2012 Immigrant Integration Fund Grantees
29 Grants Totaling $553,890
Goal: To promote the full integration and incorporation of immigrants in the civic and economic life of our region’s neighborhoods and communities. This goal will be met by funding organizations that provide legal and citizenship services, particularly to low-income immigrants and refugees, and organizations that promote policy reform and immigrant civic engagement.
Objectives:
- Strengthen the legal services infrastructure and access to legal services, naturalization, and citizenship services for low-income immigrants and refugees.
- Support civic engagement and policy reforms that will increase the economic security and active citizenship of immigrant communities.
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | Grantee Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | To provide capacity-building support to 17 Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) community and immigrant organizations in the Bay Area to collectively articulate and achieve their self-identified goals. | $40,000 | San Francisco |
| Asian Law Caucus | To provide access to free immigration legal and naturalization services to under-served, non-English proficient Asian Pacific Islander immigrants in Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach | To provide legal assistance to Bay Area Asian and Pacific Islander families, and strengthen the legal services network through the provision of technical assistance and training in the immigration law community. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action | To support citizenship and civic participation programs for immigrants in the Berkeley area. | $20,000 | Berkeley |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration | To support education, training, technical assistance, and alliance building with African American and African immigrant faith-based, community-based, and youth organizations on issues of race, immigration and globalization. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| California Immigrant Policy Center | To build the communications and advocacy capacity of Bay Area community organizations to support statewide immigrant rights and integration policies. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| Canal Alliance | To provide immigration legal services, citizenship preparation application assistance, and economic integration support to immigrants in Marin County. | $25,000 | San Rafael |
| Catholic Charities CYO | To support the provision of low cost legal immigration services and to support the victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes in obtaining their legal right to work. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Central American Resource Center | To promote Latino immigrant integration through immigrant leadership development, community organizing, coalition building, and policy advocacy to create support for local educational policies fostering educational equity. | $15,000 | San Francisco |
| Centro Legal de la Raza | To provide immigration and naturalization legal services to East Bay immigrants and support policy advocacy efforts in support for immigration reform and immigrant integration. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| Chinese American Voters Education Committee | To engage and educate the Asian American immigrant community in redistricting plans, rank choice voting, and other electoral processes. | $25,000 | San Francisco |
| Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) | To promote the integration of immigrants in the Bay Area through education and policy advocacy work with religious leaders and congregation members of diverse faiths. | $20,000 | Los Angeles |
| Dolores Street Community Services | To provide immigration legal services, including deportation defense, to low-income immigrants and refugees, and organize support for local immigrant integration policies in San Francisco. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| E3:Educational Excellence and Equity | To support middle and high school students and their college-age mentors in developing the Youth Voices Project to build community among immigrant families, raise community awareness, and advocate for policies that support immigrant youth in Marin County and beyond. | $15,000 | San Rafael |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | To empower East Bay immigrants and refugees to become fully integrated in their local communities and to participate in civic engagement opportunities. | $20,000 | Berkeley |
| Filipino Advocates for Justice | To increase civic participation and provide low-cost immigration legal services in the Filipino community in Alameda County. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| Grace Urban Ministries, Inc. | To foster dialogue between diverse stakeholders in the Bay Area to create support for just and humane immigration policy reform. |
$10,000 | San Francisco |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | To increase the capacity of Bay Area legal services, immigrant, and faith-based organizations to facilitate immigrant civic participation, policy advocacy, and citizenship assistance. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| International Institute of the Bay Area | To provide immigration legal services and naturalization assistance to low-income immigrants, and strengthen collaboration with other legal service providers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties. |
$20,000 | San Francisco |
| Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay | To provide free and low-cost citizenship and immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and refugees in Contra Costa County. | $15,000 | Berkeley |
| Korean Community Center for the East Bay | To provide immigration legal services and engage the Korean American community in opportunities for civic participation. | $15,000 | Oakland |
| Legal Services for Children, Inc. | To provide information and referrals, legal screening, and legal representation in immigration relief cases along with case management by social workers to undocumented immigrant youth in the Bay Area. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Marin County Grassroots Leadership Network | To develop emerging immigrant leaders and engage the immigrant community in nonpartisan voter registration and civic education activities. | $15,000 | San Rafael |
| Mujeres Unidas y Activas | To support immigrant leadership development and organizing efforts in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties. | $15,000 | San Francisco |
| Peninsula Interfaith Action | To deepen immigrant integration on the Peninsula by promoting a public policy agenda that will positively impact the lives of immigrants and strengthen relationships and support for immigrants in their receiving communities. | $15,000 | San Carlos |
| Priority Africa Network | To promote integration of African immigrant communities in the Bay Area through alliance building with African American and immigrant rights institutions. | $13,890 | Berkeley |
| Redwood City 2020 | To promote full immigrant integration in Redwood City through civic engagement strategies that foster cross-sector coalition building, engage local community members in leadership development, and support immigrant youth through local and state advocacy efforts. | $15,000 | Redwood City |
| Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation | To strengthen the educational and legal services infrastructure for citizenship and immigration services, and to support civic engagement that will increase the economic security and active citizenship of immigrant communities in the East Bay. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education | To support the Dream Resource Center’s summer program in the San Francisco Bay Area to assist immigrant student leaders to develop leadership skills and to address the educational barriers facing undocumented students. | $20,000 | Los Angeles |