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Ballooning deficits at the Altman Foundation JM Kaplan Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Revenue Migration Policy Institute at NYU School of Law South Asian Youth Action Anonymous Large Grants Program of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Public support Susan Stamler 280,000 + Number of new citizens registered to vote (since 1998) city, state, and federal levels; political gridlock in DC; disarray in Albany; Arizona; an Ben & Jerry Foundation Unitarian Universalist Congregation Scherman Foundation Angela Fernandez Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights United Neighborhood Houses increasingly angry public discourse that has our heads spinning; and the continued Capital One at Shelter Rock Schott Foundation for Public Contributions foundations 347,209 1,332,619 1,679,828 177 Trainings and community education events Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara S. M&T Bank Education Contributions other 37,106 37,106 Graciela Heymann Luis Valenzuela devastation wrought by our dysfunctional immigration system that is, simply, Long Island Immigrant Alliance Miller Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation Solidago Foundation Membership Dues 30,960 30,960 Westchester Hispanic Coalition 5,503 Individuals reached through trainings and community heartbreaking. Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation New York City Human Rights Tiger Baron Foundation Inc ch#1420 Government Grants 262,714 262,714 education events Donor’s Education Collaborative of Commission James S. & Merryl H. Tisch Board of Directors Special events, net 196,073 196,073 Mae Lee 100%401,282 Dollars raised and distributed in re-grants to member groups It’s not the kind of year where victories are come by easily. New York City New York Community Trust Foundation Elsie St. Louis Accilien Durst Family Fund New York State Bureau of Refugee UJA - Federation of New York Total Public support 874,062 1,332,619 2,206,681 Haitian-Americans United for Progress Chinese Progressive Association United for Justice and Opportunity! 72 Press releases issued Edward W. Hazen Foundation and Immigrant Assistance United Hospital Fund Inna Arolovich Carmen Maquilon We could have crawled under a rock; instead, we became a force ready to FJC-Foundation of Philanthropic New York State Census Complete United Way of New York City Other Income American Association of Jews from the Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Center 400+ Media hits (conservatively) Funds Count Program Valentine Fund of the Tides Former USSR move mountains. Training fees 21,023 21,023 60% Gonzalo Mercado Four Freedoms Fund New York State Health Foundation Foundation El Centro del Inmigrante 235 Number of buses mobilized from New York State for the Fund for New Citizens New York State Stimulus Alliance Verizon Foundation Investment income 3,940 3,940 Cara Berkowitz UJA-Federation of New York March for America to demand immigration reform We continued our work to improve the educational outcomes of immigrant Gimbel Foundation North Star Fund Wheaton B. Kunhardt Fund Rental income 16,981 16,981 Betsy Palmieri Hudson Valley Community Coalition Guardian Life Insurance Company of Office of the Manhattan Borough Fee for service 31,539 31,539 Vladimir Epshteyn 12,000 Number of New Yorkers on those buses students, to enhance access to health care, and to build the leadership and foster Russian-American Voters Educational League America President Other income 4,429 4,429 Mohammed Razvi the civic engagement of immigrant communities across the state. We went to Hector Figueroa Council of Peoples Organization Total Other Income 77,913 - 77,913 Major Individual and Organizational Donors SEIU Local 32BJ Pat Rector Albany and City Hall and saved critical immigrant services from the cutting block— Total Revenue 951,975 1,332,619 2,284,594 Anonymous Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community National Immigration Forum Gail Golden Upstate New York Detainment Task Force WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO finding resonance in the argument that immigrants are vital players in the state’s Net assets released from restriction 1,491,906 (1,491,906) - Asian American Federation of College–Auxiliary Enterprises Corp. New York Academy of Medicine Rockland Immigration Coalition Linda Sarsour economic recovery. We are fortunate that here in New York State, much of the New York Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & New York Administrative Employers Arab-American Association of New