Minnesota is under occupation by federal agents from ICE and CBP, and we need your support.
Across Minnesota, ICE continues to stop, harass, and detain people regardless of their citizenship status. Normal life in Minnesota has been interrupted, as schools have been forced to close or go virtual, as people live in fear of leaving their homes or going to work. Minnesotans are organized and activated to respond to this violence. But they need our help.
This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes (not everyone is in our networks, and we don’t want to pick and choose who is worthy of help.)
If you don’t have resources to give, please amplify what you are hearing and seeing about Minnesota, across social media, but also to your networks, friends, and family offline.
Read our testimonies and know what life is like in Minnesota right now.
Overwhelmed by the amount of listings here? Taking time to choose link from the directory helps us not overwhelm any group. Still want help choosing? Here you go:"
Mutual Aid & Materials Purchasing
These funds are administered by neighbors helping their neighbors, not large organizations. This is one of the most direct ways to help and to get cash and resources into people’s hands quickly. To get something added please fill out this form.
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Support the coordinated rent relief fund organized by the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
Support Wellstone Families with Rent Payments: Direct rental support to Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary families that are affected by ICE being in the area.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Need: We are a collective of school, church and neighborhood communities supporting 300 families in south Minneapolis and the greater metro area. All proceeds will go toward the urgent need for rent & utilities and to avoid eviction of our families until it is safe for them to return to work.
Harrison Neighborhood Association: Harrison Neighborhood Association is providing direct food aid and rental assistance to North Minneapolis residents who are under threat by ICE.
Keeping Our Oak Hills Families Home Helping families at OHE in Lakeville pay avoid eviction by paying their rent while they are unable to work for to fear of deportation.
West Side Rent Assistance: Donations directly support West Side (55107) residents who are renters facing financial hardship—prioritizing low-income households, families impacted by immigration enforcement or work disruptions, and neighbors at immediate risk of eviction or housing instability.
Hopkins Strong Relief Fund: Raising funds to help ICA Food Shelf to provide emergency food bags along with critical housing and utilities support to help Hopkins Public Schools District 270 families.
Help Minneapolis Families Pay Rent This Month: I am raising funds to be dispersed where needed. Which frankly is everywhere. I have $5300 of rent requests waiting to be filled.
Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need: We are asking for your help and generosity to keep our neighbors fed, housed, and supported through these trying times. We are hoping to cover the cost of rent, utilities, groceries, medical expenses, and other financial needs these families may face in the coming weeks and months.
Support Bryant Families in Urgent Need: This fundraiser is organized by a group of neighbors, community organizers, and friends to help with housing payments for the neighbors in the Bryant neighborhood.
Washburn Cares - Rent Relief and Support for Minneapolis Public School Families: We are raising funds to provide rent relief and mutual aid for Minneapolis Public School families during this crisis. Donations will primarily support rent, with some funds also covering food assistance and school materials.
Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families: Please join us as together we move forward in resistance and mutual care. Donate to keep our Central Neighborhood families housed, fed, and safe.
Friends of Robbinsdale Early Learning Program GiveButter Campaign: They are raising funds to help Robbinsdale Area Schools early learning families with rent support.
Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Rent Relief Fund: Donations provide low-barrier, tax-deductible cash assistance to renters facing financial hardship.
CANDO Rent Relief Fund: For people in the area where Renee Good was murdered.
Collective Care Fund: 100% of funds collected will go directly toward rent payments for affected households.
Cempazúchitl Collective: We are a multi-issue, asset-based, power building leader in the Native American community, providing mutual aid and rent support.
Sky Without Limits/Cielo San Limites: Our neighbors are in need of donations and support to help cover housing costs because their families have been terrorized and stolen, and their ability to work and simple live has been completely upended.
Rent Relief for MPS Families: Funds raised will go directly to rent, utilities, and basic needs for families in our school communities, with support distributed safely as needs arise.
Rent Support for Bancroft Families: South Minneapolis neighbors have come together to help families meet basic needs during this crisis. All funds raised will go toward housing and utility costs for Bancroft families.
Rent Relief for South Minneapolis Families Impacted by Federal Immigration Operations
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Hopkins Strong Relief Fund: Raising funds for the ICA Food Shelf through the Hopkins Education Foundation to provide Hopkins Public Schools children and families in need with food and support for rent and utilities.
Food Not Bombs Mankato: We are a volunteer-led mutual aid group that provides free food for those in need in Mankato, MN. Solidarity Not Charity.
St. Anthony Village Community Mutual Aid Fund: Many families in our community are in urgent need of financial support. Your donations will go toward keeping local families and community members housed and safe by providing survival assistance.
All Nations Mutual Aid & Community Care Fund: We are raising funds to support immediate and ongoing community care. This fund exists so care is free, accessible, and responsive, without people having to explain or justify their pain in a moment of crisis.
North Mpls Mutual Aid: An emergency rent fund for those impacted in North Minneapolis.
OVS Culturally Responsive Emergency & Mutual Aid Relief Fund: Community-led, bilingual rapid response effort providing culturally responsive emergency and mutual aid support to families impacted by current immigration enforcement, led by trusted bilingual leaders of color rooted in their communities.
Supporting Hilltop Elementary Families: This campaign will raise funds to provide critical necessities and ensure that Hilltop families receive the support they need.
Seeds Worth Sowing: Coordinating donations and drop offs of household supplies and items for babies and children for Black and brown families unable to leave their home during the ICE occupation.
MNTogether: MN Together is administered by MARCH to support organizational partners and on-the-ground organizers who are supporting impacted families with ongoing needs like food, diapers and rent assistance.
