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Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project

Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,896,548 to it, the largest being VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ($1,154,901). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$3.6M
10/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 93%
01What it does

What Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project does

Mission

GHIRPs mission is to build a resilient diverse community by providing comprehensive representation and holistic legal services to immigrants in need.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Immigrant Children and Youth ICY Program: Our team serves unaccompanied children placed into Immigration Court proceedings without the right to a free attorney. We provide Know Your Rights KYR presentations legal consultations social services and direct legal representation to detained and released immigrant children and youth in the Galveston-Houston area. Many services are provided through a universal representation model assisting clients in navigating the immigration process regardless of their case strength. We offer a full range of holistic services from fighting deportation to securing legal status in the U.S. 905 children received KYR and consultations 147 new children accepted for representation 207 children connected to social services and 430 children received direct legal services.

    $1,697,476 spent
    49% of program spending
  2. Community Immigration Program - General Immigration: We represent immigrants seeking family unity freedom from abuse and persecution protection from deportation and citizenship in Galveston and Houston. This program offers free legal clinics and legal services to immigrants who walk through our doors. Part of this program is dedicated to serving immigrant survivors of violent crimes or human trafficking in the Galveston-Houston area. Our model relies on person-centered representation focusing on our clients and providing social services to effectively advocate for immigrant survivors. Galveston - 269 participants received KYR presentations 518 Household members impacted 182 clients represented 321 consultations provided 55 individuals received pro se assistance. Houston - 439 consultations provided 168 clients represented 990 unrepresented individuals received court assistance 122 individuals received pro se assistance. Survivors - 96 consultations provided 22 clients represented 43 clients provided limited representation 12 clients referred to social services.

    $1,307,722 spent
    38% of program spending
  3. Community Immigration Program - Detained Adults: We represent detained immigrants in the four Houston-area immigrant detention facilities. Our services include representing clients seeking: release for family reunification asylum and other humanitarian relief lawful permanent residency and those challenging prolonged detention. We participate in the areas first publicly funded program to represent low-income Houstonians through a universal representation model. Additionally our team represents immigrants in federal courts to protect their due process rights through targeted and strategic advocacy. GHIRPs detained adult team also represents individuals who are found incompetent to proceed in immigration court without an attorney. Detained Adults: 26 consultations provided and 23 clients represented. Federal Litigation: 10 total consultations 9 clients represented.

    $463,409 spent
    13% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,468,607.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($274k) Expenses 100 ($90k) Net assets 100 ($184k)2022 Revenue 576 ($1.6M) Expenses 1136 ($1.0M) Net assets 404 ($744k)2023 Revenue 1106 ($3.0M) Expenses 1990 ($1.8M) Net assets 1081 ($2.0M)2024 Revenue 1351 ($3.7M) Expenses 3362 ($3.0M) Net assets 1536 ($2.8M)2025 Revenue 1706 ($4.7M) Expenses 4380 ($3.9M) Net assets 1943 ($3.6M)
20202022202320242025
Revenue (1706)Expenses (4380)Net assets (1943)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $816k to $2.3M (+187%).

$200k
$816k
$2.3M
$3.2M
$4.0M
20202022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 20% · 2023 19% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,392 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$184k
’20
$560k
’22
$1.2M
’23
$690k
’24
$750k
’25
8.6
months of
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

Elizabeth Sanchez Kennedy

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20202022202320242025
Listed33358
Joined··+0+2+5
No longer listed··002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $142k → $354k.

4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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

Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

70% 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 Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project.

40%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 60% · 2022 78% · 2023 38% — 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.

Where its funders are

54% of Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project's grant income comes from Texas funders.

NY
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)76% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 8%Fundraising 4%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project?
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,896,548 to it, the largest being VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ($1,154,901). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,896,548 in grants to Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project?
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,154,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 18 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing