Immigration Policy
In partnership with Northern California Grantmakers we invite you to explore how California can remain a pro-immigrant state while the shifts in federal policies and funding retraction dismantle the protections for immigrants across the nation.
May 2025
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Join GCIR to learn how advocates are addressing the closure of the border and the resulting denial of access to safety while defending people who have made the United States their home.
April 2025
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GCIR, Houston Endowment, and the El Paso Community Foundation— in partnership with the Texas Immigration Law Council— would like to invite you to join us for an intimate, funder-only conversation. We will learn how communities are adapting programs to meet immediate needs and pivoting in this critical moment. We will explore the current challenges facing immigrant communities and the nonprofit sector in Texas, identify emerging needs, and discuss how philanthropy can play a meaningful role in advancing stability, safety, and support during this critical time.
March 2025
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Join us on March 20th to learn more about how the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition is mobilizing its network to push Congress, engage local officials, and prepare communities to preserve rights and protections wherever possible.
March 2025
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Join Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN), and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) for a funders' briefing to commemorate 50 years since the first refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam arrived in the United States.
March 2025
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GCIR invites you to join us in Washington, D.C. as part of our 3rd annual Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) delegation. Hosted by the United Philanthropy Forum, FOTH will take place Sunday, February 23 to Wednesday, February 26.
February 2025
Partner Program
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With the shift in our nation’s presidential administration and promise of tougher enforcement, organizations across the state of Florida are mobilizing and organizing to defend immigrant and other marginalized communities. Florida has been among the battleground states in the fight for immigrant rights with recent passage of SB 1718 and other harmful policies aimed to curb migration into Florida and stoke fear within communities.
February 2025
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Join GCIR for a discussion with three nonprofit newsrooms, moderated by a foundation actively investing in racial equity in journalism, and learn about the critical role independent media plays in supporting our multiracial democracy and how philanthropy can help undergird the sector.
December 2024
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As the results of the 2024 presidential election come into focus, now is the time to share and advance strategies for leveraging our resources and positional power to protect immigrants, refugees, and their families from the threats to come. Join GCIR, movement organizations, and funders for a post-election debrief and discussion about this new reality, the strategies that are already being put into place, and how philanthropy can act quickly, powerfully, and decisively to support those efforts while keeping an eye on the long game of building a multiracial and inclusive democracy.
November 2024
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This briefing will feature a panel of speakers representing nonprofit organizations working on the front lines to strengthen our democracy and advance immigrant rights in their communities.
July 2024
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