Search GCIR
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Shawn Morehead , Vice President for Grants at The New York Community Trust ; Robby Rodriguez , Program Officer ... two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader philanthropic community to ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
2023 was a year of continued evolution and growth for GCIR , and it was a year that brought both challenges and ... organization’s identity and resulted in development of a new theory of change which we rolled out in the first quarter of 2023. This new theory of change reflects GCIR’s efforts to address the ...
October, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which reflects our evolution as a national ... It was important to us that we did not create this new framework in a vacuum, so we convened a dynamic group of ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... and 2015, as well as the efforts over that time period by GCIR, our members, and partners. Specifically, the two pages ... highlights from 25 years of the wide range of efforts by GCIR, our members, and funding partners to address the needs, ... visions of who we are and want to be as a society. GCIR 25th Anniversary Timeline ...
January, 2016
Infographic
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. ... and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ... and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020. GCIR 30th Anniversary Timeline ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... and asylum seeker communities, the transition to a new administration in 2021 will not automatically result in bold new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of ... but also great opportunities for philanthropy. Based on GCIR’s conversations with movement leaders throughout the ...
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... but it does lead migrants to take greater risks. The new administration’s focus on restrictive and punitive U.S. ... U.S. , Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, September 25, 2012. Other Statement: Freedom Network USA ... Project: Resources Presentation PowerPoint Slides , GCIR, April 12, 2017 A special thanks to GCIR members and ...
April 12, 2017
Webinar
Last month GCIR rolled out our new theory of change, which reflects our ... Carolina. To guide these efforts, we have developed a GCIR state and local framework, which we’re thrilled to ... , licensed under Standard License Announcing GCIR’s New State and Local Framework ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
... for our second meeting of the year. Please email kevin@gcir.org with any questions or with topics you would like to ... participants. CIII: Legal Service Working Group September 2020 ...
September 23, 2020
Group Meeting
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording ... Materials: Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to New Immigrants in Texas ...
November, 2022
Program Materials
... year in the fight for immigrant and refugee justice. GCIR, movement leaders, and our partners in philanthropy have ... issues, communities, and leaders - in 2024 we launched new communities of practice with the aim of cultivating a ... U.S. Intervention and Modern Migration in the Americas , September 2024 Timeline Podcast: How History Should Inform ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
By Cairo Mendes , GCIR's Director of State and Local Programs CMM_250.jpg ... Earlier this year, we shared with you GCIR’s new state and local framework , a development that reflects ... localities. Our Midwest virtual meeting is coming up in September, and we are planning a site visit in East Texas ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, and stand in support of their families and ... in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New Zealand, you can certainly show your solidarity here at ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... working with funders in two additional states to launch new collaboratives by year's end. California Immigrant ... members to sign onto to its joint letter asking that the new citizenship question be removed. We also signed onto ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ... change: the revised “public charge” rule. When the new rule goes into effect on October 15, barring delays due ... of U.S.-born citizens would fail to meet the harsh new public charge standards. For many people—my family ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... threat to our nation and to our immigrant communities, GCIR remains steadfast in our commitment to advancing justice ... they have also spent much of the last year preparing for a new wave of hostility from our nation’s highest office. ... photovs on iStock , is licensed under standard license. GCIR Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election ...
November 6, 2024
Statement
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... applaud the strong statements issued by our member foundations and our colleague ... Select Additional Statements "...this ugliness finds new life only when it is given license to grow. ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... series—designed by Ola Osaze, Fund Advisory Committee member and former director of Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project ... voices and advocates with the aim of giving funders new tools and renewed enthusiasm to guide their immigrant- ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... will likely surpass previous records (57,000 arrivals in 2014 and 76,000 in 2019). The number of families with ... their stabilization, and supports Americans in welcoming new members to their communities. As the current ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release