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.
... limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.) Resources Visas, Inc.: Corporate Control and Policy ...
October 6, 2017
Webinar
... five years at GCIR, I worked on mobilizing philanthropic resources in support of disaster relief and legal services ... agricultural workers in Napa and Sonoma counties, the DACA recipients who have contributed so much to this country, ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
In these tumultuous times when people the world over are experiencing fear, distress, and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize philanthropy to support immigrant families and communities in the United States. We believe this moment calls for philanthropy to lead with courage to advance an inclusive, equitable, and holistic response. Philanthropic action must not only address urgent needs but reflect a vision that all Americans, no matter where they were born, are united with one another in the face of this devastating public health crisis.
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... populations and geographies are reached Invest in resources that can be utilized across the state , including ... to the census in California and beyond census Updates and Resources GCIR is compiling national and California-focused resources for philanthropy on the 2020 Census. We will be ...
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Black Immigrants and the Fight for Racial Justice."
May, 2022
Program Materials
November 2, 2020
Press Release
... is often made up of wealthy people who donate, who have resources, who can ask other people for money and help with ...
September 6, 2022
GCIR Blog Series
The second quarter meeting of GCIR's California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII).
April 30, 2020
Group Meeting
... lead to humanitarian crises at home and abroad. Moving resources in a way that centers the leadership and ... transportation, food and water, and legal services. Moving resources to border and regional nonprofits rapidly can be ... of immigrant justice. With the potential termination of DACA looming on the horizon and near-constant threats to ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... work to support and invest in. Funders can: Move resources to build the narrative power necessary to change ... in which: Immigrant and refugee communities will have the resources and capital to self-determine. The leadership and ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... and how philanthropy can partner with grantees to co-design a new normal for our multiracial democracy in which ... of engagement builds youth consciousness of how public resources are allocated. It shows the city that our youth are ... essential information like how to stay safe and access resources in the face of Covid-19. In this way, young people ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... well as the national network's funding collaborative sites, areas of work, and advantages of membership. There are ...
September, 2020
Infographic
Building on the legacy of Queer and Trans elders and pioneers, LGBTQ immigrant and refugee leaders continue to lead the fight for societal transformation. For years, these leaders have advocated for increased funding to support LGBTQ immigrant communities, particularly to address lack of access to medical care and asylum and detention issues (including sexual assault). A 2017 Congressional inquiry found that LGBTQ immigrants are 97 times more likely to be sexually victimized than non-LGBTQ people while in ICE custody. However, LGTBQ immigrant issues continue to receive less funding when compared to overall dollar amounts invested in LGBTQ communities.
October 5, 2022
Webinar
... 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 ... partners, and the Luminare Group , which helped us design and facilitate a strategy development process that was ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... terminated Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), stripping nearly 800,000 individuals, including ... geographic reach, but certain regions clearly need more resources given the size of their immigrant population, ... June 2017. Pressing needs While the infusion of resources from our foundations, other philanthropies, as well ...
January 12, 2018
Statement
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
... in building evaluative capacity, including through the design (and constant iteration) of ways of working that make ... principle is about being strategic about the use of our resources for maximum impact. Collaborative. If we are to ...
April 6, 2023
GCIR Staff Feature
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.
... and sexual orientation, and who face violence and lack of resources as a result. One response we received from funders ... only 4 cents focus on trans communities. In 2020, resources moved out of foundations in a way I’d never seen ...
September 28, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