Good Neighbors: We take care of our neighbors and community members who cannot leave their homes due to fear of profiling and detainment. We are currently focused on families in apartment buildings in the Twin Cities. Funding covers food and basic necessities.
Mutual Aid for Anoka-Hennepin Students and Families: Parents for Good is raising money to distribute to impacted families. Donations will help provide food, transportation, and other essential support.
Support Immigrant and Refugee Families at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul: Gathering funds to provide for students' basic needs - food, essentials, potentially rent assistance.
Sanctuary Supply Depot is a central hub that facilitates the collection and distribution of basic survival supplies for our unhoused neighbors. Donate or Volunteer. Venmo.
Harrison Neighborhood Association: Harrison Neighborhood Association is providing direct food aid and rental assistance to North Minneapolis residents who are under threat by ICE.
Nenookaasi is supporting unhoused community through mutual aid. Donate with the Nenookaasi Cashapp or Venmo
North Side Blessings: Your donation directly supports families across Minnesota by providing food, hygiene items, and essential resources during times of need.
Support Nokomis Montessori: Donations to the Nokomis Family Relief Fund, coordinated by the Nokomis PTO to support students and families on the Eastside of St. Paul.
Justice Page Middle School Family Support: Supporting Safety, Solidarity, and Community Resilience: Your Donations Help Families Facing Uncertainty.
Help Bancroft Families! This is an ongoing need. We are currently providing groceries to over 50 families.
Community Aid Network MN: CANMN is a grassroots volunteer-led organization located in the Bancroft neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN. We work to build solidarity with our neighbors, organize volunteers and redistribute resources to ensure everyone has the means for dignified survival. Get help or donate.
Minneapolis Families for Daycare Workers: A mutual aid hub for direct support to the workers who love and care for our children everyday.
Bloomington Mutual Aid Network: Bloomington is home to nearly 90,000 neighbors, and right now local families are reaching out every day asking for help. When you give to this Bloomington Mutual Aid fund, you help families stay housed, fed, and supported without having to choose between safety and survival.
Black Youth Mutual Aid: Support Black youth across the Twin Cities, covering costs for trainings on how to stay safe during this time as well as mutual aid. Thank you for showing up for Black youth and investing in collective care.
Support Frontline Organizers Demanding Justice and Shutting Down ICE in Minnesota: Donations support Minnesota-based organizers with legal observing, community defense, rapid response, and resources to protect immigrant communities and hold ICE accountable.
Leo’s Towing: Donate to help tow the cars of people detained to their homes and families
James Irving Salon Mutual Aid Fund for Service Workers: Our staff are working directly with 6 Latino restaurant workers & their families in the Twin Cities to help support them with rent, supplies, missed income, and other needs during the current crisis. Venmo @jamesirving with “mpls” as the subject.
Pow Wow Grounds Coffee Shop (Venmo, @powwowgrounds): A pit stop for observers and hub for the Indigenous community in South Minneapolis. They are also looking for donations of Tobacco, blankets, hand warmers, whistles, coffee, air mattresses
Indigenous Protector Movement: Dedicated to protecting Indigenous land and communities through direct action, advocacy, and community building.
Support Bryn Mawr Elementary Students: This is a school in a wealthy area but the PTA is trying to help their students who live in Near North, a much less wealthy community.
Support Marcy Students: Funding is going to families across Minneapolis Public Schools.
Richfield Community Safety - Mutual Aid Network and Community Fund: We have launched a community fund for Richfield families in partnership with local nonprofit Richfield Leadership Network to pay for essential needs, utility bills, and rent and to support our mutual aid activities (supplies, bulk food or diaper purchases etc).
Church of the Ascension Immigrant Emergency Fund: Congregation in North Minneapolis with a large immigrant population
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Focus on helping trans and immigrant refugees with rent, groceries, medical expenses, infant and children's items, and rides. Select Sanctuary and Resistance Fund to ensure that every dollar goes directly to people who need it and not to church operations.
Minnesota Immigrant Movement (MIM): Helping community to support that the families that really been affected - food delivery and collaboration in a food area, organized volunteers to delivery, requesting food donations, rent, utility, basic needs, etc.Good Neighbors
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White Bear Area Food Shelf: Open to all, as often as needed, and community members are welcome to pick up food for their neighbors. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
ICA Food Shelf: Here, all neighbors in need are welcomed. ICA provides opportunities and resources to support residents, and connects people and families with what they need to thrive. Get help, volunteer or donate.
The Open Door Pantry: Dakota County’s largest hunger relief organization that provides healthy food to families in need, including those impacted by recent activity. Get food, volunteer or donate.
Neighbors, Inc.: Established nonprofit in the Twin Cities and raising funds to ensure that we can provide vital community resources to the community through our hunger program. Get food or donate.
LSFDistro: We are a donation and community based org working in conjunction with North Country Food Alliance, serving the people of Lake Street. We do food delivery, a free grocery store and stay at home bags as well as a free closet and showers. Donate or volunteer.
Community Driven: Community Driven rescues surplus food feom dozens of TC businesses every week & supplies local food shelves & soup kitchens, but most of our food is going to home deliveries during this crisis. Donate here.
Valley Outreach: Food, clothing, and other support; currently also delivering aid. Get food, get clothing, volunteer, or donate.
Despensa Familiar: We are a non profit bridging the trust gap and are actively collecting and distributing food aid to the affected community. We intend to look for ways to further support the community by providing rent/bill assistance, ride to/from work, and long term support. Get food or donate.
La Vina (Burnsville): Serving over 1,000 metro at risk families with weekly food distribution. Get food or donate.
BrightSide Produce (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Linden Hills): Support emergency fresh produce deliveries. See locations, volunteer, or donate.
