Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees - GCIR

This is a stand-alone booklet form for the executive summary of Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration. It summarizes the historical context for immigration, discusses contemporary imperatives, and presents a set of funding recommendations.  It also includes the Immigrant Integration Framework and briefly explains its six pathways.  The seven-page booklet was printed to introduce immigrant integration concepts and make them more accessible to new audiences without overwhelming them with the depth and breadth of information in the 254-page toolkit.

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.

Informed by the experience of the Fund for Immigrants and Refugees, this article provides insight into effective collaborative grantmaking and important lessons learned.

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 defines immigrant integration and explores the benefits of integration to communities.

Films about the Experiences of Newcomers in America

Part of GCIR's Immigrant Integration Toolkit.

This paper responds to the growth of the immigrant and refugee population and the resulting increase in diversity in rural and urban communities across the United States. It seeks to enhance grantmakers’ understanding of intergroup relations within the dynamic context of immigration and to identify effective strategies for foundations to consider.