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... inclusive, and other pro-immigrant policies abound. GCIR’s 2024 Policy Agenda details some of those ... in movement infrastructure is the central topic of GCIR’s webinar taking place this week, Funding Like You Want to Win: Philanthropy and Movement ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... Collective Liberation: Disability and Immigrant Justice , March 2024 Webinar: Funding Like You Want to Win: Philanthropy and Movement ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... thirst for information through programming, analyses, and recommendations; and lifting up the voice of philanthropy in ... We conducted an analysis of needs and capacity, drafted funding recommendations , organized a joint foundation ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... immigrants and their families who were affected by the 2017 wildfires. Nationally, since 2012, the organization has ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... to come. Joel Morales at 2022 Convening 350x304px.jpg GCIR’s lineup of plenary sessions, workshops, and ... and refugees. I returned from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships that will last a ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... You can register here for this program and preview the content for the remaining learning sessions. The Fund’s ... greatest impact. We concluded this collective work in late March and are currently refining our new theory of change. ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... for a more measurable approach and to see clear results, funding true impact rather than fulfilling a grant cycle will ... I think it’s important to recognize that the GCIR conference immediately preceded the election. Something ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... design team worked together to: Define the problem that GCIR seeks to address. Articulate the ways in which GCIR wants to show up in the world. Identify the external ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... to address intersectionality in our work. Over 70% of our funding supports BIPOC, immigrant, or women-led organizations ... believe in mobilizing additional resources by aligning our funding through partnerships that have leveraged an ... from other funders since our inception in 2019. As a GCIR board member, I am deeply proud that our Fund has built ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... has raised $8.6 million towards an initial $20 million funding goal to complement the $25 million committed by the ... immigrants and their families who were affected by the 2017 wildfires. Nationally, since 2012, the organization has ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... homes they can afford, and enough food on the table. At GCIR, we support the right of individuals fleeing violence ... on iStock , is licensed under standard license . GCIR Statement: Honoring the Rights and Dignity of All at a ...
September 11, 2024
Statement
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... and asylum seekers. Inside Philanthropy named GCIR the 2017 Funders’ Affinity Group of the Year for the key role ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
... within the philanthropic space, the traditional funding process may look something like this: start with ... problems we're trying to solve? I moderated a recent GCIR webinar asking this exact question, hearing from ... migrant justice movement is of course a key offering of GCIR through our programming and technical assistance. Here ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
... Sara Feldman, Angelica Laguna, and Ivy O. Suriyopas GCIR logo.png This past year, GCIR embarked upon an exciting new initiative and formed an ... ensure equitable and inclusive policies and practices in GCIR’s internal and external work. Comprised in 2023 of ...
November 9, 2023
Blog Post
Our work at GCIR is grounded in the belief that affecting transformative ... xenophobia, and other acts of violence. This includes funding robust safety work to protect community leaders and ... or in case of law enforcement abuse. To that end, GCIR, alongside other philanthropic organizations, will host ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as ... the primary targets of the incoming administration. In 2017, funders responded to the relentless attacks on ... populations . In the coming weeks, GCIR will share funder recommendations in preparation for January 2025 and beyond. ...
December 19, 2024
Statement
... there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, ... policy and decision-making at all levels. I arrived at GCIR in December 2022, weeks before the launch of our new ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... also found significant value in applying a global lens to GCIR’s work, and saw this as a ripe opportunity to strengthen GCIR’s commitment to addressing the global forces that ... worker justice, and racial justice. For these reasons, GCIR is exploring what it means to do our work as a ...
June 29, 2023
President's Message