La Guadalupana Community Support Fund (St.Paul): Providing Food and Household Goods for families on St. Paul’s west side. Donate here.
Isuroon (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Roseville, Burnsville): Providing halal food distribution. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
The Sanneh Foundation Mobile Food Box Distribution (St. Paul): Sanneh has shifted the majority of our food distributions to fast, easy box distributions of staples and culturally-specific foods.
CEAP (Brooklyn Center): A boundary-less food shelf, thrift store and meals on wheels provider offering additional supportive services to our community. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
VEAP (Bloomington): Our on-site food pantry, mobile pantries, and express pack services are open to anyone in Minnesota. We are also providing food deliveries to folks in south Minneapolis, Richfield, Bloomington, and Edina. Additionally, we help with rent and utilities. Get food,volunteer, or donate.
North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center: We’re offering human food, pet food, and vet care support at this time. Get food, volunteer or donate.
North Country Food Alliance (Minneapolis): We share healthy, culturally appropriate food; build community gardens; support local farmers; and reduce commercial and local food waste. Get food or donate.
Neighborhood House + El Burrito Mercado:Combining strengths to connect culturally relevant foods with Latino families in St. Paul, while helping to support a local Latino-owned business. They are asking individuals to purchase gift cards. Purchasers should list "[email protected]" as the recipient email.
Every Meal (Roseville): Launching an effort to provide an additional 20,000 food bags to support children and families in our community. Get food, volunteer or donate.
MORE (North St. Paul): Purchase food for families on the north end of St. Paul. Monetary donations and/or wishlist items. Get food, volunteer or donate.
Second Harvest Heartland:Minnesota’s largest regional hub food bank. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Mi Casa (Shakopee): Feeding vulnerable people in Shakopee. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Despensas - DHH Church Food Drive Fund (Minneapolis): DHH Operation is a community outreach effort led by DHH Church to provide food and urgent assistance to families in need. Get food, volunteer to do drop offs, or donate
Casa Maria Food Shelf (Richfield): Many of our visitors are Spanish-speaking immigrants from Richfield, Bloomington, Minneapolis, and the adjacent communities in the Twin Cities. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Fe y Justicia (Central Minnesota): Helping feed Immigrants in Central MN. Donate here.
Joyce Uptown Food Shelf (Uptown - South Minneapolis): Get help, volunteer, or donate.
CANDO - Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (Minneapolis): Donate Rent, Food and Rides in Central Neighborhood(Tick the box to direct your donation to the care team)
Channel One Regional Food Bank (Rochester): Provides Food Support in Rochester, Minnesota Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Calvary Food Bank (South Minneapolis, Less than a mile from where Renee Good was murdered): Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Groceries for kids at Pillsbury Elementary: Venmo @Pillsbury-Mutual-Aid
Open Cupboard Food Shelf (Oakdale): Providing Food Relief in the east Metro. Get food, volunteer, or donate.
Bethel Church Food Pantry (South Minneapolis):All items purchased from this list will be put into our Little Free Pantry. Get food.
TC Food Justice: We partner with grocers, co-ops, bakeries, farmers, orchards, and farmers markets in the Twin Cities to take extra or unsalable food and deliver it directly to hunger relief locations.
Academias de la Paz Food Drive: You can help. by donating the items that are most needed.
The Food Group: Rapidly responding to distribute food and ensure fear is not a barrier for communities to access food.
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Pet Haven: If you are in need of pet food assistance due to ICE activity whether that be loss of income or fear of leaving the home, please fill out this form. A trusted member of the Pet Haven team will reach out to schedule a supply delivery. Donate here.
Animal Humane Society Community Partnerships: We offer temporary foster, pet food support via direct support in 5 county metro and partner food shelves, and offer veterinary assistance for housing and free vet care at community clinics. Get help or donate.
Feline Rescue Emergency Pet Support Fund: Provides $35,000 to match community donations dollar-for-dollar toward emergency pet supplies and support. Donations used directly for: emergency food and litter distribution, short-term foster support, supplies that help pets remain safely housed with their families.
Underdog Rescue: Providing free pet food to families with pets who are afraid to leave their homes, working in partnership with local social workers. Families in need can request assistance by filling out their online form so support can be coordinated safely.
North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center: We’re offering human food, pet food, and vet care support at this time.
The Bond Between: Recent immigration enforcement has left many families worried about what will happen to their pets if they are detained. We provide foster care, resources, and support to ensure animals are not left behind.
Support animals left behind: Experienced animal rescuer Dallas Rising is working around the clock to rehome animals left behind after ICE abductions. They are seeking adopters, and funds to provide veterinary care for animals. Send any amount on Venmo with a note that says “animal care”.
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Community Art Kits for healing: We are collecting art supplies and distributing kits.
Buy supplies for unhoused folks through Sanctuary Supply Depot
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In the last week HMC been working alongside metro based networks getting food and critical supplies—especially diapers and formula—to trusted partners and directly to families across the metro; not just here in the midway.
For many people, these resources are what make it possible to stay safe, stable, and supported right now. Information below. We have so far collected and distributed over 100,000 diapers, dozens of canisters of formula, and too many butt wipes to count. No parent should ever have to choose between diapers and paying their bills or putting food on the table. And no parent, anywhere, should have to fear being brutalized, beaten, or separated from their children simply for trying to access food, formula, or diapers for their babies.
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Therapy for Our Community in Crisis: Roots Wellness Center is here to provide immediate, no-cost mental health therapy for those who need it most.
With bilingual and culturally responsive clinicians, we offer a safe space for healing, understanding, and connection. Your support helps ensure that anyone in our community can access therapy without insurance or financial barriers, so care, safety, and dignity are available to all.
