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... 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 ... the helm. With Marissa’s leadership and the strength of GCIR’s 30-year legacy, we built forward our critical role ...
April, 2022
GCIR Annual Report
Dear Colleagues: In 2021, GCIR launched a process to develop a new strategy which ... design team worked together to: Define the problem that GCIR seeks to address. Articulate the ways in which GCIR ... GCIR team test drove emerging concepts and values at our convening in Houston last May and through our programs and ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... 2022 was a year of continued growth and evolution for GCIR. We continued to expand our staff capacity—including ... inclusion, and learning. As I have often said, my job as GCIR’s President is to create the conditions in which ... individual and collective sustainability and thriving. At GCIR, we talk about doing our work in a networked way, and we ...
March, 2024
GCIR Annual Report
... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... city running as well…” It is within this context that GCIR is calling upon philanthropy to resource a response to ... and communications strategies, coalition building and convening, and other infrastructure building approaches ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... 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
March 10, 2020
Description Are you a new GCIR member? Or simply want to learn about everything GCIR can offer your institution? Join us for our inaugural ... on how they have utilized and leveraged GCIR membership. Registration Registration is now closed. Want to Get the Most ...
August 16, 2018
Webinar
March 12, 2020
This six-minute video features GCIR's founders, members, and allies reflecting on the past ... development and the role that philanthropy has played. GCIR 20th Anniversary Video ...
July, 2010
Video & Audio
This four-minute video features GCIR board members talking about the role the organization ... immigrants and refugees in reaching their full potential. GCIR 25th Anniversary Video ...
July, 2016
Video & Audio
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In light of the ... hostile times. Sincerely, Daranee Petsod President GCIR President's Q3 Update, 2018 ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
Denver state capitol protest 350x277px.jpg GCIR envisions a society in which everyone thrives no matter ... system designed to reduce pathways to safety. To this end, GCIR holds the following positions: Oppose policies that ... injury, extreme weather, and exploitation. To this end, GCIR holds the following positions: Support proposals to ...
All of us at GCIR grieve for the lives lost in Christchurch, New Zealand, ... supremacy have no place in our world. To funders in the GCIR network: While you may not be able to act in New ... Dunedin, New Zealand. Mark McGuire / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Islamophobia and Hate ...
March 15, 2019
Statement
... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) joins a growing chorus within philanthropy standing in ... and bring about equity and justice for all. — Team GCIR Foundation Statements Member Statements "....the veil ... Forward? Photo : Bob Mical / Creative Commons GCIR Stands Against Bigotry and Hate ...
August 10, 2017
Statement
... 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
... of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) elected to its board of directors Angie Junck , ... Blue Shield of California Foundation . In addition, the GCIR membership re-elected Shawn Morehead , Vice President ... board, including two years as co-chair. Founded in 1990, GCIR works with member foundations and the broader ...
January 27, 2020
Press Release
... Kevin Douglas, senior director of national programs at GCIR. GCIR’s delegation, which included GCIR staff and representatives from The Surdna Foundation and ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Dignity ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release