National Immigrant Communities Project (NICP): Mapping and Supporting Immigrant Organizations in the U.S.

1. National Immigrant Communities ProjectThe Center for Nonprofit Strategy and ManagementBaruch College School of Public Affairs, CUNYNew York, NYNovember 11, 2014

2. National Immigrant Communities Project • What is the National Immigrant Communities Project (NICP)? • The need • The three phases • What is the current status of NICP? • NCCS list of immigrant organizations • Proof-of-concept beta website • What are the challenges facing NICP? • Identifying and classifying immigrant organizations • Limitations of NCCS • Funding • How can you be part of NICP?

3. The Need • Immigrant organizations “play a central role during all parts of the immigration process and in the social, cultural, political, and economic” integration of immigrants (Cordero-Guzman 2005, 889). • Immigration specialists, researchers, scholars, and advocates: • voice the need for information on the capacity of immigrant organizations; and • recommend that data should be collected, shared, and mapped according to the types and levels of service provided by different organizations (Riosmena 2013). • Immigration initiatives and reaching immigrants. • A full picture of the infrastructure supporting immigrant integration is called for. • This includes immigrant organizations, community-based nonprofits, public agencies , businesses, public-private partnerships, private funders, and other community entities.

4. The Need

5. The Three Phases • A joint project of Urban’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center • Phase 1: Identify and map immigrant organizations in the U.S. • Phase 2: Develop an interactive online platform and resource for key stakeholders: • Immigrant communities and organizations • Advocates, researchers, and other interested parties • Government agencies and funders • Phase 3: Survey organizations to gather detailed, systematic information on: • Immigrant communities • Immigrant organizations • Immigrant integration

6. Phase 1: Identifying & Mapping Organizations • Immigrant organizations are those with a mission and/or activities that address the aspirations, issues and needs of people with similar national/ethnic origins and/or immigrant communities in general (adapted from Gleeson and Bloemraad 2012). • These include: • Congregations • Human Services • Arts and Culture • Education • Civil Rights/Advocacy • Other

7. Phase 1: Identifying & Mapping Organizations • Identify immigrant organizations in the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) database • NTEE code P84 (Ethnic and Immigrant Centers) • List of countries of origin of foreign-born population • List of identifiers by country (e.g., Philippine, Filipino, Pilipino) • Focus on top ten countries of origin • List identifiers by region/province (e.g., Kapampangan, Ilocano, Visayan) • List other possible identifiers (e.g., Couples for Christ, Kababayan, Mutya) • Classify by regions and sub-regions • Africa (Sub-Saharan) • Asia • Central and South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands • Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean • Middle East and North Africa • Europe • Other (Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)

8. Phases 2 & 3: Developing Platform & Surveying Organizations • Phase 2: Develop an interactive online platform and resource for various stakeholders • View maps of immigrant organizations and other immigrant-serving institutions and resources • Upload organizational, institutional, and resource information • Pull external data • Search for organizations and other institutions • Find community resources: • Directories, calendars, libraries • Phase 3: Survey organizations and gather information on: • Immigrant communities • Immigrant organizations and immigrant-serving institutions

9. What is NICP?

10. What is NICP?

11. What is NICP?

12. Project Status • Identified 7,272 immigrant organizations: • 4,874 classified • African: 177 • Asian and Pacific Islander: 2,525 • Latino: 1,594 • Middle Eastern and North African: 207 • 2,398 to be classified • In NYS, 825 classified • African: 27 • Latino: 242 • Asian and Pacific Islander: 325 • TBD: 186 • Concerns about gross undercounting and classification: • For example, only 56 Filipino organizations nationwide are identified • Continued cleaning and searching • Proof-of-concept interactive website under development • Ward 1, Washington, DC

13. Project Status Immigrant Organizations in the U.S.

14. Project Status Immigrant Organizations in NYS

15. Project Status African Organizations Asian & Pacific Islander Organizations Latino Organizations

16. Project Status

17. Challenges & How You Can Help • Limitations of keyword searches: • Identifying organization names based on language/dialect, region, religion, etc. • Extracting data using SQL • Limited knowledge of racial/ethnic and immigrant communities • Limitations of NCCS and similar databases: • Immigrant organizations are often undercounted, precluded due to size and unincorporated status (Gleeson and Bloemraad 2012; Grønbjerg 2002; Toepler 2003). • Limited project resources. • An excellent solution: • Join the project: • Share lists • Provide expertise and resources • Collaborate in project development • Get the word out

18. National Immigrant Communities Project • Salamat, gracias, thank you! • For more information: • Erwin de Leon • (202) 261-5421 • edeleon@urban.org