Houston Immigration Legal Servicescollab
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About Houston Immigration Legal Servicescollab
We are committed to improving the lives of immigrants in Greater Houston by forging a path toward inclusive and equitable support. Our mission is built on four core principles: holistic legal services capacity, equitable access to services, amplified voices, and catalyzed ecosystems.
Focus Areas
Immigration legal servicesHotline and referral servicesCapacity building for legal service providersKnow Your Rights (KYR) education/outreachForensic evaluationsNaturalization and citizenship assistanceSurvivor services in immigration lawDisaster resources and equityScam preventionAdvocacy and local policy
Who They Fund
immigrants and ethnic/immigrant communities (naturalization applicants)
About Houston Immigration Legal Servicescollab
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab’s grantmaking is built around one central task: expanding immigration legal services for low-income immigrants in Greater Houston. A recent example is a $468,750 grant to Equal Justice Works for legal fellowships, showing how the funder uses large awards to add attorney capacity rather than only underwriting one-off services. That pattern fits its stated mission of holistic legal services capacity, equitable access, amplified voices, and catalyzed ecosystems. The foundation also ties grantmaking to local systems work. In 2025, it awarded $175,000 to the Texas Immigration Law Council for advocacy, while its active programs include the Immigrant Legal Services Fund, Survivor Services in Immigration Law, and the Immigration Naturalization Services Fund. Those programs point to a funder that supports both direct legal help and the infrastructure around it: representation, hotline support, naturalization services, and coordination with legal providers. Its recent grants show a blend of legal, civic, and service-access work for immigrants and allied community organizations in Houston and Harris County. The profile is local in scope, but the grant list includes multiple functions inside that local ecosystem: legal representation, citizenship support, hotline work, and capacity building for nonprofit providers.
What Houston Immigration Legal Servicescollab Funds
Immigration legal services appear across several grants and program lines. In 2024, Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab gave $57,000 to Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project for legal services, and it has an active Immigrant Legal Services Fund aimed at detention defense and legal representation for detained adults in Harris County. Citizenship and naturalization are another visible thread. The foundation gave $63,900 to Memorial Assistance Ministries in 2024 and $62,650 in 2025, both for citizenship boost, and it also runs an Immigration Naturalization Services Fund launched in 2023 to support naturalization services and sustain the Immigrant Resource Hotline. Health and human services show up alongside legal work. In 2024, it awarded $128,050 to Boat People SOS Inc for healthcare, and it also funded Epiphany Community Health, AllianceCommAssistMinistries, and Living Hope Wheelchair Assoc for health-related access and support. Advocacy is present as well, including support for Texas Immigration Law Council for advocacy.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$579K
Total Assets
$4.8M
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$1.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $38K and $67K, with a median of $56K.
25th Percentile
$38K
Median
$56K
75th Percentile
$67K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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