Immigrant Legal Resource Center

A regranting initiative to provide core support and capacity building support to minority-led, small and midsize grassroots organizations doing significant, quality work with low-income immigrant communities in the San Joaquin Valley.

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a nonprofit resource center that provides trainings, technical assistance, education materials and policy advocacy to advance immigrant rights. The mission of the ILRC is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.

Counties Served:

Fresno
Kern
Kings
Madera
Merced
San Joaquin
Stanislaus
Tulare

Total Award: $600,000

Program Details:
The ILRC will provide 7 organizations with multi-year grants. Each organization will receive $68,500 over the course of three years for core support and capacity building efforts. Examples of capacity building support include executive coaching, strategic planning, board development, fund development and more. The capacity-building grant will allow organizations to identify and attend trainings, engage consultants or coaches, or select their own technical assistance provider. The ILRC will coordinate with CompassPoint to provide workshops or other peer gatherings on topics of common interest to the group.

Selection process:
The ILRC has formed an advisory committee of partner organizations to advise the project. Together with staff, the advisory committee helps to develop selection criteria, conduct outreach to identify potential grantees, and make grant selections.

Application Deadline:
The application process is now closed. ILRC staff and their advisory committee are reviewing proposals and anticipate announcing grant decisions by the end of December 2009.

Website: http://www.ilrc.org

Project Contact:
Sally Kinoshita
Deputy Director
clp@ilrc.org
(415) 255-9499 x546