Funding Recommendations
Read our post-election policy recommendations for funders, laying out critical priorities for advancing immigrant justice in 2021.
December 2020
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September 2020
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Between March and May 2020, GCIR conducted more than 50 interviews with immigrant-serving organizations across the state, representing a wide range of populations, geographies, issues, and strategies. These interviews sought to explore: pressing concerns related to COVID-19; strategies being deployed to address these concerns; current organizational capacity; and top policy and advocacy strategies at the local, state, and federal level.
These interviews revealed that immigrant-serving and immigrant-led organizations across the state are stretched to their limits. They are working to address urgent basic needs, test new strategies, and advocate for structural change, while managing capacity and other organizational challenges.
July 2020
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In these tumultuous times when people the world over are experiencing fear, distress, 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 families and communities in the United States. We believe this moment calls for philanthropy to lead with courage to advance an inclusive, equitable, and holistic response. Philanthropic action must not only address urgent needs but reflect a vision that all Americans, no matter where they were born, are united with one another in the face of this devastating public health crisis.
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April 2020
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This brief and funding recommendations considers the implications of the 'public charge' rule and how philanthropy can mount an effective immediate and long-term response.
![Two women with young girls on their laps, one with a pacifier, awaiting doctor's appointments in an office. Posted to accompany GCIR's brief and funding recommendations, Protecting Families and Advancing Belonging: How Philanthropy Can Answer Threats to the Well-Being of Immigrants.](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/resources/two-women-with-children-waiting-doctors-office-Flickr-Pan-American-Health-Organization-CC.jpg?itok=Y5zBQLsY)
August 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
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Foundations can demonstrate their values and support immigrants and their communities by joining the movement to divest and reinvest.
![The logos of Candide Group, Confluence Philanthropy, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Freedom to Thrive, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, and Real Money Moves. Accompanies the joint issue brief, How to Divest from Immigrant Detention: A Philanthropic Primer.](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/resources/Logo-Collage-Divestment-Brief-v4-stacked.jpg?itok=pGMnX8VJ)
August 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
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A summary of some of the more important changes in the proposed "public charge" rule and how CLINIC plans to respond.
September 2018
Analysis, Funding Recommendations
Source: Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
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This two-page document considers different avenues for funders to respond to the changing policy landscape and support children in immigrant families.
![What philanthropy can do for children in immigrant families](https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/styles/callout_medium_custom/public/content_images/resources/Latino-parents-%26-two-children-Flickr-Bread-for-the-World-CC-1024px.jpg?itok=2RqEmoMY)
February 2018
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This five-page brief provides analysis and recommendations that apply to any states that have experienced a natural disaster.
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November 2017
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This resource presents examples of approaches educational institutions and non-profit organizations are taking across diverse regions and contexts to address immediate concerns; respond to emerging needs; and provide a supportive space.
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September 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
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