Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$23,045,627

Total expenses

$17,005,306

Contributions and grants received

$21,245,959

Grants paid

$993,400

Program service revenue

$593,699

Investment income

$1,176,202

Other revenue

$29,767

Total assets, end of year

$39,161,322

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,795,598

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$35,365,724

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$14,304,792

Management and general expenses

$1,079,869

Fundraising expenses

$1,620,645

Program service expenses (Part III)

$14,304,792

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• LAW AND POLICY: DURING THIS PERIOD, THE NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER'S (NILC) LAW AND POLICY TEAM CHALLENGED UNJUST LAWS JEOPARDIZING THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND ADVOCATED FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS. AFTER IMMIGRATION-RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED IN JANUARY 2025, NILC STAFF PRODUCED AND DISSEMINATED EXPLAINERS AND KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS (KYR) MATERIALS TO INFORM ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF POLICY CHANGES AND WAYS TO RESPOND. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEY ALLIES, NILC HIGHLIGHTED THE HARMS OF A FEDERAL SPENDING PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MASS DEPORTATION EFFORTS WHILE SLASHING CRITICAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS. NILC'S LITIGATION TEAM FILED SEVERAL LAWSUITS, INCLUDING ONE TO CHALLENGE A NEW REGISTRATION RULE REQUIRING UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DID NOT ENTER THE COUNTRY WITH A VISA TO REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR FACE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THE TEAM HELPED ADVOCATES PREPARE FOR THE 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HEARING IN THE TEXAS CASE CHALLENGING THE LEGALITY OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVAL PROGRAM. STAFF CONTINUED PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF A PERMANENT POLICY SOLUTION FOR YOUNG IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE AMERICAN IN EVERY WAY BUT ON PAPER. NILC WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF RESPONDING TO THE RESCISSION OF A LONG-STANDING POLICY PREVENTING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN "PROTECTED AREAS LIKE HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES. AND AFTER MIGRANTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE U.S. AND SENT TO EL SALVADOR'S NOTORIOUS CECOT PRISON, THE TEAM CREATED A LEGAL EXPLAINER FOR FAMILIES, PRODUCED A MULTI-LINGUAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE ON LOCATING A LOVED ONE, AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO POLICYMAKERS SEEKING TO ADDRESS DETERIORATING CONDITIONS IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES.

  Expenses $4,743,812 · Grants $60,000 · Revenue $521,696

• OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NARRATIVE CHANGE, THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT VISIONING PROJECT, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. NARRATIVE CHANGE WORKS TO SHIFT HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH ART, STORYTELLING, AND CULTURE TO ADVANCE A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT VISIONING PROJECT ENGAGES DIVERSE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE LEADERS TO PLAN AND ARTICULATE A LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT. THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ADVANCES STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WITH COMPELLING MESSAGES THAT REACH THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCES.

  Expenses $3,387,251 · Revenue $67,003

• PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVOCACY: ONE OF NILC'S CORE PROGRAM STRATEGIES IS TO STRENGTHEN IMMIGRANT JUSTICE BY LEADING AND SUPPORTING COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE FAIR IMMIGRATION REFORM MOVEMENT, THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT VISIONING PROJECT, AND OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, NILC HELPS COORDINATE EFFORTS, SHARE KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOP JOINT STRATEGIES AROUND SHARED PRIORITIES AND GOALS, AND BUILD STRONG, EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE MOVEMENT. NILC'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD ALSO REFLECTED THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO FORGING STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE ITS LAUNCH, MORE THAN 90 INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE JOINED NILC'S EDUCATION FOR ALL CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. AS PART OF ITS HEALTH FOR ALL CAMPAIGN, NILC LED A FOUR-PART SERIES OF WEBINARS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING COORDINATION AMONG PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ON NAVIGATING NEW BARRIERS TO IMMIGRANTS' ABILITY TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AND PREGNANT PEOPLE. TO RESPOND TO INCREASED ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TARGETING IMMIGRANT WORKERS, NILC COORDINATED WITH AN ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNER TO LAUNCH A SEVEN-PART WEBINAR SERIES COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF WORKSITE RAIDS, CREATED A NATIONAL LISTSERV ON WORKSITE RAIDS RESPONSE, AND CO-CONVENED TWO NEW WORKING GROUPSONE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING IMMIGRANT WORKERS' ABILITY TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS ON THE JOB, AND THE OTHER FOCUSED ON STRATEGIZING WITH WORKER CENTER ORGANIZERS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT WORKERS.

  Expenses $3,205,837 · Grants $250,600

• PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES: PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES (PIF) PROTECTED AND DEFENDED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC SUPPORTS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2025, PIF BECAME A PROJECT OF NEW VENTURE FUND, ITS NEW FISCAL SPONSOR. PIF CEASED TO BE A PROGRAM OF NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER. PIF FOLLOWED ITS DONORS' INSTRUCTIONS TO EITHER RETURN FUND BALANCES OR TRANSFER BALANCES TO NEW VENTURE FUND. CONTACT PIFCOALITION.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.

  Expenses $2,967,892 · Grants $682,800 · Revenue $5,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• NILC IMMIGRANT JUSTICE FUND

  $250,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION

  $110,000

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN MATEO COUNTY

  $90,000

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER

  $50,000

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• WECOUNT INC

  $50,000

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• HUNGER FREE COLORADO

  $50,000

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW

  $40,800

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• CASA INC

  $40,000

  HEALTH FOR ALL

• CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY

  $30,800

  PROTECTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

• MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC

  $30,000

  HEALTH FOR ALL

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• NILC IMMIGRANT JUSTICE FUND

  501(C)(4) · IMMIGRATION POLICY · CA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by NILC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

2 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620929349301902

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