Immigrants and Refugees
Migration, asylum, resettlement, immigration enforcement, and immigrant well-being.
32 opportunities · 10 traditional · 22 nontraditional
Traditional (10)
- Young Scholars ProgramEarly-career awardFoundation for Child DevelopmentEarly-career research on the development and wellbeing of children in immigrant and low-income families, with a standing emphasis on the early childhood workforce.$100k–$250k · Annual cycle
- Grants and open callsFoundation grantOpen Society FoundationsRights-based funding across justice, migration, health and democratic practice in many countries, including research done with movements rather than only about them.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Research grants and visiting scholarsFoundation grantRussell Sage FoundationSocial science on inequality, mobility, race and ethnicity, immigration, and the future of work — plus a residential visiting scholar year that is one of the few funded writing years in the social sciences.up to $200k · Several times a year · Jan, May, Aug
- AAUW International FellowshipsFellowshipAmerican Association of University Women (AAUW)Supports women who are not U.S. citizens in full-time postgraduate study or research in the United States, running continuously since 1917. Master's and doctoral levels are funded at different rates, and fellows are expected to apply their expertise in service of their home countries — a fit for international and global social work scholarship.$20k–$25k stipend · Annual cycle · Aug, Sep
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New AmericansFellowshipPaul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New AmericansA two-year graduate fellowship for immigrants and the children of immigrants pursuing full-time degree-granting graduate or professional study in the United States. Open to all fields, so an MSW, DSW, or social welfare Ph.D. student qualifies, and fellows join a lifelong community with an annual fall conference.up to $25k stipend · Annual cycle · Oct
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Study/Research AwardFederal fellowshipU.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (administered by IIE)The Study/Research award lets an applicant design an original project in a chosen country for a full academic year abroad. It is the main pre-doctoral international research route for MSW graduates and early doctoral students in social work, covering fieldwork on migration, global social welfare, or community practice.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Sep, Oct
- Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (Core Research Grants)Foundation grantRussell Sage FoundationInvestigator-initiated social science research on how race, ethnicity, nativity and legal status — and their interactions — shape social, economic and political outcomes, including for immigrant-origin and US-born minority populations.up to $200k · Several times a year · Jul, Oct
- Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars ProgramFellowshipRussell Sage FoundationA residential year at the Foundation's New York headquarters for scholars doing data analysis and writing on RSF priority areas. Provides salary replacement, office space, computing and subsidised housing.up to $150k per year · Annual cycle · Jun
- Immigrant Rights and Workers' Rights grantmakingFoundation grantRosenberg FoundationCalifornia-focused grantmaking supporting leadership development, policy advocacy and grassroots organising on immigrant rights and workers' rights, including capacity for community organisations working with the state's immigrant residents.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Migration & Forced Displacement ProgramFoundation grantHispanics in PhilanthropyMultinational regranting intermediary supporting frontline migrant-serving organisations, with an emphasis on targeted, community-informed and rapid-response capacity.Amount not published · Varies by programme
Nontraditional (22)
- Community and science grant programsFoundation grantChan Zuckerberg InitiativeCorporate-linked philanthropy funding community organisations, education and science infrastructure, with open calls that do not require a university affiliation.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Grants to Latino-serving organisationsParticipatory grantmakingHispanic FederationRegranting to Latino-led and Latino-serving community organisations across health, education, immigration and disaster recovery, including capacity for their own evaluation.$5k–$100k · Periodic calls
- Grants on migration and belongingFoundation grantUnbound PhilanthropyFunds immigrant and refugee organisations and the narrative, legal and research work that supports them, in the United States and the United Kingdom.$50k–$500k · By invitation
- Community-Based Participatory Research GrantsFoundation grantSociological Initiatives FoundationFunds community-based participatory research that connects research to social change, including research on language learning and behaviour and its intersection with policy — a route for work with immigrant and linguistic-minority communities.$15k–$30k · Annual cycle · Aug
- Community Resilience FundRapid-response fundCrossroads FundRapid response grants for Chicago-area grassroots organizations responding to evolving policy threats and building community resilience, descended from the post-9/11 Critical Response Fund.$5k–$30k · Rolling / open
- California Office of Migrant Services Feasibility and Impact Report (RFP)Evaluation contractEnterprise Community PartnersRequest for proposals to produce a feasibility and impact report on California's Office of Migrant Services housing program. A contracted research and analysis engagement rather than an open grant.Not a cash award · Periodic calls · Aug
- Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) Grant ProgramParticipatory grantmakingSeattle FoundationSeattle Foundation's community-led, participatory grant program funding grassroots community organizing, resident leadership development and neighborhood-designed projects in Greater Seattle. Running since 1991, the program describes itself as designed by and for community members, and awards flexible early funding to small, emerging groups — a route by which a social work researcher partnered with a grassroots organization can support community-based inquiry, documentation and evaluation of local organizing.$10k · Several times a year
