AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Needs Your Support

Since we started publishing more than 10 years ago, AIDS TREATMENT NEWS has been supported by subscriptions. In the last year, tight finances have forced us to miss conferences,delay equipment upgrades, and spend time and attention on business that we would rather devote to our mission. Our current staff is half the size it was at its peak. We are asking assistance from readers who can help us continue what we do well.

Total expenses for AIDS TREATMENT NEWS are $265,000 per year, which includes large fixed costs for rapid printing and first-class postage, as well as all salaries and benefits. Our basic subscription income pays 85% of the total, and has been stable (up 2% from first quarter 1996 to first quarter 1997). But we have relied on unpredictable income --occasional gifts, bequests, and large orders -- for the rest. We have not increased the $100 per year subscription price since AIDS TREATMENT NEWS began, although most expenses have increased modestly over the years. We do not accept pharmaceutical-company grants or contributions.

We are now working with the nonprofit AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Associates to fund free subscriptions to AIDS TREATMENT NEWS. We already send subscriptions at our expense to over 350 prisoners and prison staff, over 250 other people who cannot afford even the subsidized rates, and about 70 AIDS service organizations; reimbursement for these would close our funding gap. You can help us do our work by sending a tax-deductible contribution to: AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Associates,584-B Castro St., San Francisco, CA 94114-1465.