Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,162,381 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($7,425,200). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $48M
- Net assets
- $12M
What American Immigration Council does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Litigation and legal educationwe use the courts to demand a fair process for immigrants by challenging unjust polices and laws. In 2024, we successfully challenged several states seeking to enact their own immigration enforcement and removal processes outside of federal law. In florida, alongside our litigation partners, we obtained a ruling blocking section 10 of the senate bill 1718, which made it a crime to drive an immigrant who entered the u.s without inspection into florida. In iowa, with our litigation partners, we obtained a ruling blocking senate file 2340 which would have allowed iowa to set up an independent, state immigration scheme, giving iowa the power to arrest, detain, and deport non-citizens in the state. In addition, the council along with our partners, are also litigating for the rights of asylum seekers at the border. The ninth circuit court of appeals affirmed a lower court decision in favor of the plaintiffs in our case challenging the government's systemic turn backs or "metering" of people seeking asylum at ports of entry along the u.s - mexico border. We also successfully defeated the government's motion to dismiss in a related case challenging the…
$3,713,246 spentof which $45,000 as grants41% of program spendingBuilding a more welcoming country from the ground upstate and local our state and local team engages business leaders, coalitions, nonprofit organizations, and policymakers nationwide to build a welcoming environment for newcomers in states and local communities. To support advocates, the team tracks immigrant related legislation in all 50 states and provides timely updates, data, research reports, technical assistance, talking points, testimony, and letters of support. In 2024, we have tracked more than 800 immigrant-related bills and provided weekly updates via external trackers to partners and stakeholders.in 2024, we supported the 17 pro-immigrant bills related to the created of offices of new americans, language access, occupational licensure, and funding to support migrant integration. We released reports on the growing demand for healthcare workers in new york, michigan, and massachusetts. To help push back against state policies that harm immigrants and communities overall, we partnered with refugee advocacy lab and the international rescue committee to publish a toolkit on countering anti0immigrant policies. In 2024, we organized the global talent chamber network…
$2,987,379 spentof which $100,000 as grants$1,628,265 earned by the program33% of program spendingInforming decisionmakers and the public discourse researchour research team elevates the importance of immigrants in the fabric of america. Through sophisticated data analysis, we ground immigration issues and debates in facts and sound evidence. In 2024, the council published a naturalization fact sheet and accompanying blog post showing naturalization rates nationally and in crucial states, highlighting key demographics of immigrants eligible for naturalization and their potential electoral power. Our partners have used this research to make their outreach efforts more targeted and accessible. In october, the team published a report on how immigrants contribute significantly to the great lakes region. The team updated state level data within our map the impact tool, one of our most cited research products.communications and storytelling in 2024, the council's staff and resources have appeared in 4,977 news stories in media outlets, not counting reprints. The work has been featured in pieces by vanity fair, the new york times, msnbc, the washington post, abc news, the atlantic, forbes, rolling stone, the economist, the associated press, huffpost, politico, the american prospect,…
$2,407,581 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,108,206.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $7.2M to $14M (+91%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jeremy Robbins
Executive director
Board chair
Sui Chung
Chair (until 07/24)
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $3.1M → $8.5M.
26 of 135 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.9M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Immigration Lawyers Association). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
43% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 51% · 2019 36% · 2020 36% · 2021 28% · 2022 21% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $144 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $144
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL?
- AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,162,381 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($7,425,200). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $48,162,381 in grants to AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,425,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 135 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing