Grants for immigrant centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to immigrant and ethnic centers and service providers
Creator: Cause IQ
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789 immigrant and ethnic centers and service providers received at least $22.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,182 grants made from 740 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 740 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to immigrant centers, and 5% made grants to four or more immigrant centers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$22,403,171

Total grant dollars given to immigrant centers

1,182

Number of grants made annually to immigrant centers

740

Number of grantmakers funding immigrant centers

$1,500

Median grant size to immigrant centers

Foundations that support immigrant and ethnic centers and service providers

Out of all grants made to immigrant centers, 69% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 89% of the dollar-value of grants to immigrant centers. Foundations funding immigrant centers also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, youth development programs, scholarship organizations, and christian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	514
Medium	109
Large	117

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	33
Private	546
Corporate	52
Other	109

Grants made

Grants made to immigrant centers	Number of grantmakers
1	611
2-3	88
4-10	34
11+	7

Top 10 foundations supporting immigrant and ethnic centers and service providers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to immigrant centers	Number of grants made to immigrant centers	Median grant size
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	46	$1,500
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.1%	26	$1,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	26	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	25	$53
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	23	$630
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	22	$100
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	TN	National	0.2%	11	$2,500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	10	$1,250
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	10	$550

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Immigrant and ethnic centers and service providers grantees

Immigrant centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 92% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 40% of all immigrant centers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,176
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	6

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,000
$100k-$500k	$2,500
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,890
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	156
New York	155
Washington	102
Illinois	92
Other	677

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	154
Seattle	92
Chicago	92
San Francisco	59
Other	759

Top 25 grants made to immigrant centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Immigrant Legal Resource Center	$4,645,000	Project Support	The Grove Foundation
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)	$3,758,575	Payments for Employment and Training Programs	Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC)
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project	$3,143,026	Rebuilding Asylum Seekers' Lives	Urban Justice Center
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)	$2,961,431	Provision of Workforce Development	Worksystems
Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM)	$2,734,633	Refugee Social Services, Elderly Services, Refugee School Impact, Kentucky Wilson Fish Alternative, Refugee Health Promotion, Refugee Targeted Assistance	Catholic Charities of Louisville
Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC)	$2,601,690	The Organization Is A Subcontractor of the Council's CCR&R and Cares Grants	Day Care Council of New York
St Joseph Services	$5,000	SJS Out of School Time	The A Montgomery Ward Foundation
Casa de Maryland	$5,000	Provide General Operating Support	Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights	$5,000	Immigrant Child and Family Rights Project	Coleman Family Charitable Foundation
Catholic Charities DC	$5,000	Grant-Making Program	Robert E Torray and Anne P Torray Family Foundation
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia (NSC)	$5,000	Provide Financial Assistance for Immigrants Who Have Lost Their Homes, Income, And/or Employment Due To the Covid-19 Pandemic	Foundation for Delaware County (CCF)
Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens (TASC)	$5,000	Support of Organization Mission To Help People Maintain Their Health, Independence and Dignity By Mobilizing Volunteer Drivers To Provide Rides To Eligible Residents of the NH Seacoast Communities	Exeter Hospital
Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington	$5,000	General Support	Jeong H Kim Foundation
Korean American Disabled People Association (KADPA)	$5,000	General Support	Jeong H Kim Foundation
Building One Community	$5,000	General Support	The Meera and Ashok Vasudevan Foundation
Pursuit of Innovation Pi515	$5,000	Charitable	Larson Foundation
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)	$5,000	Assistance	The Edwards Family Foundation
Tacoma Community House (TCH)	$5,000	501(c)3 Fundraising Event	Lu-Wong Foundation
First Nations Development Institute	$5,000	Sponsorship of 2019 Native American Program Officers Gathering	Northwest Area Foundation
The Guatemalan-Maya Center	$5,000	Covid-19 Relief and Recovery	Mary and Robert Pew Public Education Fund
Neighborhood House	$5,000	Human Services Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Columbus	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Columbus	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Asian Americans for Equality	$5,000	General Support Purposes	Tiger Baron Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Immigrant centers" category for this page is determined by the "P84: Ethnic, Immigrant Centers and Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.