Disaster & Humanitarian Relief
November 2018
News
News Article
The San Diego Rapid Response Network recently opened a shelter in response to the federal government’s decision to end a program that helped asylum-seeking families get to their final destinations in the U.S. after they crossed the border.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
November 2018
News
News Article
The San Diego Rapid Response Network is collecting donations to help house and pay for legal services once people are released from federal custody.
Source: KPBS
November 2018
Program
Co-Sponsored Program
Hispanics in Philanthropy and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees invite you to a funder briefing to help untangle the complex situation of the Central American refugees heading towards the U.S. border via caravan.
Source: Hispanics in Philanthropy
November 2018
Resource
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
This two-page issue brief covers the multi-faceted nature of the situation at the San Diego-Tijuana border, its impact on communities on both sides of the border, and how funders can support local efforts to address urgent humanitarian needs and long-term policy and systemic challenges.
September 2018
News
Commentary
The Trump administration is considering another extreme reduction in the number of refugees allowed into the United States.
Source: The New York Times
July 2018
News
Philanthropic News
Private foundations, including some that have never supported immigration issues before, have dedicated millions of dollars in quick-turnaround grants to provide legal and health services for immigrant families caught up in the Trump administration’s "zero tolerance" immigration policies.
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 2018
News
Commentary
In a recent learning visit spanning the Greek archipelago — from Athens to Lesbos and Thessaloniki — our team saw what is really taking place on the ground. While the number of refugee arrivals-per-month has dropped in the past year, the challenges in responding to existing and new refugees remain.
Source: Negar Tayyar's Medium Channel
June 2018
News
Philanthropic News
In response to the global refugee crisis and the U.S. government's increasingly hard-line immigration policies, foundations are taking action to support refugees and asylum seekers, a report from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees finds.
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
May 2018
Program
Regional Briefing
This gathering will bring together local workforce and community leaders and funders to learn about post-fire workforce initiatives underway in the North Bay region.
April 2018
Program
Co-Sponsored Program
Please join us to hear from local leaders and nonprofits from the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, Napa, and Sonoma discuss how they are helping their communities, and what they need to be effective in disaster.
Source: Northern California Grantmakers
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