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Join GCIR for a discussion with the Alliance for Justice and leading immigrant justice organizations to understand how philanthropy can fund in the 501(c)4 space while also learning about active opportunities.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Immigrant Media and the Fourth Estate: A Democratic Imperative" here, including the session transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
Join GCIR for a discussion with three nonprofit newsrooms, moderated by a foundation actively investing in racial equity in journalism, and learn about the critical role independent media plays in supporting our multiracial democracy and how philanthropy can help undergird the sector.
2020 has been a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. The fourth consecutive year of escalating policy attacks on immigrants and many other marginalized communities.
The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, Northern California Grantmakers, and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees invite you to a funder briefing to learn about exciting initiatives to end the political exclusion of immigrants and build thriving local communities through immigrant voting.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "The 2024 Election and the Path Ahead" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
Join this discussion to learn more about how immigrants in states like Georgia are shaping their own future and the role philanthropy can play.
Join the California Local Voting Coalition for a funder briefing on the growing movement to end the political exclusion of immigrants and expand voting rights for all in local elections across California and beyond.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "2024 Election Scenario Planning: Immigrant Justice SWOT for Philanthropy" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting and other materials shared.
Outside the U.S. Capitol, it was an unexpectedly beautiful winter day in D.C. - 60 degrees of sunshine with a breeze. Inside, we walked alongside energized groups navigating the buildings on their own missions. As part of the Foundations on the Hill delegation, Kevin Douglas, Senior Director of National Programs at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), guided a group of six of us in and out of the long halls and winding tunnels. In my excitement at being in the People’s House for the first time, where power could lead to transformation or repression, I thought back to the years of the Trump Administration’s inhumane immigration policies.
Join GCIR and our colleagues, Council of Michigan Foundations, for a conversation that will provide funders with a baseline understanding of immigrant and refugee issues and insights into how they can support these communities beyond civic engagement efforts in the run-up to elections and readily and strategically allocate resources in response to post-election developments.