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| SHARE in New York City | |
|---|---|
| Name | SHARE |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Region served | New York City |
| Focus | Health advocacy |
SHARE in New York City is a nonprofit organization based in New York City focusing on community-based health advocacy, peer support, and education. Founded during the late 20th century health activism era, the organization has engaged with a range of civic institutions, medical centers, and grassroots movements. SHARE's activities intersect with public health agencies, academic centers, faith organizations, and community coalitions across the five boroughs.
SHARE emerged amid the social and medical responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, a period marked by activism from groups such as ACT UP, Gay Men's Health Crisis, and Gay Liberation Front. Early collaborators and contemporaries included Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and advocates connected to Stonewall Inn–adjacent organizing. Through the 1990s, SHARE expanded services parallel to policy shifts involving the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and funding changes administered by the New York State Department of Health. In the 2000s and 2010s, SHARE adapted to biomedical advances exemplified by antiretroviral therapy rollouts and prevention strategies influenced by research at Columbia University, NYU Langone Health, and The Rockefeller University. The organization's timeline intersects with municipal initiatives under mayors such as Ed Koch, Rudolph Giuliani, and Bill de Blasio and with mayoral public health offices and initiatives at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
SHARE is typically structured with a board of directors, an executive director, and volunteer peer leaders who coordinate programs in partnership with institutions like Public Advocate (New York City), local chapters of American Red Cross, and hospital-based advisory boards at Bellevue Hospital Center. Governance practices reference nonprofit regulations overseen by the New York State Office of the Attorney General and reporting aligned with guidelines from funders such as The Ford Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The organization has engaged legal counsel and compliance advisors familiar with statutes including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and municipal contracting frameworks managed by agencies like the Administration for Children's Services (New York City). Staffing often includes connections to academic programs at Hunter College, City College of New York, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.
SHARE operates peer-support groups, educational workshops, and case management services delivered in collaboration with clinical partners—examples include clinics at Lenox Hill Hospital, Harlem Hospital Center, and community health centers associated with Community Healthcare Network. Programmatic themes have included treatment literacy influenced by protocols from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, harm-reduction services aligned with practices promoted by Harm Reduction Coalition, and bereavement support modeled on approaches used by CancerCare. Services often occur in community sites connected to faith-based partners such as Trinity Church (Manhattan) and neighborhood organizations like Lower East Side Tenement Museum affiliates. Mobile outreach and testing initiatives mirror models used by Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and have interfaced with syringe-exchange efforts endorsed by Syringe Exchange Program advocates.
SHARE's impact is measurable through client outcomes recorded in coordination with research units at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and program evaluations resembling studies by The Manhattan Institute. Reported outcomes include improvements in linkage to care tracked against metrics used by Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, reductions in hospitalization rates tracked with partners like NYC Health + Hospitals, and increased retention in treatment comparable to benchmarks published by New York Academy of Medicine. Community-level effects have been observed in neighborhoods overlapping with Harlem, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the South Bronx, where SHARE's interventions contributed to outreach saturation noted in municipal reports.
SHARE has collaborated with a spectrum of partners: academic institutions such as Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and Weill Cornell Medicine; hospitals including Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Maimonides Medical Center; public agencies like New York City Department of Homeless Services; and national organizations such as American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). Local coalitions have included alliances with Harlem United, BOOM! Health, and community action networks associated with United Federation of Teachers advocacy efforts. Funding and programmatic collaboration have involved private foundations like Open Society Foundations and government grantmakers such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services when undertaking demonstration projects.
SHARE has faced criticism over resource allocation, transparency, and program effectiveness from community watchdog groups and local media outlets, echoing scrutiny directed at comparable nonprofits like GMHC and The AIDS Committee of Toronto in different contexts. Debates have arisen over prioritization of services between boroughs such as Manhattan and Bronx, administrative expenses compared against service delivery metrics reported to New York State Division of Budget, and compliance questions raised during contract renewals with entities like NYC Human Resources Administration. Critics have also contested certain harm-reduction approaches, invoking policy disputes similar to those involving Syringe Services Program proponents and opponents during municipal hearings.
Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City