How (RED) Works
Founded by Bono & Bobby Shriver in 2006 to fight AIDS, (RED) partners with the world’s most iconic brands and people to create products and experiences that raise money, heat, and urgency for the fight to end AIDS.
Proudly Supporting the Global Fund
Established in 2002, the Global Fund is focused on ending the world’s deadliest pandemics: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Over the last 20 years, The Global Fund partnership has saved more than 59 million lives, investing more than $60B to support programs run by local experts in the world’s most vulnerable communities.
(RED)’s Global Fund grants support life-saving programs that empower health workers and provide testing, treatment, and care in places where injustice has enabled pandemics to thrive. In order to coordinate billions of dollars in over 100 countries, the Global Fund has built a comprehensive system of checks and balances to ensure transparency and accountability.
Frequently Asked Questions
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(RED) was created to kick-start a sustainable flow of private sector money into the Global Fund, one of the world’s largest funders of global health. During the first four years of the Global Fund, and prior to (RED), businesses had contributed just $5 million to the Global Fund, meaning its public-private charter was in jeopardy. Since (RED)’s launch in 2006, it has generated over $760 million for the Global Fund–more than any other private sector contributor.
The money generated by (RED) goes towards funding HIV/AIDS grants in countries with a high prevalence of HIV and/or mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The majority of (RED)-supported grants operate in sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to more than two-thirds of the global HIV population. (RED) and the Global Fund work closely together to ensure the money is distributed effectively and transparently across (RED)’s portfolio of grants. (RED) currently funds programs run by local experts in 8 Sub-Saharan Africa, and 2 Latin America.
(RED) partners supporting the Global Fund make either a set monetary donation each year, or, allocate a percentage of the profit from each (RED) product sold. That money goes directly to the Global Fund, with no overhead taken by (RED).
Yes, (RED) is a 501(c)(3). (RED) is a division of The ONE Campaign, a 501(c)(3) organization.
We’ve Made Remarkable Progress, But We Can’t Stop Now
AIDS-related deaths have dropped by over 69% since the peak in 2004 and life-saving treatment now costs as little as 11 cents a day, but AIDS is still a crisis. In 2022, AIDS claimed more than one life every minute.
Today, the world is spending about as much on AIDS as it did in 2013. To end this injustice we need companies and consumers to help us drive life-saving testing, treatment and care to those who need it most.
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The One Campaign
(RED) is a division of The ONE Campaign, a global organization working to end injustice and create a fair and dignified future for everyone. While (RED)’s efforts focus on raising money for the Global Fund and its work in fighting pandemics and building health systems, ONE brings together global activists to demand action against poverty, inequality, preventable disease, climate change, and other injustices. ONE uses its campaigning expertise and decades of experience creating meaningful change to provide a megaphone to the world’s passionate advocates and to hold people in power accountable.
Ways to Join (RED)
When you buy (RED) products from our partners, your choice helps raise money, heat, and urgency for global health crises.
Make a donation towards the fight against AIDS and the injustices that enable pandemics to thrive.
