About National Day Laborer Organizing Network
The foundation concentrates on supporting immigrant day laborers and low-wage worker centers across the U.S., funding grassroots worker organizations, community centers, and immigrant-rights advocacy groups. Grants skew toward capacity-building and general operating support (training, organizing, and local service delivery) rather than one-off projects. The portfolio shows an emphasis on Latino and Asian immigrant communities and on organizations that provide worker organizing, legal/advocacy support, and local intake/service hubs. Funding is geographically distributed—many local worker centers and regional advocacy groups—rather than focused on a single city or institution.
Focus Areas
Community day laborer and worker centers (capacity-building and operating support)Immigrant rights and policy advocacy groups serving Latino and Asian communitiesLocal community centers offering immigrant services and workforce assistanceWorker organizing and workplace rights education (including faith-based worker ministries)
Who They Fund
worker centers (community-based organizations)workers (nationwide)
Giving Approach
About National Day Laborer Organizing Network
National Day Laborer Organizing Network’s recent giving centers worker centers and immigrant-rights organizations that support day laborers and low-wage workers across the U.S. The largest grant in the recent list is $150,000 to Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center for support, a signal of the scale it can bring to local organizing infrastructure. Other large awards reinforce that pattern: Chinese Affirmative Action received $60,000 for capacity building grants to support worker centers across the nation, and The Workplace Project in New York received multiple program-support grants across 2023 and 2024. The foundation’s portfolio is built around grassroots organizations rather than institutions, with many grants labeled support or program support. Recent recipients include worker centers, immigrant advocacy groups, and community organizations serving Latino and Asian immigrant communities. Funding appears aimed at strengthening organizing, intake, service delivery, and rights education, not at isolated one-time projects. Pablo Alvarado leads the organization, and the grant record shows a consistent emphasis on immigrant workers, local worker centers, and policy-adjacent advocacy groups with community roots.
What National Day Laborer Organizing Network Funds
Worker centers are a core area of support. In 2025, National Day Laborer Organizing Network gave $60,000 to Chinese Affirmative Action for capacity building grants to support worker centers across the nation, and it also backed several local centers with program support. Immigrant-rights advocacy is another clear theme. The foundation gave $100,000 to Asian Americans Advancing Justice - ALC for support, and it also funded California Immigrant Policy Center for support in Los Angeles. Community-based worker support shows up in grants to local hubs. The Workplace Project received $52,359 in 2023 and $37,817 in 2024 for program support, while Staten Island Community Job Center received $25,000 for program support. Workplace rights education also appears in the portfolio through organizations such as Employee Right Center (San Diego), which received $45,000 for program support.
How National Day Laborer Organizing Network Gives
Typical grant size is fairly clustered: the 25th percentile is $12,500, the median is $16,000, and the 75th percentile is $28,015. The recent record also includes larger capacity-building and support awards, but most grants sit near the middle of that range. The pattern suggests repeated support for some recipients over multiple years rather than one-off awards; for example, several organizations appear in both 2023 and 2024 or 2025. The foundation is not structured as an individual-giving funder, and it does not make program-related investments. The grants are mostly described as support, program support, or capacity building.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$345K
Total Assets
$19.5M
Total Revenue
$10.7M
Total Expenses
$9.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $28K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 23% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Pablo Alvarado
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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