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... with how best to meet their mandate to provide a safe learning environment for all students. This resource presents ... emotionally, and academically. A special thanks to GCIR members and funders for their support in making this ...
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... large. In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought leadership, technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand shifting conditions ... Annual Report to learn more about our work that year. GCIR 2016 Annual Report ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
... many school districts are adopting policies to foster a safe and inclusive learning environment for all. This call will consider the ways in ... Childhood Funders' Collaborative Grantmakers for Education GCIR Speakers Marisol Aviña, Program Manager, The ...
September 8, 2017
Webinar
... a year of significant transitions for the country and for GCIR. It ushered in a new federal administration and, along ... immigrant communities and communities of color. Here at GCIR, 2021 marked the organization’s first year with our ... on behalf of immigrant communities. Through our programs, resources, grantmaking, and communications, we addressed ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. and across the globe have faced a volatile policy environment that has been alternately welcoming and hostile, ... and want to be as a society. And for the past 30 years, GCIR, along with our members and funding partners, has ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... Pre-K-12 schools have been grappling with how to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment for students impacted ... Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and our co-sponsors for a special funders’ briefing ... Resource Center , and GCIR to identify and curate key resources for school administrators and educators; develop ...
May 30, 2018
Regional Briefing
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... DACA implementation, the DOTD network now comprises 20 sites in 15 states working to expand legal services, outreach ... to new challenges that arise, and provide the support and resources you have come to rely upon. While we will have less ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
Denver state capitol protest 350x277px.jpg GCIR envisions a society in which everyone thrives no matter ... across the country, we seek to mobilize philanthropic resources to promote the protection, wellbeing, and inclusion ... All people deserve access to basic health, housing, and safe working conditions. Yet, new immigrants are unfairly ...
... and uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, GCIR is leaning into our core values to guide how we mobilize ... and assert leadership and influence in the public sphere. GCIR stands ready to work with funders to ensure that your ... in implementing these recommendations, please contact GCIR’s COVID-19 leads, Aryah Somers Landsberger or Kevin ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... to workplaces and houses of worship. In response, GCIR mounted an extraordinary effort to inform, connect, and ... facing immigrant families and communities. Read the GCIR 2017 Annual Report: Rallying Philanthropy to Stand with Immigrants and Refugees to learn more about how GCIR staff, members, funders, and allies rose to 2017’s ...
March, 2018
GCIR Annual Report
... democracy. In the face of these extraordinary challenges, GCIR leaned into our mission, vision, and values , taking ... by immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQI leaders. Time and again, GCIR rallied philanthropy to act with urgency, courage, ... in philanthropic discussions on racism. 2020 marked GCIR’s 30th year of galvanizing philanthropy to address ...
July, 2021
GCIR Annual Report
We at GCIR are heartbroken about the devastating crises unfolding ... of which have limited capacity and must focus their scarce resources on their core work. View relevant recent GCIR ... role to play in helping our nation achieve that vision. Safe Haven for Afghans and Haitians in Crisis ...
August 19, 2021
Statement
... 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, ... across the globe--and contributed to a volatile policy environment that has alternatively been welcoming and ...
January, 2016
Infographic
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... as a unifying force in defiance of racism and deploy resources needed to protect our democracy and bring about ... or we risk silence being interpreted as acquiescence.” Heising-Simons Foundation : Deanna Gomby, President & CEO "It ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
Remarks delivered by GCIR's president, Daranee Petsod, at Courage, Vision, ... response, our funder community has mobilized unprecedented resources to address humanitarian needs and push back against ... our leaders, we listen to them and trust them. We hold safe and brave spaces for naming and discussing fears, ...
March, 2020
Presentation, Program Materials
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... 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 ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
Overview This 12-page report reviews GCIR's efforts to inform, connect, and catalyze philanthropy ... sought to ensure fairness in the allocation of federal resources and in political apportionment over the next ... network visioning in the context of the hostile policy environment; and peer-led sessions on topics such as ...
March, 2020
GCIR Annual Report
Introduction By all measures, 2018 was a tough year for GCIR and for every organization working on immigration. The ... and undermine our pluralistic democracy. In response, GCIR mounted an all-out effort to galvanize philanthropic ... and secondary trauma for service providers. Read the GCIR 2018 Annual Report to learn more about ...
September, 2019
GCIR Annual Report