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Join GCIR to learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement on how philanthropy in California can effectively increase grantmaking dollars, shift grantmaking practices, embrace risk, and assert leadership to meet the challenges of this moment.
Join us for GCIR’s first southeast regional network meeting, where we will create space for funders in the region to connect, learn from one another, and map out opportunities for future collaboration.
With the success of GCIR’s Southeast Network pilot call in 2023, we are excited to formally establish an ongoing Community of Practice for national and place-based funders who fund in the Southeast U.S. region.
The membership of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected three new members to its board of directors, as well as re-elected three current board members.
Are you looking for ways to support your grantees in dealing with the challenges resulting from the coronavirus? Here’s what some funders are doing.
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Beyond the Border: How Receiving Cities are Welcoming Asylum Seekers" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
Join GCIR and a panel of network stakeholders as we delve into a brand-new report which synthesizes lessons learned from the DOTD network over the past ten years and provides recommendations for future philanthropic collaboration.
As COVID-19 fears rise and communities face growing health and economic concerns, local nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gaps in our social safety net while trying to protect our families and communities. Public schools are closing from Washington to Arkansas, and children are losing school meals, safe space, and basic medical care—putting an even bigger strain on the limited childcare and healthcare infrastructure in the U.S.
Ivy Suriyopas has been appointed as the new Vice President of Programs at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), effective May 12, 2021.
GCIR is proud to share that after months of deep evaluation, final learnings from the California Dignity for Families Fund (CA DFF) are now published in our new report, “Providing Refuge & Restoring Dignity: Meeting the Needs of Migrants in a Networked Way.”
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's "Strategies for Resisting Immigration Detention in Rural America" webinar here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
This infographic covers reviews the populations the Census typically undercounts in California, why there is a state undercount, and how that undercount can be reduced in 2020.
This resource summarizes a briefing that highlighted a wide range of issues impacting Black immigrants and ways that philanthropy can address these issues.
Join us to learn more about the intersections between criminal justice and immigration systems, how the criminal justice reform and immigrant rights community are responding, and what funders can do at this critical moment.