York 22: Percentage of state population that is foreign-born Total revenue and net assets Sonia Ivany political leadership recognizes that fact. Not everyone, but we’re working on that. Auxiliary Enterprises Corp. of Jacobson LLP New York City Health & Hospitals NYC Labor Council for Latin American Bakary Tandia Brooklyn College Graciela Heymann Corporation released from restriction 2,443,881 (159,287) 2,284,594 22.4: Percent of the total New York State economic output that Advancement African Services Committee Auxiliary Enterprise Board of NYC Michael J. Hirschhorn & New York City Partnership immigrants are responsible for, a share slightly larger than And when every last pundit declared that immigration was dead, we, with a College of Technology, Inc. Jimena P. Martinez Foundation SJ Jung Luz Tavarez Salazar their share of the population. MinKwon Center for Community Action Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York growing universe of allies across the state and nation, forced the issue. We may Stanley & Marion Bergman Family Hunter College New York State United Teachers Expenses Charitable Fund Joan L. Jocobson Parkside Group LLC Chris Kui Barbara Weiner 13: Percentage of NYC school population that is still learning English. not have crossed the finish line, but we made it impossible for the White House Borough of Manhattan Community S. J. Jung Professional Staff Congress Program Asian Americans for Equality Empire Justice Center 1/3: The portion of students still learning English who graduate and Capitol Hill to put blinders on and pretend we weren’t there—it’s hard to Auxiliary Enterprises Corporation Marion Kaplan Queensborough Community College Communications 87,550 87,550 Wilfredo Larancuent Patrick Young Cadwalder, Wickersham & Taft LLP Caroline Katz and Marshall Mount Research Foundation of the City Workers United Union from high school. ignore 200,000 people gathered in your front yard, as happened on March 21st. Training and Legal Services 323,035 323,035 Central American Refugee Center Campaign for Community Change Kingsborough Community College University of New York Health Care Access 282,732 282,732 Robert B. Catell Auxiliary Enterprises, Inc Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store Union STAFF 3: The number of times more likely non-citizens are than And so we got renewed commitments to immigration reform from the President Education Reform 339,003 339,003 Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese Laborers’ International Union of Donald K. Ross Christina Baal Jenny Rejeske citizens to lack health insurance. and our leaders in Congress, and earned the distinction of being the largest of New York North America SEIU General Fund Civic & Electoral Part 92,738 92,738 Director of Health Advocacy Immigration Advocacy Field Coordinator 12 million: Number of undocumented immigrants in the United States. mobilization yet during the Obama administration—until Jon Stewart and Stephen Guillermo and Donna Chacon Linda Lam State Farm Immigration & Other Policy 367,169 367,169 Silvett García-Tsuang Melanie Reyes Colbert assumed that mantle. Elizabeth R. Chandler Latino Commission on AIDS Segal Company Employment Workforce 65,375 65,375 Housing and Community Development Coordinator Education Advocacy Associate 400,000: Number of immigrants deported each year. May Ying Chen Lehman College Ellen L. Sporn Housing 57,455 57,455 Rockwell Chin Local 1199 SEIU Susan Stamler Silvia Gonzales Marija Sajkas 30: How many years it would take to deport all undocumented Parks 103,343 103,343 Advocacy Associate Health Advocacy Associate We know we have a long road ahead of us to hold these elected officials to their Citigroup Local 32BJ SEIU Debra Brown Steinberg immigrants at the current rate of 1,100 deportations a day. Special Projects 203,918 203,918 promises, especially in the wake of the midterm elections, continued economic City University of New York School of Local 420 AFSCME AFL-CIO Jane R. Stern Susan Hill Thomas J. Shea, Esq. 5% Professional Studies Suzette Brooks Masters and Michael A. Stocker Total Program 1,922,318 - 1,922,318 Development Associate Director of Training Assistance $18,302: The current estimated cost of deportation per uncertainty, and the disquieting political discourse. But we’re game, we’re in it for Community Resources Exchange Seth J. Masters Fund Tom Suozzi Chung-Wha Hong Jonathan Vidal person deported. Community Service Society of Medgar Evers College Educational United Federation of the long haul, and we are enormously grateful, gratified, and uplifted to know you’re Suppporting Services Executive