Immigrant Justice Corps

About Immigrant Justice Corps

Immigrant Justice Corps Inc. funds a legal workforce model more than a traditional grant portfolio: its Justice Fellowship and Community Fellowship programs place recent law graduates and recent college graduates with host organizations to deliver immigration legal services, removal defense, asylum representation, and supervised community-based advocacy. The foundation’s mission centers on recruiting, training, and populating the immigration field with legal advocates committed to immigrant justice. Recent awards show that this work is delivered through multi-year fellowships and host-site partnerships rather than one-off project grants. The largest recent award in the dataset went to the National Immigrant Justice Center (Heartland Alliance) in Chicago for a Justice Fellow, while other substantial placements supported organizations such as the Capital Area Immigrant Rights’ Coalition in Washington, DC and Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York in New York City. In addition to direct fellow placements, the foundation supports collaboration with legal and community organizations that sponsor or host fellows and provide training, pro bono support, and supervision. The Robert A. Katzmann Legacy Fund also signals a donor-backed effort to sustain fellowship operations and targeted deployments over time.

What Immigrant Justice Corps Funds

Immigrant Justice Corps Inc. concentrates on immigration legal representation through fellowships that place trained advocates in host organizations. A Justice Fellow grant of $312,500 supported Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles for direct immigration legal services, including removal defense, asylum, and detained representation. Another Justice Fellow award of $243,750 went to Texas RioGrande Legal Aid in Mercedes, showing a focus on legal aid capacity in immigrant communities. The foundation also backs community-based legal work. Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York received $360,420 for Community & Justice Fellows, and Unlocal in New York received awards for the same fellowship model. These grants support supervised practice, language-accessible assistance, and services for underserved immigrant communities. The Access to Counsel Initiative adds a targeted service-expansion layer aimed at increasing access to counsel in response to geographic needs and immigration policy changes.

How Immigrant Justice Corps Gives