Amsterdam, 22 May 2026 — The Robert Carr Fund (RCF) is pleased to announce that the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has joined as a new partner, bringing significant philanthropic investment to sustain and expand community-led responses to HIV.

The announcement was made at the Global Partnerships Conference 2026, where civil society, governments, philanthropists and investors convened to forge the partnerships needed to drive equitable, lasting change, exactly the kind of collaboration that sits at the heart of RCF’s mission. The partnership was also recognised in the UK Government’s official conference announcements, underscoring the global significance of this investment.

This partnership bolsters long-term funding for the global and regional civil society networks and network consortia that RCF supports: networks led by and serving inadequately served populations (ISPs), including people living with HIV, sex workers, people who use drugs, LGBTQ+ communities, and other groups facing discrimination, criminalisation, and barriers to health services.

For 15 years, RCF has upheld its unique role as a trusted financing mechanism providing core, flexible, multi-year funding to regional and global civil society networks led by, and working on behalf of, inadequately served populations.

This partnership matters now more than ever. The global health ecosystem is undergoing a monumental shift, and too often, the communities most affected by HIV are being left out of the very conversations that will shape their futures. Core, flexible, long-term funding is not a luxury in this environment, it is what enables community-led networks to survive crises, adapt, advocate and lead.

Kate Thomson, Vice-Chair, Robert Carr Fund

When the funding crisis hit at the start of 2025, it was precisely this kind of funding through RCF that allowed networks of inadequately served populations to navigate the pressure, innovate and continue their essential work.

This new investment from CIFF bolsters that capacity ensuring that ISP-led networks have the breathing space to build their infrastructure, strengthen their systems, and focus on what they do best: driving the HIV response from the ground up, with communities at the centre.

Shifting power to inadequately served populations is not just RCF’s approach, it is our model. When communities lead, change is sustainable. And with partners like CIFF alongside us, we move closer to a world where everyone and we mean everyone can access the care, protection and support they need to thrive.

About the Robert Carr Fund

The Robert Carr Fund is a unique pooled funding mechanism providing long-term, core and flexible funding to global and regional community-led and civil society networks in the HIV response.
www.robertcarrfund.org

About the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

CIFF is an independent philanthropic organisation that partners with governments, communities and institutions to create systemic, locally-owned change and in turn, a world where all children flourish.
www.ciff.org