The National AIDS Fund's mission is to reduce the incidence and impact of HIV/AIDS by promoting leadership and generating resources for effective community responses to the epidemic. Through an expanding network of Community Partnerships, the National AIDS Fund promotes collaborative local planning and provides strategic grants and technical support to nearly 400 direct-service organizations annually. Since 1988, together with its Community Partnerships, the National AIDS Fund has marshaled and invested over $142 million to combat the AIDS epidemic in the United States. The National AIDS Fund continues to develop innovative public/private partnerships as a means of leveraging national resources and directing them to communities and populations that need them most.