Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.
- $201k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Detention Watch Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 10 | $155k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $156k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $413k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $234k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $286k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Global Justice Corp | $156,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc | $95,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Adelante Alabama Worker Center | $68,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | $58,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Juntos | $53,700 | 3 | 4% |
| Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy | $46,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Organized Communities Against Deportations | $46,250 | 2 | 4% |
| Free Migration Project | $46,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Center for Transformative Action | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity | $44,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 44 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Detention Watch Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 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: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Proteus Fund Inc · Tides Center · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Tides Foundation · Solidago Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Ford Foundation · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Groundswell Fund
How this is measured
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About Detention Watch Network
- How much does Detention Watch Network give?
- Detention Watch Network reported 10 itemized grants totaling $155,000, out of $201,359 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Detention Watch Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (64%), International (13%), Civil Rights (11%).
- Who are Detention Watch Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Alliance for Global Justice Corp ($157k), Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc ($96k), Adelante Alabama Worker Center ($68k).
- Does Detention Watch Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Detention Watch Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NEO Philanthropy Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Borealis Philanthropy.
- Where is Detention Watch Network based?
- Detention Watch Network is based in DC.
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