2011 Immigrant Integration Fund Grantees
Total: In 2011, we made 28 grants totaling $540,000
Goal: To promote the full integration and incorporation of immigrants in the civic and economic life of the Bay Area’s neighborhoods and communities 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.
Objective One: Strengthen the legal services infrastructure and access to legal services, naturalization, and citizenship services for low-income immigrants and refugees. Total: 16 grants totaling $320,000
Asian Law Caucus
To provide underserved Asian Pacific Islander immigrants access to free immigration legal services.
San Francisco
$20,000
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
To provide legal assistance to Bay Area Asian and Pacific Islander families, and to strengthen the legal services network through the provision of technical assistance and training in the immigration law community.
San Francisco
$20,000
Cambodian Community Development
To provide legal assistance to East Bay Cambodian immigrants wishing to attain naturalized citizenship.
Oakland
$15,000
Canal Alliance
To provide legal services, citizenship application assistance, and support to immigrants in Marin County.
San Rafael
$20,000
Catholic Charities of the East Bay
To increase the number of legal permanent residents in West Contra Costa County who achieve citizenship, become eligible to vote, and strengthen their ties to the community.
Oakland
$20,000
Central American Resource Center
To develop a partnership with La Raza Centro Legal and La Raza Community Resource Center to improve the quality and efficiency in the delivery of immigration legal services to low-income Latino immigrants in San Francisco.
San Francisco
$30,000
Centro Legal de La Raza
To provide immigration and naturalization legal services to East Bay immigrants and support policy advocacy efforts in support of immigration reform and immigrant integration.
Oakland
$20,000
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.
San Francisco
$25,000
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
To empower East Bay immigrants and refugees to become fully integrated into their local communities and to participate in civic engagement opportunities.
Berkeley
$20,000
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
To develop and implement a coordinated funding strategy to increase naturalization among eligible immigrants in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties.
Sebastopol
$20,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
To increase the capacity of Bay Area legal service, immigrant, and faith-based organizations to facilitate immigrant civic participation, policy advocacy, and citizenship assistance.
San Francisco
$20,000
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.
San Francisco
$20,000
International Rescue Committee – San Francisco
To promote the full integration and incorporation of refugees, asylees, and immigrants into the civic and economic life of the Bay Area.
Oakland
$15,000
Korean Community Center for the East Bay
To provide immigration legal services, citizenship assistance, and civic engagement opportunities for the Korean American community.
Oakland
$20,000
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay
To provide free legal representation to indigent asylum-seekers in the Bay Area.
San Francisco
$20,000
Multicultural Institute
To provide legal and related assistance to immigrant day laborers and other low-income immigrants in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties.
Berkeley
$15,000
Objective Two: Support civic engagement and policy reforms that will increase the economic security and active citizenship of immigrant communities. Total: 12 grants totaling $220,000
ACLU Foundation of Northern California
To train Bay Area immigrant leaders to deliver workshops on civil liberties issues, and to provide policy support to community-based leaders to advocate for immigrants’ rights with local law enforcement agencies.
San Francisco
$20,000
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
To support immigration legal services, organizing, advocacy, and coalition building in support of immigrant rights in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.
San Francisco
$15,000
Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action
To support citizenship and civic participation programs for immigrants.
Berkeley
$20,000
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
To support education, advocacy, and alliance building work with Bay Area African American and African immigrant leaders and youth.
Oakland
$20,000
California Immigrant Policy Center
To build the communications and advocacy capacity of Bay Area community organizations to support statewide immigrant rights and integration policies.
Oakland
$20,000
Chinese for Affirmative Action
To increase the participation of limited-English proficient parents in San Francisco Unified School District’s decision-making processes, and build their leadership skills.
San Francisco
$20,000
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
To strengthen the capacity and participation of faith congregations and religious leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties to support immigration policy reform at the local, state, and federal levels.
Los Angeles
$20,000
Filipinos for Affirmative Action
To increase civic participation and provide low-cost immigration legal services in the Filipino community in Alameda County.
Oakland
$20,000
Marin County Grassroots Leadership Network
To develop emerging immigrant leaders and engage the immigrant community in nonpartisan voter registration and civic education activities.
San Rafael
$15,000
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
To support immigrant leadership development and organizing efforts in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties.
San Francisco
$20,000
Priority Africa Network
To advance the integration of African immigrants into the civic and economic life of Bay Area neighborhoods and communities.
Oakland
$15,000
Vision Y Compromiso
To train Promotores and Community Health Workers to lead community health advocacy projects in San Mateo County.
El Cerrito
$15,000