Director Training and Technical Assistance Associate; New York Foundation Communications Workers Membership $2.6 trillion: Amount in gross domestic product projected lost over 2% with us on that journey. Consortium for Worker Education, Inc. MinKwon Center for Community United Federation of Teachers Management and General 185,147 185,147 Karen Kaminsky Deputy Executive Director Gabriela Villareal ten years as a result of a deportation-only policy. Education & Solidarity New York City Action, Inc. Vantage Management Services LLC Annual Report Fund Development 115,799 115,799 Immigration Advocacy Policy Coordinator Onward! EmblemHealth Services Monsey New Square Trails Corp. Western Union Financial Services Total Supporting Services 300,946 - 300,946 Jeff Merritt $1.5 trillion: Amount in additional GDP projected over 10 years as a Emerald Isle Immigration Center Murphy Institute/City Works WithumSmith+Brown, PC Director of Political Engagement Jackie Wong result of comprehensive immigration reform. Ernst and Young Foundation York College Zelene Pineda Director of Administration 2009-2010 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund N. Cheng & Co., P.C. Total Expenses 2,223,264 - 2,223,264 Administrative Assistant Thanu Yakupitiyage Juan Ramirez Media Relations Associate In-KIND/Pro Bono Support Chung-Wha Hong Graciela Heymann Increase (decrease) in net assets 220,617 (159,287) 61,330 Executive Assistant as of November 2010 NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION Community Resource Lawyers Alliance of New York Arturo O’Farrill Executive Director board Chair 137-139 West 25th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001 5% Exchange Liberty the Musical Aadhithi Padmanabhan Public Ally Fellows CUNY TV New York Lawyers for the Sidley Austin LLP Anique Cato and Andrew Jones (212) 627-2227 www.thenyic.org Dickstein Shapiro LLP Public Interest Kim Sykes

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idecemBeR 2009 – JAnuARY 2010: wYcLeF And NEW YORK AWARDS ioctoBeR 2010: nYic pResents tHe HAitiAn eARtHQuAKe the nYic receives a special LE T T E R S T O T H E ED IT O R Luis ARGuetA’s “abused: tHe visitor, our 2008 builders of the New new York honoree postviLLe RAid” the nYic partners Wyclef Jean, who strategizes with us about mobilizing the The Arizona Law and with symphony space’s latino arts grassroots and the push for immigration reform. one month Festival to present this documentary later, haiti is devastated by an earthquake, Wyclef shifts Its Discontents about an immigration raid in iowa. into action to help his homeland, and the nYic coordinates April 30, 2010 With Julia Preston of the New York advocacy, outreach, and services to help haitian new himARcH-JuLY 2010: mARcH FoR AmeRicA! What do you get when the nYic leads the statewide campaign that Times moderating the discussion and Yorkers, training hundreds of volunteers to process mobilizes 235 buses, or 12,000 new Yorkers from every region of the state, to descend on Washington, joining with a crowd “It’s a shame that Gov. Jan Brewer didn’t 450 audience members, this event applications for temporary protected status. 200,000-strong to demand immigration reform? You get the largest mobilization to date of the obama administration; an Arrestan a 37 pro- consider the downside to S.B. 1070. It does continues the nYic’s efforts to forge invitation for nYic executive director chung-Wha hong and other innovative collaborations that reach immigrant leaders from across the country to meet with the President reforma migratoria nothing to ﬁ x our immigration system, but will cause hardship, compromise new audiences—building on previous at the White house; a major address by the President to the nation 25 de mayo de 2010 collaborations with culture Project; reaffi rming his commitment to immigration reform; an agreement by public safety and hurt the economy.” rising fashion-world star siki im; the sen. schumer to meet with more than 80 nYic member groups for Entre los arrestados estaban el – Chung-Wha Hong, Queens Museum of art; liberty the

