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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT (nwirp) is a nonprofit organization committed to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through immigration legal services to persons of low income, and also by providing community education and systemic advocacy.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$386k
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 2024.

Crime & Legal$4.2MHuman Services$169kHealth$90k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $79k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
  • $250k+3 grants · $993k
$264,909
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO$386,082
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH & CHILDREN$342,493
MANZANITA HOUSE$264,909
API CHAYA$89,285
GRANT COUNTY DBA NEW HOPE$44,801
CIELO RADLO RANCH PROJECT$34,400
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 (FY17–24, $644k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CIELO RADLO RANCH PROJECT: $34k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $104k → 9%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $36k → 11%YWCA OF WALLA WALLA: $22k → 13%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $94k → 9%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $29k → 11%YWCA OF WALLA WALLA: $18k → 13%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $91k → 9%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $27k → 11%YWCA OF WALLA WALLA: $15k → 13%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $10k → 11%WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK (WAISN): $28k → 9%WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK: $12k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $9k → 9%REFUGEE WOMENS ALLIANCE: $47k → 9%REFUGEE WOMENS ALLIANCE: $45k → 9%REFUGEE WOMENS ALLIANCE: $22k → 9%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 12 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -26% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
2

Total granted

$4.4M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-26%

Still filing today

92%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • CL
    COLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +134% · 29% of their budget
  • MH
    Manzanita House
    2× · 2023–2024 · $352k · revenue +13%
  • AC
    API CHAYA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $251k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • GC
    GRANT COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $45k
  • CP
    CIELO PROJECT AT RADIO RANCH
    one grant, 2024 · $34k · revenue -26%
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.

1
Sexual Violence Law Center

Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) is a nonprofit law firm that protects the safety, privacy, and civil rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Washington through holistic and trauma-informed practices rooted in race and…

Human Services
2
Skagit Legal Aid

To provide access to justice for low income and historically marginalized individuals through 1) providing free legal services to those persons who by reason of poverty and unable to effectively access the legal system, 2) promoting, and…

Crime & Legal
3
Casa de Esperanza

Casa is a refuge, providing protection and education for people caught in the cylces of domestic violence, sexual assault and child assault. Casa is a healing community where women and children can receive the nurturing and support…

Human Services
4
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
5
Sage Indigenous Law Center

Sage Indigenous Law Center's mission is to provide culturally grounded civil legal aid that protects the rights of Native American parents, children, and communities, while advancing justice and addressing systemic inequities.

Crime & Legal
6
Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest

Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW) supports immigrants while in detention and upon release from the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA. AIDNW provides vital services to help immigrants reconnect with…

Human Services
7
Pueblo Unido Pdx

Connect immigrants to legal, social, and interpretation services.

Human Services
8
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center

Rebuilding Hope offers support toward healing through advocacy and therapy for those affected by sexual assault abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. Through education and collaboration Rebuilding Hope improves the communitys response…

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9
Lotus Legal Clinic Inc

LOTUS Legal Clinic invests in survivors of human trafficking and sexutal violence by innovatively blending comprehensive legal services, victims rights representation and therapeutic arts programming that results in survivor-driven…

Crime & Legal
10
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
11
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum County Legal Aid Program Inc

Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid seeks to assure justice for low income people in the civil courts. We provide access to legal help for people whose livelihood, family and wellness are threatened.

Crime & Legal
12
Washington Court Appointed Special Advoc

CASA's Goal is to provide a carefully researched background of the children who are experiencing abuse and neglect to help the court make a sound decision about the childrens future.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Christian Association of Walla Walla; the most unlike its peers is Manzanita House. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $2,544,584 · Civil RightsCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLOTacoma Community House: $297,805 · Human ServicesTacoma Community…Refugee Womens Alliance: $114,176 · Human ServicesRefugee Womens A…SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $102,689 · Human ServicesSKAGIT DOMESTIC …YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA: $55,158 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CH…WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK: $39,866 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON IMMIG…CIELO PROJECT AT RADIO RANCH: $34,400 · Human ServicesCIELO PROJECT AT…LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $369,311 · Crime & LegalLEGAL COUNSEL F…API CHAYA: $250,943 · Crime & LegalAPI CHAYAManzanita House: $351,515 · Arts & CultureTacoma-Pierce County Bar Association: $126,816 · OtherGRANT COUNTY: $44,801 · OtherKING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES: $34,151 · OtherConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $89,719 · Health
Civil Rights$2,544,584Human Services$644,094Crime & Legal$620,254Arts & Culture$351,515Other$205,768Health$89,719

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 budgetCOLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO: $2,544,584 over 8y, 29% of budgetLEGAL COUNSEL FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN: $369,311 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetManzanita House: $351,515 over 2y, 23% of budgetTacoma Community House: $297,805 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAPI CHAYA: $250,943 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTacoma-Pierce County Bar Association: $126,816 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $114,176 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $102,689 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $89,719 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA: $55,158 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK: $39,866 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCIELO PROJECT AT RADIO RANCH: $34,400 over 1y, 3.7% 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.

Inatai FoundationSeattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Sheng-Yen Lu Foundati…Medina FoundationGates FoundationYoung Womens Christia…Legal Foundation of W…NW Childrens Foundati…Raikes Foundation
Inatai FoundationWA23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inatai Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation · Medina Foundation · Gates Foundation · Young Womens Christian Association of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County · Legal Foundation of Washington · NW Childrens Foundation · Raikes Foundation

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 Northwest Immigrant Rights Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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