AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts

Founded in 1983, AIDS Action Committee (AAC) of Massachusetts is a not-for-profit, community-based health organization whose mission is to stop the epidemic and related health inequities by eliminating new infections, maximizing healthier outcomes of those infected and at risk, and attacking the root causes of HIV/AIDS.

It advocates for fair and effective HIV/AIDS policy at the city, state and federal levels, focusing on science-based prevention, racial and ethnic health disparities, privacy and confidentiality, and funding.

AAC also works with AIDS Action Council, which advocates primarily on the national level for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

[citation needed] In addition to grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and other entities, AAC diversifies its funding through fundraising events including ARTcetera, a biennial art auction that features art from acclaimed artists such as Mr. Brainwash, Ryan McGinley, Mitch Weiss, Harold Eugene Edgerton and AIDS Walk Boston, Boston's second largest fundraising walk.

[6][7][8] On June 5, 2023, Fenway Health made public their decision to change the name and directive of AIDS Walk Boston.