The Root to Crown Abundance Therapy Fund The Root to Crown Abundance Therapy Fund allows community members to assist in sponsoring Black, brown, Indigenous, and people with melanated skin who have financial barriers to receive high-quality trauma, racial trauma, and grief therapy services from Root to Crown Healing & Wellness.
Crowdfunding Campaigns
We are only including campaigns which have not met their goals. To get a campaign added please fill out this form.
This list is updated daily with the newest campaigns at the top.
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ICE TOOK HIM: I am collecting funds so that a loved family member is able to come back to us
Help for single immigrant mom with an 8-month-old baby: Help for single mom to pay for a lawyer
Rent Assistance for Sonia Coreas' Family: Their family has been staying home due to the recent immigration activity around their community and have not attend work or school. They have two medically complex children that need stable housing. I am their nurse.
Help a Venezuelan Mother Detained by ICE:Venezuelan woman needs funds to cover for her legal costs
Stability for a Family in Need: Please help a single mother and her child with upcoming rent and household supplies due to ICE. Please donate anything you can. All donations go directly to the family.
Poder pagar 2 meses de renta y viles que es gas y luz: I’m urgently fundraising to cover rent and utility bills after falling behind due to lost income. With two rent payments due and my family depending on me, any help or sharing is deeply appreciated.
Help us cover our rent and bills: Necesito ayuda para mi y mis hijos estamos totalmente desesperados con mucha tristeza, necesitamos su apoyo
Help bring hope to my son: Kind and hardworking young man detained by ICE while pumping gas and is now awaiting court. Funds will help cover legal representation, commissary needs, and staying connected as he navigates this difficult time.
Helping a Refugee Mom in Her Legal Immigration in Minnesota: I am raising funds to cover attorney expenses for a sweet friend who is a legal refugee in Minnesota. We helped her find an immigration attorney and are seeking donations to help her cover the attorney fees.
Help with Food & Rent for me & my family! My husband and I haven’t been able to work due to the current situation. We’re asking for any help to cover rent—anything is greatly appreciated.
Help a colleague: A single mother of four is behind on rent and utilities after family detention, divorce, and health issues. She needs urgent support to stay housed and keep her children.
Please help us cover our rent and bills: Asking for help to cover rent and bills after three of my brothers were arrested, leaving family without income. With finances severely impacted and no ability to work right now, I urgently need support to care for my children and pets.
Help a family facing ICE threats in Minnesota: Short-term support to help cover one month of essential expenses, including rent, utilities, and basic household necessities, while the family focuses on staying safe and working toward stability during this extremely difficult time.
Help my mom come home: My mom was detained despite having no criminal record and living in the U.S. for over 30 years. She is a hardworking single mom who raised our family with love and sacrifice, and we’re asking for support during this difficult time.
Support for Rent After Job Loss Due to ICE Threats: My partner was forced to quit their job due to unsafe ICE related working conditions, this fund will aid in 2 months of rent during this difficult time.
Help me get back home. Ayúdame regresar a casa:Help my brother who was taken by ICE get back home to our family
Ayuda para reunificar a mi familia: We are a husband and daughter supporting our family through a very difficult time. We are raising funds to cover essential expenses, and any donation or share means so much.
Help me stay at home so I can take care of my family: Help a family of five who has been unable to leave home for almost a month.
Help to pay my dad's bail: My father was detained by immigration, leaving our family devastated. He has a final hearing on February 4, with a $50,000 bond we can’t afford, and funds raised will go toward his bail and immigration-related expenses so we can bring him home.
Apoyo urgente para familias afectadas en Minnesota: We are raising emergency funds to support my small business and Minnesota families who cannot work because of ICE actions, helping them cover rent, food, and essential needs.
Minnesota Latino Father Abducted by ICE: One of our beloved janitors was detained by ICE while on his way to a doctor’s appointment, leaving his family in crisis. Funds needed for legal help, childcare, and bills.
Help Me Through Health and Immigration Struggles: I was diagnosed with heart failure, severe anemia, lung cancer issue, and a liver issue this past year that has sidelined me from work and bankrupted me. Now I’m in hiding because ICE is terrorizing us in STP.
Help Alexis Aguilar return home: The crowdfund is to support the wife and child of Alexis Aguilar, who was taken by ICE 1/19/26
Support Eric's Efforts for Cameroonian Families: I am raising money for my friend Eric who is buying and delivering food for the Cameroonian community here in the Metro.
Support a pregnant mom and family in crisis in Minneapolis: I’m raising funds for a family in Minneapolis who are sheltering in place and unable to work, including a mom who is nearly full-term pregnant and several young children. Donations will help cover groceries, rent, and essential baby items during this crisis.
Help Alejandro Build A Safe Home in Ecuador: I’m raising money to help a friend meet his savings goals so he can leave the US and build a home for his family in Ecuador.
Help a Mom Get Her Green Card: Please donate to help my friend get her green card and keep her family safe and together.
Minnesota Family in Need: Helping a community member and his family stay afloat while they are unable to work to help with bills, groceries and essentials.
Financial assistance for my brothers who were unjustly detained by ICE: My brothers were unexpectedly arrested by ICE at their workplace in Lakeville, without being given a chance to speak or present documents. As a result, our income has been impacted and we are struggling to support them.
Help Jose and His Family After ICE Abduction: Jose was detained by ICE, leaving his wife and three children without support. Funds are needed for legal costs, potential bail ($3,000–$10,000), and travel home if he’s released far from Minnesota.
Calamidad doméstica: Mom is due to give birth to her 3rd child and is alone raising two daughters now after dad's deportation.
