... voter suppression in the lead-up to the most important election in modern history. Rising authoritarianism and ... to the pandemic , protect the 2020 census , and develop post-election scenarios and strategies . As our country ... founding president, Daranee Petsod, stepped down from her post after leading the organization for 22 years. As we look ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
... other vulnerable communities. The year culminated in an election outcome that plunged many immigrants and refugees ... technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand shifting conditions ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
... are a harbinger of what is to come not only during this election cycle, but also what new narratives or policy proposals might emerge post-election (see, for example, the Nikansen Center’s ... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020.
March, 2020
Infographic
Read the GCIR 2018 Annual Report to learn more about GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy, focusing on the most urgent issues facing immigrant families and communities while looking ahead to developing a powerful affirmative vision to guide philanthropic leadership and investment for the next ten years.
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report
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
... 23, 2020. We have weathered weeks of unfounded claims of election fraud, a violent insurrection in D.C., an ... succumbing to Covid-19. We have also witnessed the election of the first black Senator from the American South ...
January 29, 2021
President's Message
... the Western world and global north holds all the power and resources – what we as Africans had was in fact enough to ... the world awaited the results of America’s presidential election, and immigration policy was top of the agenda. Not ... within philanthropy. As we all gear up for the 2024 election year, I feel even more hopeful than I did nearly ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... sought to ensure fairness in the allocation of federal resources and in political apportionment over the next ... the long view extended into our work of mobilizing funder resources for the field. In 2019, GCIR continued to lead the ... census, ensuring fairness in the allocation of federal resources and in political apportionment over the next ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
... communities across the country are still targeted by post-9/11 government profiling, xenophobic public narratives, ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message
The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected three new members to its board of directors, as well as re-elected three current board members.
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... and refugees 3) Seed and cultivate funder networks to move resources and shift philanthropic practice Our state and ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... of oppression inflict harm upon and withhold power and resources from people who seek to stay, move freely, work, ... systemic challenges. As such: We will mobilize resources and create spaces for learning by modeling and ... that: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to self-determine. The leadership and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... into GCIR’s dynamic funder networks, the vast array of resources on GCIR’s website, and how to set up a one-on-one ...
August 16, 2018
Webinar
... experience of immigrant and refugee leaders; and mobilized resources by modeling and encouraging philanthropic practices ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... and militarism inflict harm upon—and withhold power and resources from—people and communities who seek to stay, to ... Informed by this analysis, we will: Mobilize resources by modeling and encouraging philanthropic practices ... in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to self-determine. The leadership and ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... on behalf of immigrant communities. Through our programs, resources, grantmaking, and communications, we addressed ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
November 2, 2020
Press Release
... of movement leaders with the aim of mobilizing more resources for immigrant and refugee communities I share these ... and our movements will require spaciousness, capacity, and resources to leverage opportunities, position themselves well ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
Read the GCIR 2017 Annual Report to learn more about how GCIR staff, members, funders, and allies rose to 2017’s challenges.
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report