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Migration Policy Institute

The nonpartisan MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE seeks to improve immigration and integration policies through authoritative research and analysis, opportunities for learning and dialogue, and the development of new ideas to address complex policy questions.

$214k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$884kEmployment$100kInternational$75kCivil Rights$35kHuman Services$30kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $100,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $213,582 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $113,582 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CONEXION AMERICAS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: $20k → 7%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $75k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $40k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $40k → 14%CONEXION AMERICAS: $15k → 14%CONEXION AMERICA: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $114k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Need$114k · 100% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: SUBGRANT SUPPORTING EDUCATION ACCESS AND INTEGRATION · PROGRAM SERVICE SUPPORT

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$796k · 7 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$796k
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+59%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsEducationHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitSocial ScienceOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $155k · revenue +440%
  • CT
    CALIFORNIANS TOGETHER
    4× · 2017–2021 · $145k · revenue +261%
  • ID
    INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $100k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • ME
    MINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -59%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +28%
  • IC
    ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +642%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Latino Political Network
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2
Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
3
Alliance for a Better Community

Advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for the latino / a community and the los angeles region through power building and policy advocacy.

Community Improvement
4
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
5
American Business Immigration Coalition

To promote sensible immigration reform that supports the economy of the united states, provides american companies with both the high-skilled and low-skilled talent they need, and allows the integration of immigrants into our economy as…

Public Benefit
6
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
7
American Immigration Lawyers Association

The american immigration lawyers association (aila) was established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the…

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8
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
9
We Are Alx Inc

We are alx is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening economic mobility, leadership representation, and long-term prosperity across massachusetts by advancing latino entrepreneurship, workforce participation, civic…

Community Improvement
10
Latinas Usa
Community Improvement
11
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc

The mission of asian americans advancing justice-aajc (aajc) is to advance civil and human rights for asian americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.

Civil Rights
12
New Mexico Voices for Children

To improve the status, well-being and racial/ethnic equity of new mexicos children, families, and communities in the areas of health, education, and economic security by promoting public policies through credible research and effective…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Unidosus; the most unlike its peers is Californians Together. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONEXION AMERICAS: $155,395 · Human ServicesCONEXION AMERICASCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOP…AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SER…NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC: $155,265 · OtherNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION IN…UNIDOSUS: $16,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $70,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUG…ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $20,000 · OtherILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT …ONEAMERICA: $70,000 · OtherONEAMERICA+1 more: $7,500 · OtherCALIFORNIANS TOGETHER: $145,000 · EducationCALIFORNIANS T…INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Social ScienceINTERCULT…TALENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES INC: $100,000 · InternationalTALENT BE…Latino Community Fund Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyLatino Co…MINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterMINNESOTA…
Human Services$250,395Other$338,765Education$145,000Social Science$100,000International$100,000Philanthropy$100,000Housing & Shelter$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONEXION AMERICAS: $155,395 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC: $155,265 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIANS TOGETHER: $145,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetINTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetLatino Community Fund Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP: $100,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $70,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetONEAMERICA: $70,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATINO POLICY FORUM: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Gates FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Immigration …Center for Community …NEO Philanthropy IncNew Venture FundNational Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Gates FoundationWA17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Immigration Law Center · Center for Community Change · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Migration Policy Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Migration Policy Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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