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Whether your foundation focuses on education, health, employment, or civic engagement, immigrants and refugees are part of your constituency. Newcomers now constitute one in seven Massachusetts residents, and one in five students in the Boston Public Schools is an English language learner. Although immigrants have accounted for more than 80 percent of the workforce growth since the mid-1980s, they—and their U.S.-born children—face barriers to self-sufficiency. For instance, the majority of working-age immigrants have only a high school diploma or less, and 40 percent of children in immigrant families live in poverty.

Join fellow AGM members to examine current demographic trends, the latest issues in the national immigration policy debate, the 2010 census, and how they impact local efforts to reform public education, improve health outcomes, and ensure the civic and economic vitality of our state. Learn about the Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) Immigrant Integration Framework and how it can be used to connect immigrant-related funding to your foundation’s mission. And discuss funding challenges, strategies, and best practices that can inform and strengthen your grantmaking, particularly in today’s tough policy and economic environment.

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