Washington, D.C. · Public charity
American Immigration Council
The council strives to strengthen the united states by shaping immigration policies and practices through innovative programs, cutting-edge research, and strategic legal and advocacy efforts grounded in evidence, compassion, justice and fairness.
- $145k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations American Immigration Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $145k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $85k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.2M | 88% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $677k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.7M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $209k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $511k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Immigration Lawyers Association | $1,941,555 | 6 | 5% |
| Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | $471,272 | 7 | 5% |
| Council for Christian Colleges and Universities | $225,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Council of YMCAs of the USA | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western States Center | $220,000 | 3 | 4% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $195,316 | 3 | n/a |
| Contigo Immigrant Justice | $159,650 | 3 | 10% |
| Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund | $125,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Association of Museums | $125,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 45 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
American Immigration Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Borealis Philanthropy · Impactassetsinc · Welcoming America Inc · US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc · National League of Cities Institute Inc · The Ford Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · WK Kellogg Foundation · Tides Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
How this is measured
About American Immigration Council
- How much does American Immigration Council give?
- American Immigration Council reported 5 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Immigration Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (49%), Human Services (10%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are American Immigration Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Immigration Lawyers Association ($1.9M), Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network ($471k), Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ($225k).
- Does American Immigration Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Immigration Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Borealis Philanthropy, Impactassetsinc, Welcoming America Inc.
- Where is American Immigration Council based?
- American Immigration Council is based in DC.
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