About Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network is a national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States.
Focus Areas
immigration detention abolitionending family and child detentionending ICE funding and detention quotasadvocacy and policyorganizing and community power-building
Who They Fund
detained individualsimmigrants and asylum seekersincarcerated peoplefamilies of detained peoplecommunity-based grassroots organizations working on anti-detention
Funding Style
systems change
About Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network’s grantmaking is built around anti-detention organizing, with recent awards flowing to groups working to stop ICE detention expansion, shut down detention centers, and build local power against immigration detention. The largest recent grant in the data is $66,500 to Alliance for Global Justice for anti-detention work, followed by $37,250 to Organized Communities Against Deportations for the same broad effort. Other sizeable grants show the same pattern of movement support: $31,000 to Inland for Immigrant Justice in San Bernardino and $28,700 to Juntos in Philadelphia. The foundation backs organizations working on abolition and policy change rather than direct services. Its recent grantees include legal, faith-based, and community organizing groups, which points to a strategy that combines advocacy, coalition work, and grassroots mobilization. Detention Watch Network also appears to support repeat partners over multiple years, including Alliance for Global Justice, Common Foundation, Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, and Immigrant Services and Legal Advocacy. The recurring support suggests sustained relationships with organizations engaged in anti-detention campaigns across the country.
What Detention Watch Network Funds
Immigration detention abolition is the central thread in the portfolio. Detention Watch Network gave $24,500 to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Los Angeles for anti-detention work, and $20,000 to Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity in Oakland for the same purpose. The foundation also funds local organizing tied to immigrant justice. It awarded $28,500 to Common Foundation in Boulder and $20,000 to Free Migration Project in Philadelphia, both described as anti-detention work. Faith-based and community coalition partners are part of the mix. Park Avenue Baptist Church Incorporated in Atlanta received $16,000 in 2024 and $15,000 in 2025 for anti-detention work, while Minnesota Interfaith Coalition on Immigration Icom in Minneapolis received $15,000 in 2025. The portfolio also includes legal and advocacy groups such as Center for Civic Policy in Albuquerque and First Friends of New Jersey and New York Corporation in Kearny.
How Detention Watch Network Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around a middle tier: the p25 is $12,000, the median is $15,000, and the p75 is $16,500. That distribution suggests a broad base of modest grants, with occasional larger awards above that range. The funder is a regular funder and does not fund individuals. Recent records show repeat support across years rather than one-off checks: Alliance for Global Justice, Common Foundation, Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, Immigrant Services and Legal Advocacy, Park Avenue Baptist Church Incorporated, and Center for Civic Policy all appear more than once. The active programs page references member support grants, but the scraped material does not show an open application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$574K
Total Assets
$7M
Total Revenue
$3.1M
Total Expenses
$3.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $12K and $17K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$17K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Tony Nam
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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