Gil Gerald & Associates, Inc.

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In November 1983, while living in Washington, DC., Gilberto R. Gerald (Gil Gerald), took a first leap of faith and left the field of architecture after ten years in that profession. While initially intending to return to the practice of architecture after two years, he began a journey in non-profit work to support the advancement of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, and to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Black community. That journey included serving as the Washington, DC-based executive director of a national LGBT organization, serving as a senior manager of a national AIDS organization, and later as the executive director of a community-based AIDS services organization in Los Angeles. 

These experiences led to Gil Gerald’s professional development in advocacy and in non-profit management, governance, program planning, collaboration, and fundraising/development.  In late 1990, while living in Los Angeles, Gil Gerald took a second leap of faith and began offering consulting services to continue his commitment to supporting and building community-based responses to social problems, especially challenges faced by marginalized groups and communities.  In March 1993, Gil Gerald incorporated the business with investment support from family and friends.
 
Diverse Client Organizations   Since 1990, Gil Gerald & Associates, Inc. has served an extensive list of clients that includes national associations, state and local government agencies, and non-profit organizations.   The services provided have included but have not been limited to program planning and grant-writing, process facilitation in the areas of community planning and strategic planning, report-writing, conducting needs assessments, event-planning, direct mail solicitation, and capacity-building.
 
Record of Accomplishment   Major milestones in the history of Gil Gerald & Associates, Inc. include conducting a federally funded, five-city, needs assessment for the US Conference of Mayors entitled, Assesing the HIV Prevention Needs of Gay and Bisexual Men of Color (1994); serving as the chief grant-writer for a community-based behavioral healthcare organization that grew in annual budget size from $5 million to $39 million over fifteen years (1990—2005); preparing an application for more than $9 million in federal funding for HIV prevention services administered by a health department in a major US city (1998); facilitating community planning and service prioritization processes for HIV prevention and for CARE Act-funded services in a large and populous county (1999—2000); and managing federally-funded capacity-building consulting services over three years to strengthen a minority community based organization (2000—2003).
 
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Gil Gerald & Associates, Inc. provides services through the efforts of its principal, Gil Gerald, or as needed, in collaboration with other independent contractors.