Our 2016 national convening was an opportunity to foster shared learning, encourage peer dialogue, and highlight promising practices to help funders to respond to the needs of immigrant and refugee children, youth, and families, while advancing diverse grantmaking priorities ranging from health to education to economic opportunity.
May 3, 2016
National Convening
... and freedom for the world’s most vulnerable people. In response to widespread public outcry, the administration ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... in 21 states supporting 700+ grantees, investing needed resources to protect and defend the rights of immigrants and ...
December 5, 2022
Group Meeting
... 700+ grantees since its inception and invests needed resources to protect and defend the rights of immigrants and ...
March 15, 2023
Group Meeting
This call considered how funders can support efforts to promote a safe and inclusive learning environment for all.
September 8, 2017
Webinar
As Covid-19 vaccination rates increase and infections plummet, our society is reopening and a feeling of normalcy is returning for many of us. But those hit hardest by the pandemic, including immigrants and people of color, are returning to communities devastated by a disproportionately high death toll, rampant job loss, and the compounding traumas of the past four years, including hostile immigration policies, toxic rhetoric, surging hate crimes, and a massive racial reckoning. Not everyone has the privilege of returning to normal, and, even before the pandemic, “normal” was not working for everyone.
July 8, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... access to transit, internet connectivity, and other basic resources. Immigrants in rural communities often work in ...
December 6, 2022
Response Fund
... rural communities Rural communities lack the funding and resources of their urban counterparts. One of the biggest ... access to transit, internet connectivity, and other basic resources. Immigrants in rural communities often work in ... a range of languages and dialects. • Sufficient resources for professional and accurate translation of a ...
January 22, 2024
Response Fund
... Funders (SAFSF) United Philanthropy Forum Since October 2017, the U.S. government has forcibly separated more than ...
June 27, 2018
Webinar
... and asylum seekers. Inside Philanthropy named GCIR the 2017 Funders’ Affinity Group of the Year for the key role ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
... assault. VAWA, enacted in 1994, also provides federal resources and technical support to law enforcement and ... authorization provided more than $500 million in increased resources for survivors of violence, and, importantly, ... of gender-based violence also have access to programs and resources under the act, leaving them better equipped to keep ...
April 4, 2023
Issue Spotlight
GCIR's statement on the 2016 election outcome and the deep divisions it exposed in our society.
November 17, 2016
Statement
... would extend the window for field data collection and self-response to October 31, 2020, which will allow for ...
April 13, 2020
Press Release
The U.S. Census Bureau is adapting or delaying some of our operations to protect the health and safety of our staff and the public and make sure we get the same population counted another way. Visit this page for the lates announcements.
May 7, 2020
Blog Post
... their new report— A People’s Framework for Disaster Response: Rewriting the Rules of Recovery after Climate ...
February 26, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... what is top of mind for your foundation? Please send your response by Friday, March 7th. Locations Oakland: The ...
March 23, 2020
Group Meeting
Join the next quarterly meeting of GCIR’s California Immigrant Inclusion Initiative, which facilitates funder engagement, funding coordination and alignment, and member-led initiatives, creating opportunities for funders to leverage the collective impact of their grantmaking and fortify the immigration funding field in California.
June 13, 2024
Group Meeting
... the hardest hit due to their demographics and lack of resources. Justice for Migrant Women (J4MW) and other ... help provide farmworker community members with much-needed resources and goods to meet their basic needs. Please ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund