Selected United States Grantees
The following list is a representative sample of Unbound Philanthropy’s current grants in the United States.
Active Voice
$85,000, one year
To support Welcome to Shelbyville, a film that promotes Welcoming America initiatives and greater cooperation and understanding between foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans.
American Civil Liberties Union
$300,000, two years
To support the Immigrant Rights Project and ACLU affiliates for collaborative work to protect the human rights of immigrants at the state and local levels.
American Civil Liberty Union Foundation of Southern California
$100,000, one year
To support immigrant communities and advocates as they engage and build alliances with local law enforcement.
The Brookings Institution
$480,000, two years
To support the Center for Universal Education, to advance the goal of quality education for children and youth in crisis settings.
Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy (University of California Berkeley, Boalt School of Law)
$35,000, six months
To conduct an independent analysis of the impact of Secure Communities and the Criminal Alien Program on immigrants.
Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
$55,000, one year
To provide leadership development opportunities for immigrant youth in California and to strengthen statewide youth organizing networks.
Culture Strike (New Organizing Institute Education Fund)
$70,000, one year
To support travel to Arizona by a delegation of visual artists and writers to learn about the real-life consequences of extreme immigration policies and an overheated immigration debate.
Define American
$75,000, one year
To support a communications campaign led by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to change public perceptions of undocumented immigrants.
Epidavros Project
$25,000, one year
To complete the production of Protecting Arizona, part of a twelve-film series describing efforts to develop a national consensus to reform immigration policies.
FilmAid International
$25,000, one year
To support website and technology upgrades.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
$80,000, two years
General operating support.
International Refugee Committee
$630,000, three years
To develop an African hub on Education in Emergencies at the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Education department.
Leadership Conference Education Fund
$50,000, one year
Build public will for just and fair immigrant policies in Southeastern states by supporting alliances and support for local advocacy.
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum
$12,500, one year
To support the exhibition “Torn From Home: My Life as a Refugee” at the Children’s Discovery Center in Honolulu, HI.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
$60,000, six months
In support of the Dream Summer internship program, to provide scholarships and leadership awards to youth leaders who are committed to protecting immigrant rights
National Immigration Forum
$50,000, one year
Support the Strategic Communications Network, which provides training, technical assistance, messaging, and legislative updates to communications staff of state, local, and national organizations working on immigration.
National Immigration Law Center
$150,000, one year
General support to continue NILC’s legal advocacy dedicated to protecting the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their families.
National Immigration Law Center
$200,000, one year
To support the United We Dream Network, a youth-led organizing network that advocates for immigration reform and improved access to education for undocumented immigrants.
National Immigration Law Center
$250,000, two years
To protect the human rights of low-income immigrant workers.
The Opportunity Agenda
$75,000, one year
To support effective and mutually beneficial collaboration between artists and advocates for the human rights of immigrants.
Public Interest Projects
$210,000, one year
To support Four Freedoms Fund investments in state Welcoming America affiliates, local organizations that promote mutual respect and cooperation between foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans.
Public Interest Projects
$50,000, one year
To support message development by Drew Westen to address two communications challenges: changing demographics in the US and the role of unconscious prejudice in shaping attitudes toward immigration.
Southern Poverty Law Center
$300,000, two years
To support the Immigrant Justice Project’s efforts to expose the mistreatment of immigrant women in southern states and to protect their rights through litigation.
United We DREAM (National Immigration Law Center)
$200,000, one year
General support for a youth-led organizing project that advocates for immigration reform and expanded access to education.
Welcoming America
$240,000, two years
To support national coordination and support of Welcoming America campaigns working to create a welcoming atmosphere in which foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans have mutual respect for one another.
Welcoming America (Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition)
$55,000, one year
Hire a development director to ensure the national organization and state affiliates reach their full potential in the short term and fiscal sustainability in the long term.