Help Two Minnesota Families Living in Fear: Your donations will go towards their rent, groceries, utilities, health expenses, and more due to lost wages.
Hope and support for my husband: Support for the family of a man taken by ICE
Support a Family Affected by ICE Detention: My husband was arrested the first week of December by ICE when he left home to work and did not return, leaving us without our fundamental pillar at home. My 9 and 4 year old daughters and I are going through a very difficult time, especially because I have a surgery scheduled for February.
Support a Minneapolis student’s family in need: I’m sharing this on behalf of a family facing serious financial hardship due to the federal occupation. Donations will help cover $3,200 in overdue rent and support a family of six, including a one-month-old baby, while both parents are currently unable to work.
Recaudar fondos para pagar la renta de este mes: A family of 4 has not been able to leave their home for almost 4 weeks due to fear of ICE in their community.
Stand with Manuel’s Family in Crisis: On January 9, ICE detained Manuel during his yearly ISAP (Intensive Supervision Appearance Program) check-ins for his immigration case. Despite having a pending U-visa application, Manuel now faces deportation. His sudden detention has turned his family’s life into a crisis.
Help reunite Diego with his family: Please help us bring a father, a husband, a son, and a brother back home. Every little bit helps and means so much to our family.
Help Papa Juan’s Family Stay Together: My husband’s father, Papa Juan, was detained by ICE at Cub Foods and sent to Mexico, leaving our family without its main provider and facing sudden fear and uncertainty. We’re asking for community support to help cover essential bills and care for our one-year-old daughter during this difficult time.
Support for a Family in Need After ICE Detention: ICE took my children’s father in November, leaving me as the sole provider for our family. With bills piling up and my daughters unable to work, we urgently need help for basic needs and food.
Help Fabian's family during the ICE detention: My brother was detained by ICE on January 13 and is being transferred to Texas, far from his family in Minneapolis. We are asking for support to cover legal costs and help reunite him with his family.
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Support our St. Paul Public Schools Community: Financial assistance for St. Paul Public School students and families across the district that need help with groceries, essential supplies, rent, and more.
Community Support for Wolfpack Families: We are supporting families of our Minneapolis elementary school currently unable to pay rent or obtain groceries.
Support Wellstone Families: We are working to support our families during a time when many don't feel safe leaving their homes, and are in fear for their lives. All funds raised will go directly to families with students at Wellstone Elementary.
Support our Highland Park Middle School Community: We are raising funds to provide food and essential supplies directly to our students and their families who need it most.
Murray Middle School: Our PTO is working with families in need to safely deliver groceries to families in need of support.
Support Robbinsdale Early Learning Families: Support Robbinsdale Early Learning Families to pay their rent, utilities, and medical needs.
St. Paul Public Schools community: Financial assistance for St. Paul Public School students and families across the district that need help with groceries, essential supplies, rent, and more.
Support Metro Deaf School Families: A pioneering bilingual charter school in the Twin Cities for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing students (birth-12+), using ASL/English for academic and social success. MDS provides comprehensive special education, language access, and cultural connection for its visually-oriented learners, serving a diverse student body that reflects various backgrounds.
Support Minneapolis School Families: We are a group of concerned ally families at a public school in Minneapolis raising money to ensure families in our school can keep their children safely housed and fed. We will be releasing funds as they come in to families that have expressed need.
Support Andersen Middle School Students: Helping families of Andersen’s middle school students who are unable to pay their expenses due to ice activity
Help Stonebridge School families during this difficult time! This GoFundMe provides direct mutual aid—including food, rent assistance, and essential school supplies—to families connected to Stonebridge World School through Good Samaritan United Methodist Church during a time of heightened economic and community hardship.
Stand with Hmong International Academy Northside Families: 100% of the funds collected through this campaign will go directly to Hmong International Academy families impacted by the current crisis.
Support Immigrant Families at Minneapolis School: I am raising funds to help students and their families with rent, food, and legal assistance during this difficult time.
Support for Folwell Community School Students: This is a hyper-local fund to provide groceries and rent assistance for South Minneapolis community members in need of support. We will use these funds to help neighbors who are unable to leave their homes for work or to get food.
Support South High School Students: Parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically for South families in need of ongoing food and resources. Many South families are currently struggling to afford and access groceries and other necessities.
Support Lucy Laney Families: All funds raised will go directly to families in need, helping them pay rent and utilities, and providing grocery donations and necessities for children. Your support, no matter the amount, will make a real difference.
Support for Language Sprout: Please join me in raising funds to help deliver food, services, and funding to the dedicated employees of Language Sprouts who have done so much for our community’s children.
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Help Corcoran Families Stay Safe and Stable: This fundraiser was created to help provide immediate relief — covering housing costs, groceries, utilities, and other necessities
Support Near North Families Affected by ICE Raids: Near North is a community that is just starting to get rent relief fundraising requests out the door; we are a community that has high need and low resources.
Support Columbia Heights Families in Crisis: This fund will go towards resources to help keep families together and reunite families who have been torn apart in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, where Liam Canejo Ramos lived, through financial relief, food and medication, and travel assistance to reunite families.
Mutual Aid for St. Paul Families Harmed by ICE: We are asking for financial support to help cover immediate and emergency needs for Saint Paul families affected right now. This aid will specifically benefit people in the West 7th and Highland neighborhoods and who attend nearby schools
Supporting Families in Faribault: Raising funds to support immigrant families facing increased enforcement and financial hardship. Donations provide flexible mutual aid for food, rent, utilities, transportation, and immigration-related expenses.
Murray School Community: Our PTO is working with families in need to safely deliver groceries to families in need of support.