2009-2010 Photo courtesY oF steven carbÓ a frank strategy discussion; and the release by sen. schumer, with Executive Director, NYIC Musical; and the Wnba’s liberty sen. Graham, of their bipartisan blueprint for immigration reform asambleísta Adriano Espaillat; la women’s basketball team—realizing HiGHLiGHts hmARcH 2010: immiGRAnts dAY in ALBAnY legislation. the campaign continues, with the nYic working closely concejal Melissa Mark-Viverito; el hseptemBeR 2010: RisinG isLAmopHoBiA in response to the attacks on the proposed Muslim community center in lower Manhattan, the possibilities that come from linking Fifty member organizations statewide gather in albany, with leaders to keep the issue alive, including rep. nydia velazquez, obispo Orlando Findlayter, director de art to activism! ultimately safeguarding critical citizenship services chair of the congressional hispanic caucus and 2009 recipient of the hjJune 2010: BuiLdeRs oF tHe NEW new the nYic teams with common cause new York and 150 other groups and advancing language access and workforce nYic’s builders of the New new York award. Churches United to Save and Heal, que YoRK GALA 350 of our friends gather to honor our to form new York neighbors for american values, holding a candlelight septemBeR 2009 When the development proposals at the state level. organizó la protesta junto con New York 2010 Builders of the New New York: Kathy Wylde of vigil that draws more than 2,000 people in defense of religious freedom economic downturn means that the Partnership for New York City; Hector Figueroa and against the politics of division and distraction. septemBeR-novemBeR 2009: immiGRAnts vote 2009!h Immigration Coalition; el Reverendo law fi rms defer the hiring of new of SEIU-32BJ; and Jay Hershenson of the City the nYic and its member groups mobilize 15,000 immigrant lawyers, the nYic, in collaboration Orlando Crespo, de Latin Leadership University of New York. Mayor Bloomberg, NYC voters and, with the new York community Media alliance, elicit with the benjamin n. cardozo Circle; la Reverenda Claudia De La Comptroller Liu, Congresswoman Velázquez, Public responses from the mayoral candidates to a questionnaire that school of law, provides a Advocate de Blasio, and many members of the City provides on-the-record information about where they stand on ARCH 12, 2010 Cruz, de la Iglesia San Romero de week-long continuing legal M Council join the celebration, chaired by Merryl Tisch, important immigrant concerns. after Mayor bloomberg’s re- Immigrants: We are the Las Américas; y decenas de líderes y education immigration law course Chancellor of the NYS Board of Regents; Matthew election, the nYic makes sure to hold him to the commitments he for forty deferred associates, ‘backbone of the economy miembros de sindicatos laborales. Goldstein, CUNY Chancellor; and Eliseo Medina, made on issues such as esl, legal services, and immigrant youth. Immigrant rights so they are trained to work with March 8, 2010 Hundreds of immigrants rallied outside international executive vice president of SEIU. It was immigration legal service nonprofi ts the Capitol last week protesting budget cuts to integration advocates, poised to a night of great food, great music by Arturo O’Farrill during their deferral year. programs and demanding more transparency in the of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and great spirit! distribution of federal stimulus funds for immigrant programs. rally, pressure Obama

inovemBeR 2009-mARcH 2010: HeALtH ReFoRm kimAY 2010: new YoRK is not ARizonAhj With Washington stalling on k FeBRuARY 2010: upstAte kseptemBeR 2010: With immigration used as a wedge issue to block health i immigration reform, and arizona declaring open season on anyone who is, looks, or sounds RoAd tRip FoR ouR FutuRe iApRiL 2010: LeGisLAtive BReAKFAst And RALLY witH citY moment oF tRutH reform, the NYIC mobilizes its member groups to fi ght like an immigrant, the nYic and its member groups coordinate eight May Day actions New Yorkers two vans, twelve travelers, ten LeGisLAtoRs our 10th annual city advocacy Day brings more than a FoR tHe dReAm Act Advocates for provisions that include immigrants. While the resulting across the state, drawing 20,000 participants; team with faith and community leaders launch trip for towns: from carmel to saratoga dozen city council members to a legislative breakfast with leaders from it comes close to Push To legislation expands coverage overall, it nevertheless has and elected offi cials in peaceful acts of civil disobedience, resulting in the arrest of 109 springs, from sodus to batavia, our membership; and a rally on the steps of city hall that draws hundreds ASSOCIATED PRESS & passing—330,000 calls to some immigrant restrictions that undermine the goals immigration participants, including seven elected offi cials; and stage a rally outside the headquarters of Register and many stops in between, the of immigrant community representatives. the intense and protracted For some students, congress show the level of health reform. in extensive community and media Major league baseball with demands to move the 2011 all-star game out of arizona. reform nYic hits the road, coordinating advocacy campaign we wage throughout the spring saves the immigrant iseptemBeR 2010: of support for this bill—but Immigrant outreach, the nYic helps frame the argument that including events with local groups that opportunities initiative, the major source of city funding for immigrant pRomotinG cuLtuRAL DREAM is still alive just misses, leaving immigrants in health reform expands coverage, improves FEBRUARY 15, 2010 “During the fi ve-trip, Voters bring out hundreds of upstate services, from the cutting block in an eleventh-hour rescue. mARKetpLAces hundreds of thousands health outcomes, and contains costs. appointed to the …about 5,000 people will be deported even after politicians residents, engaging with upstate the nYic teams with the of young people who’d October 18, 2010 Governor’s health reform advisory committee, the nYic will and 5,000 detained nationwide,” said Groups protest ’11 legislators, and expanding Queens Museum of art, the fail to vote on act come here as children A coalition of focus on how health reform is implemented at the state level. Chung-Wha Hong, executive director without the opportunity to upstate representation in the nYs All-Star Game Food vendors committee immigrant advocacy of the New York Immigration Coalition, of red hook, architects for September 23, 2010 earn a path to citizenship. campaign for immigration reform. groups gathered in which is spearheading the trip. JULY 8, 2010 Pro- humanity new York, and “Our dreams don’t die.” That at a candlelight vigil the immigrants and Parks organized by the nYic, Chelsea Monday as part immigration groups gathered collaborative to present “a was the message echoed during participants rededicate of a fi nal push to get jmARcH 2010: outside Major League Marketplace for red hook a candlelight vigil attended by themselves to the cause. immigrant New Yorkers countinG immiGRAnt Baseball headquarters in Park,” as part of a broader to head to the polls effort to promote models hundreds of New Yorkers last As the health care debate moves new YoRKeRs in tHe Manhattan on Thursday to on November 2. 2010 census the nYic for cultural marketplaces in night at Union Square Park. forward, the Senate should not joins forces with the new protest keeping the 2011 All- the city’s parks. make bogeymen of immigrants York community Media Star Game in Phoenix. 2010: educAtion ReFoRms alliance to launch an in partnership with the internationals by Chung-Wha Hong outreach campaign to boost network for Public schools, our h the nYic, as part of the new octoBeR 2009 immigrant participation in member groups, and with the Dept. of York state stimulus alliance, works to ensure that NOVEMBER 11, 2009 In the current climate, a the census. Public service education’s accelerating achievement stimulus funds and economic recovery efforts target resolution to our nation’s health care crisis can announcements in 24 BIG IDEAS hseptemBeR to novemBeR 2010: immiGRAnts vote! 2010 for ells initiative, the nYic brings immigrant communities. tying advocacy on stimulus languages and 69 papers the nYic and a dozen member groups contact 20,000 new citizen together hundreds of practitioners, school funding to advocacy on immigrant worker issues, come very close to being derailed by the cynical exPand red HooK’s Famed Food stands to otHer citY ParKs and two press briefi ngs voters across the city and on long island; get gubernatorial candidates administrators, and immigrant parents to the nYic gets the city to allocate $1.5 million to use of wedge politics. We need strong leadership with elected offi cials, including Mayor Bloomberg, Public “let’s open up the permit process and give … all new Yorkers an opportunity to respond to questions about their stand on issues; surpass the call jointly for policies to increase parent start a new low-wage immigrant worker initiative, in this fi ght, leadership that also can pave the way advocate de blasio, and comptroller liu, help bring about 280,000 mark for number of new citizens registered to vote; and set up engagement and address the drop-out providing job training, esl, and workplace rights to eat well.” –Chung-Wha Hong, executive director, New York Immigration Coalition for providing solutions to other critical issues a 3% increase in the city’s mail-in census participation rate. a website—immigrantsvote.com—that provides information and tools crisis facing immigrant students. and safety education in immigrant neighborhoods. facing the nation, including immigration. for voter work for groups across the state.

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