Provides learning and networking opportunities for grant makers interested in immigrant and refugee issues, with an emphasis on strategies that benefit newcomer populations. Professionals working in the areas of education, health, employment, civic participation, or immigrant integration get: (1) international migration statistics, including United States immigration data by state and by county, information about U.S. immigration policy, and fact sheets on issues facing immigrants, including employment, education, health care, and child care; (2) access to publications on such topics as English-language acquisition, human rights, immigrant integration and intergroup relations, workforce development and economic opportunity, citizenship and civic engagement, and leadership development and capacity building; (3) links to other related Web sites; (4) information concerning upcoming events as well as meetings’ proceedings; and (5) access to a funding directory, which lists 200 private, community, public, and corporate foundations, as well as corporate-giving programs, that may provide support to organizations, programs, and projects serving or working with immigrants and refugees, within such fields as health, welfare, the arts, human rights, community development, research, and community organizing. The Web site also contains information about membership in Grantmakers Concerned with Immigration and Refugees (GCIR).