Support Corcoran Neighbors: These funds will directly support rent, food, utilities and other essential items for families in the Corcoran neighborhood of South Minneapolis
Groceries for Eastside Families in Need: Eastside Mutual Aid fills a critical gap in Bloomington by providing crisis grocery delivery to immigrant and refugee families facing access barriers.
Support Bloomington Families: When you give to this Bloomington Mutual Aid fund, you help families stay housed, fed, and supported without having to choose between safety and survival. Your generosity offers relief, dignity, and stability when it is needed most.
Aid for American Indian Families in East Saint Paul: We are raising funds to support a small community of people who are working collectively to establish an American Indian safety, security, and mutual aid support group for American Indian families in East Saint Paul who are being affected by recent events. Some families are sheltering in place and feel unsafe leaving their homes.
Support Local Columbia Heights Families: This fundraiser will be used to support families who reach out to our local schools, churches, and community organizations looking for help after a parent is detained, and donations will be distributed directly to the families in need.
Support Powderhorn Families (Area where the shooting happened) Powderhorn is a community like no other. We are asking for your generous donations to help keep families in their homes this winter by directly supporting their rent and utilities expenses.
Show love to North Minneapolis families in crisis: Please consider donating to help people with rent, utilities, and food, and other urgent needs. We're focusing primarily on families connected to Camden High School (mostly in the Camden, Victory, Folwell, and Cleveland neighborhoods).
Support Windom Families in Need: Donate money to help Windom Community School families. Funds will be used for essential needs, bills, etc. Thank you so much for your support to our community!
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Care for Minnesota's Frontline Helpers: Help us say thank you to our helpers - teachers, social workers, school admins and support staff, healthcare workers, community organizers, clergy, and other frontline helpers - by providing them with a moment of respite, nourishment, and tangible care.
Help Bonita Beauty Salon Stay Strong In Minneapolis: Support an immigrant family that has been forced to fully close their business on Lake and Bloomington near term due to safety concerns. Help them get past this moment and on to what's next.
Emergency Rental and Legal Support for Our Team: This fundraiser is for members of our housekeeping team and their families with the goal of covering essential bills (including rent) for two families for at least one month, and covering legal costs to assist in securing the release and transportation of two family members from a detention center in El Paso.
Emergency Funds for West Side Businesses: Donations will directly support West Side businesses navigating financial hardship, especially immigrant-owned businesses, helping them keep their doors open and continue serving our community during this moment and future crises.
Friends of Global Market - Love the Market: The Friends of Global Market Small Business Stability Fund supports locally owned, family-run businesses at Midtown Global Market that are experiencing reduced foot traffic and significant financial strain during this challenging time for our community.
Stand With Lake Street Businesses: The Lake Street Council will help meet the immediate needs of impacted businesses, through support such as connecting businesses with legal help, creatively mobilizing customers to support local businesses, and meeting other emergency needs.
Support Our Amazing Daycare Teachers in Minneapolis: Things are really hard right now, but the teachers are still showing up every day and putting their all into making sure our kids are learning and having fun. They take care of our kids, and now it’s our turn to take care of them. Please consider donating whatever you can to help them as we weather this difficult time together.
Support South MPLS Restaurant Workers: I'm raising funds to directly support a group of restaurant workers in South Minneapolis affected by the ongoing occupation of the MSP metro area.
Support for El Rodeo Employees: This GoFundMe was created to provide direct short-term financial support to El Rodeo employees who are temporarily without income. The goal is simple: help bridge the gap so families can meet essential needs while things remain uncertain.
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All Nations Indian Church Community Care Fund: The Community Care Fund provides free, trauma-aware mental health, body-based, and spiritual care for individuals, families, and communities impacted by crisis, stress, and displacement, so no one has to worry about paying for the care they need.
Community Crisis Response Fund - Park Ave Church: Grounded in love of neighbor, Park Avenue United Methodist Church seeks to meet immediate and ongoing needs arising from current immigration enforcement practices in our community through collaborative sharing of space, strengthening of community connections, and practical care delivered in partnership with trusted organizations.
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, South Minneapolis: We are a very progressive faith community with a longstanding presence in south Minneapolis, providing support with transportation, diapers, identification, and more - we have added significantly to our rental assistance, food and diaper delivery programs to assist those sheltering in place because of the ICE occupation.
Tapestry: Largely immigrant faith community providing assistance with legal costs, rent, utilities, food and general community support for immigrant families since 2014.
Church of the Ascension Immigrant Emergency Fund: Congregation in North Minneapolis with a large immigrant population
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Focus on helping trans and immigrant refugees with rent, groceries, medical expenses, infant and children's items, and rides. Select Sanctuary and Resistance Fund to ensure that every dollar goes directly to people who need it and not to church operations.
Organizations Doing Work On The Ground
This directory is limited to organizations doing the fast-paced work of on-the-ground direct service, jail support, and legal defense with people harmed by the current ICE presence. If you believe your organization fits the criteria please fill out this form to be added.
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Monarca is operating the primary hotline for people to report ICE presence in the Twin Cities, as well as providing key resources for immigrants and community defenders.
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Serving immigrants and refugees in the Twin cities through English classes, citizenship, digital literacy, safe housing and legal support. We offer emergency financial support for food, rent, legal, utilities, education, and other needs for immigrants and refugees.
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In 2008, ACER was established to connect African immigrants to employment and other critical resources. Today, our staff of organizers and issue experts works directly with people of African heritage and BIPOC community members to cultivate their leadership and develop innovative and lasting solutions in economic and community development, housing and health equity, and civic and voter engagement.
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Based on current need gaps, we are providing the following to refugees and their families: home delivery of groceries/medications/essentials, private transportation to appts and work, critical safety and security information, support preparing and notarizing critical paperwork -- training volunteers to support all of the above and more.
