

- Our visionary Board of directs is comprised of accomplished leaders from across multiple sectors.
- Our staff and support team are experts in the respective fields and are positioned around the world to be strategically close to our partners.
- Our robust funding gives us the ability to engage in longt-term strategic planning.

MPact has made significant and measurable progress in advancing our mission over the last several years. We have seeded movements advancing queer and trans rights in some of the most hostile places in the world for our community. The advocates we have cultivated have emerged as leaders in their countries. Our convening power has brought communities together across borders to grapple with the most pressing crises our community has faced, from emerging health emergencies such as Monkeypox, scaling up access to biomedical HIV prevention, and mobilizing to change laws that criminalize queer and trans identity and same sex behavior.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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MPact Global Action for Gay Men's Health and Rights

Board of directors
as of 06/25/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Jorge Saavedra

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/8/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Asian/Asian American
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or other sexual orientations in the LGBTQIA+ community
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/21/2022

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Data
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.