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Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) holds a commitment to the inherent value of every human ... Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities and legal service providers, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a ...
February, 2020
Report
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "The Value of Learning in Grantmaking to ...
August, 2024
Program Materials
GCIR invites you to join a movement of philanthropic leaders. Being a GCIR member demonstrates a dedication to building an inclusive and equitable society and helps ensure ... becoming a GCIR member and the benefits of membership, download the document below. For questions, please contact ...
Organization Materials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of California Dignity for Families Fund Private Fund Will ... California Dignity for Families Fund. Tides Foundation, building on more than four decades of strategic solutions ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
GCIR is thrilled to release today our new report capturing learnings from the California Dignity for Families Fund, “ Providing Refuge & ... funding streams. Focusing on narrative shift work and building the communications infrastructure of the immigrant ...
October, 2023
Report
... to consider when it comes to sharpening an organization’s learning framework. For example, how is having a learning ... a learning orientation have on grantmaking in support of immigrant and refugee communities? And how can learning shape grantmaking strategy? Join GCIR in a conversation with learning professionals in ...
July 15, 2024
Webinar
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund. The Fund, launched on ... situation, she and her two children, ages 9 and 12, were building a new life for themselves. Despite limited literacy, ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... the challenges of grantmaking in the COVID-19 era? Join Workforce Matters and our partners at the Children, Youth, ... - a Program Officer with the Ford Foundation ’s Future of Work(ers) initiative - will share information ... additional funds to help other grassroots organizations in California to weather this crisis. Registration There is no ...
May 28, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... present spaces for healing, grieving, and community building in the face of this complex web of oppression, ... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... conditions and issues impacting immigrants and refugees. California Dignity for Families Fund Learning Series This ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces $2.8M ... is announcing the California Dignity for Families Fund’s first round of grantmaking investments. The Fund, launched ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... These policies are having a far-reaching impact in California, where one in four Californians is an immigrant; one out of every two children in our state has at ... and fear among residents across our state. Philanthropy’s response Since November 2016, the undersigned foundations ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic ... Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization focused on advancing ... for immigrant and refugee women of color through movement building, skilling, and investing in mutual aid networks and ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... of narrative and communications strategies, coalition building and convening, and other infrastructure building ... , direct support of groups including grantees of the California Dignity for Families Fund , or Hispanics in ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California Dignity for Families Fund This past month we ... and refugee women of color through movement- and skill-building and investing in mutual aid networks and worker ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... to protect the most vulnerable among us – while also building for a better future in the long term. Groups are ... work, to transform, and to thrive. We are stepping up at GCIR. Recognizing the limited avenues for action at the ... We will continue our work with strong funding partners in California while expanding our regions of focus from eight to ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
... qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), GCIR’s Delivering on the Dream (DOTD) network has proven to be a ... , licensed under Standard License A Decade of DOTD: Building the Movement through Funder Collaboration ...
January 18, 2023
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's "A Decade of DOTD: Building the Movement through Funder Collaboration" webinar ...
January, 2023
Program Materials
... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... very informative. It helped me understand a lot more about building relationships with bigger networks worldwide. In ... and fueling further systemic injustices. I think it’s important to recognize that the GCIR conference ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
... Dear Colleagues: As I write my first quarterly President’s Message, I am awed by all that has transpired in our country since I took the helm of GCIR on November 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of ... personal understanding that belonging is essential to building strong communities and a healthy democracy. As the ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
By Anduriña Espinoza-Wasil learning webinar.png For many organizations within the philanthropic space, the ... metrics, track activities, and measure impact, but it's important that we first ask: do our current evaluation ... problems we're trying to solve? I moderated a recent GCIR webinar asking this exact question, hearing from ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post