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Ayada Leads’ mission is to equip New Americans, particularly African Diaspora Women, to excel in leadership positions in their communities across the spectrum of societal influence.
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Formerly Centro Chicano Culturo.
Centro Tyrone Guzman is committed to contributing to the well-being of Latine families through a holistic and intergenerational approach to education, health, and wellness.
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COPAL, Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action, is a member-based organization established in 2018 to improve the quality of life of Latine families. Over the past six years, COPAL has evolved to become a well-known, grassroots power-building, and visionary transnational organization.
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CAPI USA is supporting the broader material needs of refugee families, from food instability to housing concerns, exacerbated by ICE's crackdown and the closing of schools and workplaces.
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For 45 years CLUES has been standing alongside our growing Latino community. Our staff committed and our programs are ready to meet moments of uncertainty with dignity, care, and culturally grounded support.
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CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
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Our organization runs the only Spanish-English bilingual crisis line for families impacted by violence, be it gender or other forms intersection with domestic and interpersonal violence.
Esperanza United has served our community for more than 40 years, working in community to mobilize to end gender based violence, meeting people where they are, especially in moments like this. Right now, we are prioritizing direct cash assistance for participants, amplifying vetted community partners providing food and essential supplies, and adapting services to reduce risk and protect families
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Hired, an established workforce development nonprofit in the Twin Cities, is raising funds that will be distributed to our participants who are financially impacted by the ICE occupation
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We are delivering free groceries to an estimated 200 families per week; offering basic needs services (drop-in services) on Fridays, including meals, access to showers, healthy snacks, clothing, and hygiene supplies; and supporting youth with free out of school support. We need additional funding for food purchase and delivery as well as patrol/security services to ensure our clients remain safe while receiving services.
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Groundwork Institute is a community hub founded by a first generation immigrant deeply rooted in the Minnesota organizing community to train and build the next generation of movement leaders.
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Indigenous Roots strives to provide opportunities that promote and practice holistic well being through indigenous arts, traditions, and culture.
They are doing rapid response on St. Paul’s East Side
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ICOM is a dedicated, grassroots, 501c3 non-profit organization that formed in 2008 in response to state and national policies which unfairly target immigrants and refugees.
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Founded in 1919, the International Institute of Minnesota offers New Americans quality services that support their journey to stability and success. Our comprehensive offerings include refugee resettlement, English education, workforce and leadership development, college preparation and immigration and citizenship assistance.
Here are two ways we are seeking community support at this time: Expanding legal services to provide help to clients facing immigration emergencies. Stand with Minnesota’s Immigrant and Refugee Community | International Institute of Minnesota
The Basic Needs Fund helps clients experiencing an emergency with groceries, rent, medical bills, or other basic needs. This fund will also be used to help clients who need to hire a private immigration attorney if their family member is detained. Basic Needs Fund.
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The mission of Keystone Community Services is to strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.
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The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund was formed through a coalition in 2020 and began paying out immigration bonds for IL, IN, MN, WI, and KY residents as funds allow in February 2021. If you know of a detained individual who needs bond payment assistance, click here to fill out an application!
Allies, especially communities across the midwest, please donate and help us continue to build up the Fund as a form of #mutualaid so that we can continue to help many more individuals and families in the future!
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Something is deeply broken in our nation. Donald Trump and his Republican administration is attacking the constitution daily. The legislative and judicial branches are being weakened constantly, sliding us into dictatorship. Rights are no longer guaranteed, as the right to choose, marry, and even free speech are being limited by emboldened regressive officials. Masked government agents are kidnapping people off the streets, imprisoning and removing them from the country with no due process. And all the while, billionaires continue to see record-breaking profits at the expense of our labor, while the working class is left to contend with rising costs and stagnant wages.
Minnesota 50501 is a grassroots, non-partisan organization dedicated to resisting Donald Trump’s vision for America. We believe our country should work for all Americans, regardless of race, creed, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ability.
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Minnesota 8 is doing direct deportation defense and participatory defense for Southeast Asian communities, particularly those who are justice-impacted.
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MIRAC is an all-volunteer, grassroots, multiracial, and multinational immigrant rights mass-movement organization. MIRAC fights for legalization for all, an end to immigration raids and deportations, an end to all anti-immigrant laws, and full equality in all areas of life.
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MIWRC is empowering American Indian Women & Families While Advocating for Justice & Equity.
They operate a critical warming center for vulnerable people in Minneapolis.
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The Multicultural Autism Action Network is a non-profit organization which serves families of children with disabilities in multicultural communities providing emergency assistance to our clients.
Due to current conditions in Minnesota, MAAN is receiving unprecedented requests for emergency assistance from the communities we serve. If you are able to donate to our emergency relief fund, please support us by donating today.
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Neighborhood House has supported immigrants and refugees on St. Paul’s West Side for over 128 years. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe and celebrated in our shared community, and we know that our neighborhoods are stronger and richer because of your cultural strengths and contributions.
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Beyond dance, Nuestra Lucha MN serves as a “One Stop Shop” for Latino and Hispanic residents of North Minneapolis and surrounding areas, offering vital resources and services based on community needs. Language accessibility and culturally mindful service applications remain at the heart of this initiative, driven by strong collaborative relationships with community partners.
Recently, under the initiative “Preguntas y Respuestas con Abogadas de Inmigración,” Nuestra Lucha MN hosted a free event featuring immigration lawyers to ensure that our community has access to critical legal information during times of need. This initiative is yet another example of the power of collaboration, reinforcing our mission to provide support and resources to those who need them most.
