Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

Integration Potential of California's Immigrants and Their Children: New Estimates of Potential New Voters at the State, County, and Legislative District Levels.

Commissioned by the Zellerbach Family Foundation, this report discusses the scope and capacity of nonprofit groups that provide immigration-related legal services in the 38 counties of Northern California. Based on survey findings, it makes the case for greater philanthropic and public investment in immigration legal services. 

This report examines the patterns, trends, and gaps in the philanthropic support of immigrants and refugees among Minnesota foundations. Recent demographic trends make immigration a front-burner issue for the state. During the 1990s alone, Minnesota's foreign-born population doubled.

GCIR partnered with the Endowment for Health in New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and the Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation to produce this publication. The 16-page collection of stories sheds light on the varied backgrounds of newcomers to the state, the challenges they faced in their homelands, and the talents and skills they bring to their new communities.

The Miami Workers Center is engaged at the grassroots level to empower low-income people of color and their communities to combat broader issues of racial and economic injustice.  Through communitywide planning and cross-cultural organizing, the center creates and strengthens community relationships to focus on creating change.

Description: Despite rising to the top of the domestic policy agenda last year, comprehensive immigration reform fell victim to the politics of mid-term congressional elections. This update provides perspectives from philanthropists in the field who provide their predictions on future federal legislation affecting immigrants and refugees.

The Art of Community illustrates how weaving art and culture into program initiatives can lay the foundation for newcomers and the receiving society to find common ground and work together to build vibrant communities in which everyone has a stake. It offers strategies, lessons, and insights to inform foundation giving at the intersection of arts and community services.

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Our researchers interviewed a broad cross-section of immigrant leaders, advocates, and policymakers and have produced this report summarizing their findings. The report briefly describes the circumstances that produced the large immigrant marches and offers concrete funding recommendations for supporting immigrant communities under different scenarios. A key theme that runs throughout this report is the need for funders to provide increased support at this pivotal moment, while coordinating their efforts to maximize impact and avoid duplication.

The New Americans Executive Order was created to outline immigrant integration strategies that are helpful to communities in the state of Illinois and beyond.  Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, the son of immigrant parents, hopes the initiative will make the American dream accessible for more families and create an example to help build stronger communities around the country.

This publication highlights a selection of top-quality documentary films that illuminate the immigrant experience and issues of integration such as English acquisition, education, employment, health, economic contributions, family cohesion, and Transnationalism. This new resource was curated by Active Voice in partnership with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media. For a hard copy of this report please contact GCIR.

This chapter from GCIR's Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration provides a historical perspective from which to view the issue of immigration in the United States.

This chapter from GCIR’s Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration defines immigrant integration and explores the benefits of integration to communities.

This chapter from GCIR’s Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration outlines the importance of intentional communitywide planning and focuses on promising practices around the nation.

This chapter from GCIR’s Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration explains the challenges of language access for immigrants and looks at the role that foundations can play.

This chapter from GCIR’s Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration looks at the importance of language acquisition for immigrants and describes elements of effective programs.