The Campbell Foundation
Helping Make HIV/AIDS History Since 1995
PRESS RELEASES 2016
The Campbell Foundation Awards $65,000 in "Holiday Hugs" to HIV/AIDS Organizations
Dec. 9, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – This year, the foundation is pleased to announce it is awarding $5,000 to 13 nonprofits for a total of $65,000. This brings our total funding to direct service organizations to more than $1.2 million.
The Campbell Foundation's Ken Rapkin Named One of POZ 100
Nov. 14, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation is pleased to announce that its Executive Director, Ken Rapkin, has been named one of the POZ 100. The POZ 100 list celebrates people working to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Nov. 4, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, has awarded a $77,495 grant to Cristina Granziera, MD, PhD. of Massachusetts General Hospital. The money will be used to study the gut-brain relationship in HIV-positive patients.
The Campbell Foundation Awards Grant to Scripps Florida AIDS Researcher
Aug. 23, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, has awarded a $79,151 grant to Susana Valente, Ph.D. at The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Fla.
The Campbell Foundation's Ken Rapkin to Receive Broward House "Spirit of Hope" Award
Aug. 3, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a Fort Lauderdale-based nonprofit organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, is pleased to announce that its Executive Director, Ken Rapkin, will receive the “Spirit of Hope” award from Broward House.
June 20, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, has awarded an $80,000 grant to Jonathan Leis, PhD, professor of microbiology-immunology at Northwestern University.
The Campbell Foundation Awards Grant to HIV/AIDS Researcher to Develop HIV-1 Killer Peptides
May 2, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, has awarded a $75,000 grant to Dr. Irwin Chaiken and his team of researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia who are looking to develop an effective delivery system targeting hidden reservoirs of the HIV virus.
South Florida "Fast-Track" Grant Recipients Report Important Strides in Research Efforts
February 18, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Thanks to $30,000 fast-track grants awarded by The Campbell Foundation, three South Florida HIV/AIDS research groups have been able to successfully obtain critical state and national funding to further their investigational efforts.
The Campbell Foundation Promotes Ken Rapkin to Executive Director
January 6, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Campbell Foundation, a Fort Lauderdale-based organization dedicated to funding HIV/AIDS research, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ken Rapkin to Executive Director. Mr. Rapkin has served as the foundation’s Program Officer since its inception in 1995.