Nuestra Lucha MN is dedicated to empowering the Latino community, ensuring that no child, family, or individual is left without opportunities to celebrate and uphold their heritage. Their work stands as a beacon of cultural pride, resilience, and unity.
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Project Legacy provides support and training to youth and young adults impacted by multiple barriers such as poverty, domestic violence, housing instability, incarceration, gangs, addiction and violence
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Safe Haven was created to help individuals released from ICE detention centers who are often discharged with no phone, ID, transportation, or resources. Many are released into freezing weather after experiencing severe trauma. We provide immediate support, warmth, transportation, and connection to resources so no one is left alone at the gate.
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Support Sex Workers Impacted by ICE Presence.
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Largely immigrant faith community providing assistance with legal costs, rent, utilities, food and general community support for immigrant families since 2014.
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With a dual focus on systemic change and direct services, we ground policy work in real-life experiences, bridging the gap between advocacy and action. When our clients experience injustice, we help them and advocate to change the systems that perpetuate those injustices. When our partners report barriers to safety and security, we identify the gaps in legal protections and develop solutions.
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Providing rapid response for our neighbors from the Myanmar diaspora who have been impacted by Operation PARRIS and Operation Metro Surge.
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The goal of TG's Rapid Response Fund is to be able to provide support and resources for Southeast Asian families impacted by violence, deportation, queer & transphobia folks, all who have urgent or unexpected needs. Many are often displaced, need immediate housing, food, legal support and advocacy - which can become very expensive and unaffordable, especially if they are not the main breadwinner.
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Caring for the healthcare professionals who care for us (working hard to support those in healthcare and on the frontlines, in the area of mental health and wellbeing). We are working to get a crowdfunding campaign up to support local Twin Cities healthcare employees during this critical time as well as a vigil for Alex Pretti.
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The Hummingbird Initiative is a community-led effort rooted in the West Side of Saint Paul, created in response to increased immigration enforcement activity and the growing need for accurate information, legal observation, and collective care for our neighbors.
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Whole Woman’s Health Alliance is working to strategically shift the stigma around abortion in our culture.
We are committed to fostering open and honest conversations, lifting up all communities, and transforming the abortion care environment.
Donate to the Whole Woman's Health of Minnesota Mutual Aid. Your gift supports access to safe abortion to Minnesotans during this national crisis. Stand with us now and make a donation today.
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At World Savvy, we collaborate with educators and school and district leaders to build future-ready learning environments that are inclusive, adaptive, and prepare students to thrive today and in the future. For decades, we've led the way in reimagining education, leveraging our network's learning and impact to support educators nationwide. We believe that global competence is critical to a quality education, and we're committed to integrating this into schools and districts nationwide. Join us in ensuring all students can thrive in our complex and interconnected future.
Donate to the Critical Response & Resilience Fund for Twin Cities Schools: All donations to this fund go toward direct support including facilitating listening sessions and targeted coaching for educators and school leaders, supporting instructional continuity during attendance disruptions, strengthening safety procedures and trust-building communications, and redesigning school events so homebound students remain meaningfully connected to their school communities.
Organizations Providing Legal Support
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The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM provides services based on our capacity. ILCM has a generally high demand for services. Unfortunately, we may not always be able to assist someone. If we cannot assist you, we will refer you to another trusted organization or immigration attorney.
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Providing legal assistance to those detained.
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Supporting people who have had their first amendment rights violated by federal agents
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Groundwork Legal is a Minnesota-based nonprofit, public interest law firm dedicated to strengthening the foundation of our democracy so that every person has the opportunity to live free from discrimination.
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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm providing free legal help to people with limited resources, disabilities and seniors 60 and older. Our practice areas include Consumer, Disability, Family, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits, Senior, Tax and Youth Law. Project Care connects Minnesotans to affordable health coverage.
Legal Aid is a 501 (C) (3) nonprofit organization.
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Southeastern Minnesota Interfaith Immigrant Legal Defense (SMIILD) is a non-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota (MS 317A). Our mission is to ensure the availability of immigration legal services for those who live or work in Southeastern Minnesota.
The fiscal sponsor that helped us to get started was the Diversity Council. We are now operating with the Rochester Area Foundation (RAF) as our fiscal sponsor. You can support our work by going to RAF’s donation page at https://rochesteraf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4069
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The Advocates provides free legal help to people seeking asylum, unaccompanied children, people in immigration detention, and people who have been victims of human trafficking. Our free legal help is available to people who live or are detained in Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota.
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Immigrant Connection Mosaic is a non-profit high-quality, low-cost immigration legal service office. We assist our immigrant neighbors in citizenship, adjustments of status, family petitions and more.
Immigrant Connection Mosaic is a part of Mosaic Christian Community, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Funders Providing Direct Service Orgs with Emergency Funding
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The Immigrant Rapid Response Fund (IRRF) was created by a group of philanthropic leaders close to the communities most impacted to ensure that resources move quickly and responsibly during immigration-related emergencies. As enforcement actions, policy changes, and sudden disruptions continue to impact families, IRRF provides fast, community-informed funding to trusted organizations responding on the ground.
Funds are directed to organizations working on:
Mobilizing and organizing communities to support and protect immigrants
Providing food, housing, and other essential emergent supports in response to attacks
Delivering legal services that defend rights and ensure due process
The fund will prioritize emerging needs while also considering ongoing and long-term well-being in impacted communities.
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Headwaters Foundation has been funding many of organizations on this list for decades. They move money/grants to 501c3 groups quickly. They are doing Rapid Response grants for orgs on the ground.
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We are currently raising money for and administering microgrants for safety, harm reduction, and emergency day-to-day organizational needs , as well as legal fund grants to help organizations retain attorneys for acute legal matters.