- CHPRD Community Grant ProgramsEvaluation contractNew Jersey Department of State, Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and DevelopmentA state office dedicated to Hispanic policy and research posts an annual slate of competitive awards to community agencies serving New Jersey's Latino communities, solicited and submitted through the state's SAGE system.$50k–$75k · Annual cycle · Jan, Mar
- The David PrizePrize or challengeThe David Prize (Walentas Family Foundation)An unrestricted prize to individual New Yorkers with an ambitious plan to improve New York City, across fields including homelessness, youth development, workforce development, immigrant rights and civic engagement.$200k · Annual cycle · Sep, Oct, Nov
- Immigrant-Led Organizations (ILO) FundParticipatory grantmakingMaine InitiativesMulti-year unrestricted general operating support for immigrant-led community organizations in Maine, with immigrant community members shaping strategy and selection through an Immigrant-Led Community Advisory Committee.$45k · Annual cycle · Jan, Feb
- Immigrant Rapid Response FundRapid-response fundWomen's Foundation of MinnesotaA Minnesota fund governed by a coalition of 33 philanthropic leaders from immigration-affected communities, moving money quickly for emergency basic needs, urgent legal services, and community organizing and safety planning.$25k–$600k · By invitation
- Immigrants Belong Fund (I-Belong Fund)Participatory grantmakingTides FoundationA narrative-change fund for immigrant-led and proximate-led organizations countering xenophobic messaging, paired with a Community of Practice that provides shared curriculum and network events alongside the grant.$100k · By invitation
- Refugee Leadership Fund (RLO-to-RLO Fund)Participatory grantmakingResourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative, housed at Asylum AccessA fund described as "for refugees by refugees" that aggregates contributions and redistributes them directly to refugee-led organizations, with Boost grants for newer groups and Advance grants for established ones.$25k–$200k per year · Periodic calls
- Community Interest FundsParticipatory grantmakingOmaha Community FoundationFive resident-led funds — Omaha Neighborhood Grants, African American Unity Fund, Futuro Latino Fund, LGBTQIA2S+ Equality Fund, and Refugee Community Grant Fund — where committees of people from the served communities set the process and make the funding decisions.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Jan, Feb, Mar
- Elrha funding calls (R2HC research and Humanitarian Innovation Fund)Rapid-response fundElrhaThe single portal where Elrha posts its humanitarian research and innovation calls, including crisis-triggered R2HC calls for research responding to current or anticipated humanitarian health emergencies.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Fund for ChangeParticipatory grantmakingLiberty Hill FoundationLiberty Hill's participatory grantmaking program for Los Angeles County grassroots organizing, where a Community Funding Board of community members and activists interviews applicants, conducts site visits, and guides who is funded and at what level.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Nov, Dec, Jan
- Community Fund for Immigrant WellnessParticipatory grantmakingScattergood Foundation (with the Philadelphia Foundation, City of Philadelphia DBHIDS, and Paul D. Schurgot Foundation)A participatory fund for immigrant and refugee behavioral health in Greater Philadelphia, where a Community Advisory Board of immigrant-serving organizations writes the strategy and RFP and nominates the Decision Making Group that selects awardees.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Mar, Apr
- Social Justice Fund NW community grantmaking (including Immigration Justice cycles)Participatory grantmakingSocial Justice Fund NWA regional fund whose grant decisions are made democratically by trained volunteer community grantmakers in Giving Projects and Grant Panels rather than by staff, with cycles that have included Immigration Justice.Amount not published · Several times a year
- Nuestro FuturoParticipatory grantmakingThe Chicago Community TrustA Latine donor affinity fund at The Chicago Community Trust whose volunteer steering committee, led by two co-chairs, runs the yearly grantmaking to Chicago-area organisations serving Latine communities.Amount not published · Annual cycle
- Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders CollaborativeParticipatory grantmakingOregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, and Meyer Memorial TrustA pooled, rolling fund from three Oregon funders with a "no wrong door" application, supporting legal services, movement building and advocacy, and basic and wraparound services for immigrant and refugee communities.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Immigration Frontlines FundRapid-response fundFour Freedoms Fund (NEO Philanthropy)A national, large-scale rapid response fund defending immigrant communities, supporting organizing, mobilization and defense work across 38 states and prioritizing groups led by immigrant, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ leaders.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Centinela Valley Medical and Community FundsFoundation grantCalifornia Community FoundationCommunity foundation grants in South Los Angeles's Centinela Valley for integrating medical, dental, vision, mental health and substance use services, cross-sector work on health disparities tied to immigration status, and health policy and advocacy for universal access to coverage and public benefits.from $100k · Rolling / open
Other clusters
- Adolescent and Youth Development
- Aging Services and Gerontology
- American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations (Indigenous Cluster)
- Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander Focused-Research
- Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research
- Child Welfare
- Communities and Neighborhoods
- Crime and Criminal Justice
- Disability
- Gender
- Gender-Based Violence
- Health
- History
- Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
- International Social Work and Global Issues
- LatinX Focused-Research
- Mental Health
- Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families
- Organizations and Management
- Race and Ethnicity
- Research Design and Measurement
- Research on Social Work Education
- School Social Work
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social Work Practice
- Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors
- Sustainable Development, Environmental and Climate Justice
- Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs