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Explore immigration-focused grants supporting legal aid, advocacy, integration services, and immigrant community support.
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Available grants
$65.3M
Total funding
$22.5K
Median grant
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The humanities help us understand ourselves, our communities, and our histories. By increasing collective understanding, we can spark positive change and create a more just society.
We curate stories, co-create engagement opportunities, increase knowledge, and produce resources in the areas of education, civic renewal, immersive experiences, and public programming to catalyze ideas. Our grantmaking allows us to strengthen the bonds between us, celebrate our past and traditions, appeal to the best within ourselves, and educate the next generation of leaders.
Ethnic Media Grants
Through the State of Minnesota’s 2025-2027 biennial legislation and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (Legacy), the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) will administer $472,500 for ethnic media grants to ethnic media organizations that work to create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, and heritage of the many diverse cultural groups that make up Minnesota, including but not limited to Indigenous organizations, communities whose culture and heritage have been historically underrepresented, recent immigrant communities, and veterans.
The Legislature in providing this funding is seeking to fund ethnic media organizations throughout Minnesota to create video content in a language other than English.
An applicant that receives funding under this grant opportunity must do at least one of the following:
Grants for immigration nonprofits provide funding to support services like legal aid, community integration, and advocacy. The following grants empower organizations to assist immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in navigating challenges and building secure futures.
Discover 68 funding opportunities for immigration nonprofits, with $61.4M available. Instrumentl connects nonprofits to tailored grants, offering tools for deadline tracking, customized searches, and insights to support impactful advocacy and community services.
How common are grants in this category?
Uncommon — grants in this category are less prevalent than in others.
Over the past year, when are grant deadlines typically due for grants for Immigration Nonprofits?
Most grants are due in the first quarter.
What's the typical grant amount funded for Grants for Immigration Nonprofits?
Grants are most commonly $50,000.
Nonprofits that are eligible for immigration nonprofits grants include legal aid organizations, refugee assistance programs, and advocacy groups working on immigrant rights, resettlement, and legal representation. Funders favor programs that provide legal aid, community integration, and advocacy to assist immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Many grants require applicants to be 501(c)(3) organizations and may prioritize those with established success in helping these affected individuals navigate challenges and build secure futures.
Grants in immigration nonprofits typically have the highest concentration of deadlines in Q1, with 35.2% of grant deadlines falling in this period. If you're planning to apply, consider prioritizing your applications around this time to maximize opportunities. Conversely, the least active period for grants in this category is Q4.
Immigration nonprofits grants are offered to nonprofit programs that aim to improve access to legal representation, support immigrant integration, and advocate for policy changes that benefit immigrant communities. Funders also hope to enhance workforce development, provide emergency assistance, and expand language access services. Less than 80 grants are available, with around $4.5 million in funding for nonprofit groups that address these immigration challenges.
Funding for immigration nonprofits grants varies widely, with award amounts ranging from a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $50,500,000. Based on Instrumentl’s data, the median grant amount for this category is $50,000, while the average grant awarded is $1,394,927. Understanding these funding trends can help nonprofits set realistic expectations when applying.
Of the $4.5 million available in funding, most grants come from private funders like the Clowes Fund, the William T. Grant Foundation Inc., and The Vilcek Foundation Inc. Some other key funders that support services for immigration nonprofits grants are federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There are also many state and local funding opportunities from the Illinois Department of Human Services, the California Department of Public Health, and numerous AmeriCorps opportunities across the United States that focus on immigrant rights.
Grants for immigration nonprofits are competitive, so you will need to concentrate on all of these key areas:
For additional guidance, explore our step-by-step guide to crafting compelling grant proposals.
Immigration nonprofits grants are highly competitive, which is why you can use Instrumentl to quickly find relevant funding opportunities and then use the essential automated alerts to ensure you don't miss any important deadlines. That way, you stay competitive throughout the entire application process and align with all of the grantors requirements. See how Oasis–A Haven for Women and Children cut their time spent on grant research by 83%.