Making the Case for Supporting Immigrants in Your Grantmaking: A Messaging Toolkit for Funders

November 20, 1:00 pm ET

We know that funders face many challenges when attempting to make the case within their institutions for the value and importance of investing in immigrant communities. We also know that moving money to immigrant-led and immigrant-centered organizations can help foundations advance their strategic priorities, whether they relate to immigration explicitly or not.

For funders focused on young children and families, moving money to immigrant-led and centered organizations can help support and protect the one in four children living in immigrant families in the U.S. who are facing and will continue to face unprecedented threats to their safety and well-being.

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) has developed a new messaging toolkit (which will be released ahead of the webinar) designed to support funders, especially those who are navigating hostile external environments, as they make the case to their leadership or peer communities for the value of supporting immigrants in their grantmaking strategies.

This funder strategy session will:

• Share compelling talking points linked to universal values and shared priorities.
• Address common concerns foundation leaders may raise.
• Offer concrete guidance on how to bring these messages into everyday philanthropic practice.

At the end of the session, we will have time to explore strategies for using these tools and for participants to share their experiences with making the case for supporting immigrant communities.

WHO MAY ATTEND:
Staff and board members of foundations, corporate-giving programs, philanthropic consultancies, affinity groups, and invited governmental grantmaking agencies.