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... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... and bring about equity and justice for all. — Team GCIR Foundation Statements Member Statements "....the veil ... Americans In Philanthropy: Statement on Charlottesville 2017 United Philanthropy Forum: After Charlottesville, How ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
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
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Immigrant ... essential roles — have no access to federal relief funding or other forms of assistance,” said Mike Troncoso, ... immigrants and their families who were affected by the 2017 wildfires. Nationally, since 2012, the organization has ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
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 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
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... as a housecleaner but has not had any income since mid-March. Emergency cash assistance helped Silvia cover part of ... immigrants and their families who were affected by the 2017 wildfires. Nationally, since 2012, the organization has ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... that have been historically excluded from the immigration funding space, including disability justice advocates, trans ... status. The United States government followed suit on March 3 when Secretary Mayorkas designated Ukraine for ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
... 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
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... we have embarked on a comprehensive endeavor to examine funding trends; analyze global, national, and state ... next year at our 2020 National Convening on March 11-13 in Atlanta, Georgia. This signature event ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... targets, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the ... each other. As we outlined in GCIR’s January 2025 Funder Recommendations , there are many immediate interventions and ... updated funder recommendations (including specific funding opportunities) and a new policy resource shortly. ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California ... 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
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... city running as well…” It is within this context that GCIR is calling upon philanthropy to resource a response to ... 42 and the implementation of a new set of barriers, GCIR is committed to operating from a mindset of abundance ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, ... supremacy have no place in our world. To funders in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New ... Dunedin, New Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... issues over the past 3.5 years, and at a meeting in late March, I introduced the idea of a statewide fund to raise ... do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly ... addressing structural inequities. For GCIR and for the funding partners, this is about justice, belonging, and ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... issues over the past 3.5 years, and at a meeting in late March, I introduced the idea of a statewide fund to raise ... do as a state. We have been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly ... addressing structural inequities. For GCIR and for the funding partners, this is about justice, belonging, and ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... 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
The Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund has been established by more than 20 community groups and leaders to raise funds for undocumented working families who support our economy, industries, and communities every day, but who are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds.
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
The Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund has been established by more than 20 community groups and leaders to raise funds for undocumented working families who support our economy, industries, and communities every day, but who are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits or most of the federal disaster relief funds.
June 5, 2020
Response Fund
... 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