Family Opportunity

Too many families with young children face barriers in attaining economic security and participating fully in decisions that affect their lives and well-being, despite the safety net and social services. Building pathways of mobility and inclusion ensures families have more opportunities. This giving area is nimble, and strategies are designed to be responsive to the emerging needs of families.

What We Fund

Sunlight Giving helps ensure families have access to mobility, inclusion, and opportunity by supporting:

Immigration Services

Organizations that provide families with affirmative immigration legal services. Organizations that provide technical assistance, training, and capacity to bolster the ecosystem of immigration legal service providers or that advocate for policies and systems that benefit immigrants and strengthen our community.

Community Voice

Multi-issue grassroots organizing and base-building organizations that work at the intersection of two or more issue areas identified by community members. These local groups engage families in direct work, including leadership development, agenda-setting for key community issues, identifying solutions, and advocacy.

What We Look For

Immigration Services: Culturally relevant immigration legal services, and a limited number of organizations that support the sector and/or advance local and regional policies and systems affecting immigrants.

Community Voice: Local organizing groups rooted in community and led by directly impacted families.

What We Don't Fund

Organizations that focus exclusively on removal defense (for immigration services) or single-issue agendas (for community voice).