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2016 Annual Report
OverviewIn 2016, immigrants and refugees in the United States were catapulted to the center of policy debates. The United States Supreme Court issued a deadlocked decision in United States v. Texas, which halted the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the creation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. This decision indefinitely put on hold two initiatives that would have allowed up to five million undocumented immigrants to apply for temporary work permits and protection from deportation. Meanwhile, the 2016 presidential campaign fueled racist and xenophobic vitriol, pitting
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immigrants and refugees against other vulnerable communities. The year culminated in an election outcome that plunged many immigrants and refugees into a state of profound fear and uncertainty, with threats of mass deportation, family separation, and rights violations looming large.
In this volatile immigration policy landscape, GCIR provided the thought leadership, technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand shifting conditions in the field and respond to emerging needs.
Funders relied on GCIR to keep pace with a rapidly changing policy environment throughout 2016 and shape their grantmaking strategies accordingly. GCIR brought urgent issues to the attention of funders and made sure they heard diverse perspectives and expert analysis from the field:
• More than 1,000 funders participated in three dozen webinars, regional briefings, and conference workshops
• 600 funders stayed informed through our monthly e-newsletter
• Countless others utilized our vast online resource library, including research reports, funding recommendations, fact sheets, talking points, and infographics
With a bird’s eye view of the field, GCIR served as an indispensable intermediary that brought stakeholders together to learn and strategize across multiple issues, sectors, and geographies.
Our work helped funders understand how the presence of immigrants and refugees is intertwined with a multitude of other grantmaking priorities.
GCIR worked with a wide range of partners to uplift crosscutting issues. For example:
• In partnership with Workforce Matters, the National Skills Coalition, and Asset Funders Network, we engaged immigrant integration, workforce development, and asset building funders to improve economic opportunities for low-income immigrants and refugees.
• Working with public and private sector partners, GCIR launched an effort to achieve an accurate Census 2020 count in California, which will be essential to determining political representation and resource allocation for immigrants, refugees, and all historically undercounted populations.
• GCIR partnered with regional associations of grantmakers—and became a member of United Philanthropy Forum—to broaden our reach to local, regional, and state funders on issues that intersect with immigration.
In May, we hosted our 2016 National Convening, Stronger Together: Immigrants, Philanthropy, and the American Dream, in Austin, Texas, bringing together the immigration field’s leading voices and advocates to provide funders with new tools, insights, and renewed enthusiasm to guide their immigrant- and refugee-related grantmaking. The convening drew 140 grantmakers from 27 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico, 62 percent of whom were attending for the first time.
Holding the convening in Texas also enabled GCIR to deepen our engagement with funders in the Lone Star State. Most notably, a group of Texas funders committed to meeting regularly after the convening to discuss immigrant integration issues. Subsequently, GCIR partnered with Philanthropy Southwest to organize additional programs, including a Texas border learning tour.
140 grantmakers gathered at GCIR’s 2016 National Convening, the foremost gathering in philanthropy on immigrant and refugee issues.
GCIR provided input for the White House Welcoming Refugees: Honoring Refugee Integration and Refugee Voices event, where Dr. Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and CEO of The California Endowment, was a featured panelist.
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Legal Services
Health
Education
Economic Justice
Racial Equity
Census
DACA
Unaccompanied Children
Workforce Development
Asset Building
Refugee Crisis
LGBTQ
Citizenship
Immigration
Children, Youth, and Families
Civic Engagement
GCIR’s Geographic Reach
GCIR engaged funders in traditional immigrant destinations and newer gateways. In 2016, we expanded our Delivering on the Dream (DOTD) initiative to 15 sites in 12 states and organized regional programs in 13 locations.
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Greater Houston
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GCIR Program Locations
Amelia Island, FL
Austin, TX
Clive, IA
Concord, NH
Lancaster, PA
Los Angeles, CA
Mexico
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, ME
San Diego, CA
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Funders joined GCIR for a learning tour in Mexico City and Tapachula to better understand the root causes and realities of migration from Central America and the larger global refugee crisis.
Through GCIR’s well-established vehicles for funder collaboration, we organized funders around common values and gave funders new to immigrant-related grantmaking an easy point of entry as well as ready access to a network of peers, leading to greater dedicated resources, new synergies, and more coherent funding strategies.
