Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of leading thinkers in the field, GCIR conducts research and publishes articles and reports on a broad range of issues affecting immigrants and refugees and analyses of the latest developments in the field. GCIR publications illustrate how the dynamics of immigration influence and shape issues of concern to foundations from health and education to employment and economic development. They also offer concrete recommendations on how foundations can invest strategically in ways that respond to the needs of immigrants and strengthen our overall society on a variety of emerging concerns and trends. Our reports and other publications provide pertinent and relevant suggestions, the data you need to inform your grantmaking.
- E-newsletters keep funders and nonprofits up-to-date on the most recent resources available on a myriad of immigrant-related topics. Resources include links to recent articles, newspaper columns, major reports, books, recorded programs, and conferences and trainings.
- GCIR Immigrant Integration Toolkit: Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration, published in 2006, is a succinct, easy-to-understand guide that describes how grantmakers at all levels can play an important leadership role on this issue. This toolkit for grantmakers draws on extensive research and interviews with hundreds of foundation, community, business, and government leaders. It incorporates academic research as well as policy and community-based concerns into a resource that also can inform the work of practitioners in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.
- GCIR Reports explore current concerns, challenges, and trends on a broad range of topics. Past issue reports have tackled immigrant and refugee relations, immigrant labor, immigrant civic participation, language, and the impact of Katrina on immigrants in the Gulf Coast.
- Issue Reports are publications recently released either by GCIR or other institutions. Topic areas include immigrant integration, human rights, workforce development, work in health, public benefits, education, and leadership development and capacity building.
- New Americans features in-depth analyses of the latest immigrant-related trends, profiles of immigrant-related funding initiatives, reviews and summaries of recent reports, and essays on topical issues.
- Perspectives gives esteemed leaders in the philanthropic and nonprofit community the opportunity to share their viewpoints, analyses, and reflections on a range of immigration and immigrant issues. The goal of Perspectives is to share ideas, promote deeper understanding, and generate dialogue among our members and other grantmakers.