The Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party is one of the annual parties held in Los Angeles following the Academy Awards ceremony the same evening. The first party was held in February 1993 at Maple Drive Restaurant and raised $300,000. It had been produced by Patrick Lippert, an AIDS activist who died of the disease just months later. In recent years it has been held at the Pacific Design Center and was attended by 650 people in 2009. It is hosted by Elton John and the AIDS Foundation, and is one of the most high-profile parties in the Hollywood film industry, particularly for people of British origin working in Hollywood films or the entertainment industry. The annual party contributes to the foundation fund by its high priced ticket sales which are given by invitation only (US$3500 as of 2009) and a celebrity auction. The 2010 party raised over $8 million or £4 million.
Elton John has been quoted as saying that 98% of the proceeds of the party go to the foundation. , the event has raised more than US$125 million for the foundation.
Events YearAcademy AwardVenueMoney raised (USD)199365th Academy AwardsMaple Drive Restaurant199466th Academy AwardsFour Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills199567th Academy Awards199668th Academy Awards199769th Academy Awards199870th Academy AwardsSpago restaurant, Beverly Hills199971st Academy Awards200072nd Academy AwardsPagani200173rd Academy AwardsMoomba restaurant, West Hollywood200274th Academy AwardsMoomba restaurant, West Hollywood200375th Academy Awards200476th Academy Awards200577th Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood200678th Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood200779th Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood200880th Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood200981st Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood201082nd Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood201183rd Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood201284th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201385th Academy AwardsPacific Design Center, West Hollywood201486th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201587th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201688th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201789th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201890th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood201991st Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood202092nd Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood202193rd Academy AwardsWorldwide202294th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood$8.6 million202395th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood$9 million202496th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood$10.8 million202597th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood$8.6 million202698th Academy AwardsWest Hollywood Park, West Hollywood$10.6 million
References
External links Events page on Elton John AIDS Foundation website