$25 million raised to provide
eligible immigrants with access to DACA and
other immigration relief
600,000 low-income
immigrants served
15
funding collaboratives
established in 12 states
The California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII), formed in 2007, serves as a go-to forum where dozens of foundations learn, organize, and coordinate their grantmaking to support priority issues in the country’s most populous immigrant state. In 2016, CIII funders:
• Mobilized within days after the election to develop rapid response funding strategies
• Swiftly deployed resources to the areas of greatest need
• Launched a project to create safe learning environments for immigrant and refugee students in light of the post-election spike in hate incidents on school campuses
The national Delivering on the Dream (DOTD) initiative makes grants to support community education and outreach, application assistance, legal services, advocacy, and organizing. Notably, in 2016:
Rapid Response: In addition to deepening funder engagement on longstanding strategic priorities, GCIR catalyzed funder action in response to new and emerging issues. In the aftermath of United States v. Texas and again after the presidential election, GCIR spearheaded efforts to publicly reaffirm philanthropy’s commitment to immigrant and refugee communities.
With GCIR’s expert coordination and leadership, these funder networks are poised to harness philanthropy’s new and renewed interest in immigrant and refugee issues during these challenging times and sustain their support far into the future.
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Revenues
Dues and Contributions: $199,800
Grant Income: $1,496,650
Registration Fees: $92,575
Other Revenues: $7,263
Interest Income: $4,508
Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets: ($308)
Total Revenues: $1,800,488
Expenses
Program Services: $1,069,804
Support Services: $490,236
Total Expenses: $1,560,040
Institutional Donors
$200,000-$400,000
Ford Foundation
The California Endowment
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$100,000-$199,000
Open Society Foundations
Unbound Philanthropy
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$50,000-$99,000
Four Freedoms Fund
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Up to $49,000
Napa Valley Community Foundation
The Grove Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
Zellerbach Family Foundation
Financial OverviewGCIR’s funders and members make possible the programs, resources, and services that we provide to philanthropy year after year.
Assets
Cash and Equivalents: $1,090,595
Investments: $202,501
Grants Receivable: $606,000
Prepaid Expenses: $6,873
Property and Equipment: $8,967
Deposits and Others: $8,233
Total Assets: $1,923,169
Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses: $26,802
Accrued Salaries and Benefits: $36,199
Total Liabilities: $63,001
Increase in Net Assets: $240,448
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GCIR 2016 Board of Directors
Co-chair:Betty Balli Torres, Executive DirectorTexas Access to Justice Foundation
Co-chair:Cathy Cha, Program Director Immigrant Rights and IntegrationEvelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Secretary:Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter Vice President of Initiatives and Public PolicySisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
Treasurer:Leslie Dorosin, Co-Executive DirectorThe Grove Foundation
Information and Communications Committee Chair:John Slocum, Director, Migration The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Program Committee Chair:Ted Wang, Program Director, US ProgramUnbound Philanthropy Membership Committee Chair: Molly Schultz Hafid, Assistant Director Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
Amanda Cloud, Executive Director Simmons Foundation
Efrain Escobedo, Vice President of Civic Engagement and Public Policy California Community Foundation
Grace Hou, President Woods Fund Chicago
James Gore, Program Officer Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Irene Lee, Director, Successful Working Families- Center for Economic OpportunitiesThe Annie E. Casey Foundation
Carlos Martinez, Executive Director Latino Community Foundation of Colorado
Mayra Peters-Quintero, Senior Program OfficerMigrant & Immigrant RightsFord Foundation
Frank Sanchez, Executive DirectorThe Needmor Fund
Membership by Geographic Focus
Membership by Funding Priorities
National 27%
Southwest and Mountain 35%
South including Texas 12% Midwest
10%
Northeast 14%
Pacific Northwest 2%
Legal Services 18%
Rights andJustice 18%
Health9%
Children, Youth and Families10%
Citizenship/Civic15%
Education12%
Workforce Development 5%
Economic Development 6%
Refugees 4%
EconomicJustice 3%
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GCIR 2016 Staff
GCIR’s staff has diverse skills, experience, and content expertise , including advanced degrees in social policy, social work, law, and human rights. Our senior management team has decades of combined experience in the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, in the fields of immigrant rights, social justice, economic justice, and refugee issues.
Felecia Bartow Vice President
Caleb Beaudoin Executive Assistant
Althea Gonzalez Project Manager
Harmony Karp Hayes Director of Operations
Michael Kavate Research and Communications Coordinator
Stephanie Martinez Membership and Administrative Assistant
Daranee Petsod President
Camellia Rodriguez-SackByrne Program and Initiatives Manager
Aryah Somers Landsberger Director of Programs
Dianna Truong Development and Membership Manager
Contact Us
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
P.O. Box 1100
Sebastopol, CA 95473
707-824-4374
www.gcir.org
Programs and Events:
Aryah Somers Landsberger
Delivering on the Dream:
Camellia Rodriguez-SackByrne
Website and Information Resources:
Michael Kavate
Membership:
Stephanie Martinez
Grants and Communications:
Dianna Truong
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