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For more than three years, Patricia cleaned homes in the Bay Area for a living. But as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up and shocked the California economy, she — like many others in the state — lost her job.
March 31, 2020
News Article
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing what we have always known: our nation’s deep inequalities ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... Learning for Immigrant Justice. Today we’ll learn more about nonprofit organizations serving immigrant communities ... down for holiday meals this season, we don’t often think about where our food comes from and who grows it. It’s easy ... from having access to counsel to resolve their cases. What is the value in helping to build the capacity of these ...
December 6, 2022
Response Fund
... status. This state funding is expected to reach about 150,000 undocumented adults. The California Department ...
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... viewpoints and have a comprehensive understanding of what folks in different offices are thinking about immigration.” The topics under discussion included ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
In our most difficult moments, we lean on what make us strong. We come from generations of people who ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
Commentary looking at how immigration advocates can play a role in fostering national unity.
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... had begun a discussion with its members after the election about taking a public stance against Trump’s immigration ... that are not members of GCIR. “This is really about values.” In particular, she said, the “impact of ... also said that for most of the signatories “it’s about standing with their grantees.” Efforts are still ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... “There is a considerable lack of knowledge in our state about ..." In Climate of Fear, California Funders Step Up for ...
March 14, 2017
Philanthropic News
... become the leaders for this moment...It doesn't matter what we assumed 2020 would look like, we now live in the ... do ourselves proud. By caring. Sharing. And fighting for what is just and generous, always.” Each day, we are ... As Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka reported , “What this crisis has also exposed in the past week is the way ...
March 16, 2020
Statement
... together 130 people from across the country to learn about each other’s work on economic integration and dispel myths about each sector (consulates, credit unions, community-based organizations). Attendees learned about the financial education program of the Institute for ...
February 17, 2017
Commentary
... Healthcare and gig workers Communities of color WHAT: This regional fund will provide flexible resources ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
... where they were born, or the color of their skin. Consider what your foundation can do and act swiftly with courage and ...
June 1, 2020
Statement
... support to their communities. Read on to find out what holistic case management is and how it can be an ... way to support migrants at the border and beyond. What is Holistic Case Management? Holistic case management is ... their legal needs when they no longer have to worry about where they will sleep or how they will get their next ...
February 27, 2023
Response Fund
... strategic direction, fund development, and implementation. What Makes This Fund Unique? CDFF is guided by a set of ... our Advisory Committee ! We look forward to sharing more about the Dignity Fund’s work and learnings over the next ... focus on the nonprofit organizations funded by CDFF. Learn about trends, demographics, successes, and challenges as we ...
November 7, 2022
Response Fund
... in the movement for immigrant justice, I often reflect on what brought me to this work out of the many social justice ... of othering and discrimination was not new to me. But what was new was getting a close-up look at a byzantine ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... and floods. Rampant voter suppression and an endangered census. Deepening economic, racial, and social inequities. ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
... associated with donor-advised funds—to learn more about the Hate Is Not Charitable Campaign and sign on; read about the anti-immigrant movement and the private money ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
Twenty-six members of GCIR's Delivering on the Dream collaborative have signed onto this statement in support of DACA.
September 9, 2017
Statement
Annie Grant, 55, had been feverish for two nights. Worried about the coronavirus outbreak, her adult children had begged ...
April 9, 2020
News Article