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On January 20th – a day meant to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – our nation will swear in a president who has relentlessly fanned the flames of racism, xenophobia, and division. In his first term, the president-elect kept his word on immigration: he said he was going to separate families, and he did, with thousands of children brutally locked in cages and kept from their parents. We also should believe him now, as he has made plain the intent to orchestrate the mass deportation of tens of millions of individuals and their families. It is a dystopian possibility to consider, with raids and roundups at houses of worship, schools, and hospitals – locations previously honored as “sensitive locations” and thus not subject to enforcement actions. However dark this vision, mass deportations are only one of a litany of anti-immigrant and anti-democratic plans the incoming administration has proposed.
The California Immigrant Justice Infrastructure Fund seeks to invest in and strengthen a thriving power-building ecosystem that can address the immediate and long-term needs of immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities across California.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is a national network of funders who seek to leverage their grantmaking to expand opportunities for and address challenges facing immigrants, refugees, and their communities.
The California Dignity for Families Fund aims to raise an initial $20 million to help migrant families and unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border receive urgent humanitarian relief and assistance as they request asylum and resettle in communities throughout the state.
Becoming a GCIR member makes it possible for us to continue providing vital services to grantmakers and guide timely and strategic philanthropic responses to address the most pressing issues facing immigrants and refugees.
The California Dignity for Families Fund is guided by an advisory committee with deep movement, community, government and philanthropic experience. This team has been charged with setting the Fund’s grantmaking strategy as well as selecting the partner organizations to receive grants.
The California Immigrant Inclusion Initiative (CIII) is a community of grantmakers that seek to advance the vision of a just and inclusive California where all immigrants and refugees can live with dignity and respect.
Donate now to help migrants at the border and Afghan and Haitian migrants access humanitarian aid as they seek asylum and resettle.
This initiative was established in 2017 in order to achieve two goals: to ensure that hard-to-count populations in California are accurately counted, and to build a stronger movement infrastructure across the state.
If you currently fund in, or considering supporting, rural communities and are interested in the intersection of rural issues with migrant justice, we invite you to join GCIR’s Resourcing Rural Belonging Community of Practice.
The Transnational Strategy Community of Practice (CoP) is a learning space for funders to engage with migrant power-building and organizing efforts that extend beyond international borders.
GCIR's groups provide forums for grantmakers, no matter their size, location, experience, or funding priorities, to gather and learn from one another, collaborate on strategy, and maximize their impact.
The Advancing Economic Justice Community of Practice is designed to bring together funders engaged in, or interested in exploring, grantmaking practices that support positive economic outcomes for immigrant and refugee communities.
One in four U.S. children lives in an immigrant family, and the next four years will bring unprecedented threats to their safety and wellbeing. From ongoing family separations and the threat of mass deportations, denial of basic services, and elimination of birthright citizenship, children living in immigrant families - 90 percent of whom are U.S. citizens - are already experiencing trauma.
California Dignity for Families Fund grantees.