... the foreign-born; advanced aggressive and indiscriminate immigration enforcement; and terminated Deferred Action for ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
Upwardly Global—a leading workforce development organization focused on connecting immigrants and refugees to skill-aligned employment—is teaming up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization focused on advancing immigrant and refugee justice—to address and dismantle systemic barriers that immigrant women of color face to economic security. The partnership is made possible due to a grant from Pivotal Ventures, and directly aligns with their goal of advancing social progress for women and families in the United States.
April 26, 2022
Press Release
In her quarterly message, President Marissa Tirona calls on philanthropy to act to address forced displacement, the systems that drive it, and secure the safety and dignity not only of those who are forcibly displaced but also of marginalized communities who experience violence and discrimination.
November 13, 2023
President's Message
... and rights violations looming large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
... stakeholders and decision-makers to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. We ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... nightclub in Orlando in 2016 – nearly all of whom were LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx – by ensuring that their ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... tough year for GCIR and for every organization working on immigration. The federal administration continued its ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
... a case for long-term philanthropic commitment to funding immigration as a defining and cross-cutting issue of our ... for advancing long-term, high-impact grantmaking in the immigration space. These efforts informed our thinking about ... year for the immigrant rights movement and for GCIR. The immigration policy outlook will be determined by one of the ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
What do we hope to accomplish? What will success look like? What will it take to get there? These are some of the questions I grapple with as GCIR’s Programs Learning Manager. My position is new, reflecting the organization’s commitment to proactive learning throughout our work. In a nutshell, I aim to support the team in building evaluative capacity, including through the design (and constant iteration) of ways of working that make it easy for people to engage meaningfully in learning processes.
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
... the results of America’s presidential election, and immigration policy was top of the agenda. Not only was I ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
This two-page infographic covers major policy developments for immigrants and refugees between 1990 and 2015, as well as the efforts over that time period by GCIR, our members, and partners.
January, 2016
Infographic
This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020.
March, 2020
Infographic
... on the past 20 years immigrant integration efforts and immigration policy development and the role that philanthropy ...
July, 2010
Video & Audio
... to center racial justice , and pushed for inclusion of immigration in philanthropic discussions on racism. 2020 ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
This four-minute video features GCIR board members talking about the role the organization played in addressing the needs, uplifting the contributions, and supporting immigrants and refugees in reaching their full potential.
July, 2016
Video & Audio
... administration began by undoing many racist and draconian immigration policies from the Trump era, including fortifying ... of constant fear. The potential for significant federal immigration relief was at its highest in decades. Yet, 2021 ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
... support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating for stricter immigration policy, regardless of the actual results, is just ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... communities and galvanizes funders to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. We ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
November 2, 2020
Press Release