Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

A 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.

Indicative award

$25k–$600k (total award)Published grant range is $25,000 to $600,000. The fund reports $13.59 million distributed across 153 organizations to date.

Timing

By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The interest form closed 3 April 2026 and final grant decisions were made 10 April 2026; the page says the coalition continues supporting longer-term community recovery and directs institutional donors to staff for future opportunities.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Not an open application process. Funding is distributed by invitation to organizations that are culturally responsive, linguistically accessible and deeply rooted in their communities across the Twin Cities metro, Greater Minnesota, and border communities in South Dakota and North Dakota. A university cannot apply; the researcher's route is partnership with an invited grantee.

SSWR clusters

Topics

emergency basic needs · legal services · community organizing and safety planning · minnesota

Apply at

https://www.wfmn.org/funds/immigrant-rapid-response/

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

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