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This guide provides an overview of the 2010 census and background ... for foundations interested in supporting efforts to produce a more accurate count of California's population. ... been undercounted. The guide offers guidance to help funders build on this initial work through their grantmaking ...
January, 2009
Report
The California Counts! Census Campaign detailed in this report provides a roadmap ... collaboration. It also explores how a network approach to collaboration can advance philanthropic efforts, spark innovation, and increase impact. California Counts! 2010 Census Campaign: A Network Approach to Funder ...
July, 2012
Report
March, 2019
Program Materials
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. ... reflecting conflicting visions of who we are and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... and refugees in the United States were catapulted to the center of policy debates. The United States Supreme ... large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought leadership, technical assistance, ... educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand shifting conditions in the field and ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
... in this dynamic and critically important funding space. Funders Guide: Grants and Immigration Status ...
January, 2015
Issue Brief
... and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize philanthropy to support immigrant ... immigrants. Given the magnitude of this crisis, funders must significantly increase grantmaking dollars, ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... on immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, I want to keep you—our members, funders, partners, and stakeholders—informed of our work on ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... and 2015, as well as the efforts over that time period by GCIR, our members, and partners. Specifically, the two pages feature: Philanthropic Response to Immigrants and Refugees: Milestones and highlights from 25 years of the wide range of efforts by GCIR, our members, and funding partners to address the needs, ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... their future in this country. This month’s edition of GCIR’s Monthly Immigration Policy Calls will provide an ... families. Join us to learn about specific ways in which funders can respond to this newest development on public ... / CC ; Pan American Health Organization PAHO / CC . A Guide to the New 'Public Charge' Rules: What is Public Charge ...
April 19, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... 1 was Census Day, a reference date the Census Bureau uses to record who lived where for its once-a-decade count. ... Bauman Foundation. Bass chairs a national collaborative of funders that has extended crucial support to nonprofits ... to suffer from mass unemployment, a strain on the medical system and hospital infrastructure, and we will have a ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
About The California Census 2020 Statewide Funders’ Initiative was established in 2017 in order to achieve two overarching goals: To ensure that ... in California and beyond census Updates and Resources GCIR is compiling national and California-focused resources ...
... census and rampant voter suppression in the lead-up to the most important election in modern history. Rising ... democracy. In the face of these extraordinary challenges, GCIR leaned into our mission, vision, and values , taking ... to efforts to expand legal services capacity, we kept funders informed of the latest developments affecting ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
Thank you for everyone who attended the Bay Area Funders' Regional meeting. DESCRIPTION The goal of regional meetings throughout the state is to gather information from immigration funders about their priorities, needs and challenges, as well ...
February, 2020
Group Materials
This infographic reviews the populations the Census typically undercounts in California, why there is a ... in 2020. It provides estimates of how many were missed in 2010, why immigrants and the impoverished are at high risk of ... by an accurate count. California Counts! Reducing 2020 Census Undercount ...
October, 2016
Infographic
... proposals seek to corrode public confidence in the asylum system, demonize asylum seekers, and erode protections for ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) partnered with the Four Freedoms Fund to commission an ... accountable. At the same time, they were concerned that funders view funding direct representation as a “black ...
March, 2019
Report
... was among the most fraught in recent history, with threats to a fair and complete count posed by the global pandemic and ... attempt to limit the inclusion of immigrants. Fortunately, funders and other stakeholders built on the lessons of census ... state to maximize the number of Californians counted. Join GCIR for a discussion with researchers, funders, and census ...
November 8, 2021
Webinar
Remarks delivered by GCIR's president, Daranee Petsod, at Courage, Vision, ... our funder community has mobilized unprecedented resources to address humanitarian needs and push back against policies ... closing them. Over three decades, GCIR has mobilized funders against policies that eroded the rights of ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
About GCIR’s biennial national convening is the foremost ... leading voices and advocates with the aim of giving funders new tools and renewed enthusiasm to guide their ... 15-minute drive to the hotel. Atlanta’s public transport system, MARTA , operates a network of bus and train routes ...
March 11, 2020
National Convening