National Immigration Forum
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| National Immigration Forum | |
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| Website | www.immigrationforum.org |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | 50 F Street NW Washington, DC , United States |
The National immigration Forum was formed in 1982 as an advocacy group for immigrants. As an interest group the National Immigration Forum conducts research to help policy makers create well-informed conclusions about immigration policy. The Forum is run by an Executive Director and a Board of Directors.
The following is break down of the Forum’s expenses in 2007: 85% is from program expenses, 10.7% is administrative expenses, and 4.1% is fund raising expenses. Revenue growth is 11% where as program expenses growth is 3.3%.
In 2007 the Forum’s total was revenue was $2,763,311 with $2,681,802 being from primary revenue and $81,509 coming from other sources. In this same year $1,723,279 was program expenses, $217,268 were administrative expenses, and $84,726 were fund raising expenses. The Executive Director at the time, Francis Sharry Jr., was compensated $147,643 or 7.29% of all expenses.
The total spent on lobbying for 2008 was $160,000 and for 2007 was $100,000.
History
The National Immigration Forum is a rather young interest group that was founded in 1982. Its objective is to advocate for the value of immigrants in America.
Current objectives and activities
In 2008 the forum authored and released several reports and analysis available to download at www.immigrationforum.org/publications. The National Immigration Forum’s 2008 impact report states that in this year it was able to react swiftly with information, expertise, and assistance to inquiries from Congressional offices, advocates, and the public on recent immigration issues. The forum also helped co-convene a group of over 200 national and local advocates to monitor the Department of Homeland security. In addition, the Forum lead efforts to defeat a number of anti-immigration measures filed in Congress.
The Board of Directors of recently developed a new strategic positioning process to make certain the Forum is able to meet its intended function. The four strategic positioning process includes the following five goals: (1) Develop relationships and an understanding of disparate views and, taking those views into account, craft a cohesive strategy across a range of issues; (2) Provide trusted information, analysis and advocacy strategy to key audiences shaping immigration policy and regulation across a range of immigration issues;(3) Engage a wider set of pro-immigration voices across constituencies, regions and ethnicities; (4) Implement targeted campaigns, based on the guidance of our Immigration Policy Council, to advance the overall strategy of the pro-immigration alliance; and, (5) Develop the institutional capacities and structures of the Forum needed to achieve its mission.
The total yearly lobbying expenses for 2009, as of December, are $206,000.
Organizational structure
Since 1982 there have only been three Executive Directors. The Executive Director oversees the whole operation of the National Immigration Forum. In March of 2008 the board of Board of Directors elected Ali Noorani as the new Executive Director. The National immigration forum is run by a Board of Directors and its Executive Director, Ali Noonrani. The Board is made up of advocacy leaders that represent the many ethnic, geographical, political, and religious immigrant communities. The following is a list of the Board of Directors:
Gideon Aronoff, Chair - Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Craig Regelbrugge, Vice Chair - American Nursery & Landscape Association Esther Lopez, Secretary - United Food and Commercial Workers Union Robert Hildreth, Treasurer - IBS, Inc. John Gay Linton Joaquin, National Immigration Law Center Randel Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Margie McHugh, Migration Policy Institute Christopher Nugent, Holland and Knight Peter Orum, Midwest Groundcovers Ramon Ramirez, Piñeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) Denyse Sabagh, Duane Morris, L.L.P. Angelica Salas, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles Helen Samhan, Arab American Institute Foundation Lisa Versaci, Democracy Alliance Paul Virtue, Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Achievements
In 2008 the National Immigration Forum became the home of the centrally-coordinated Reform Immigration for America which is a campaign for immigration reform. The forum also coordinated business leaders, labor groups, immigrant, non-immigrant, and faith communities to develop a strong local/national legislative strategy.
The forum has been quoted more than 200 times from publications such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Congressional Quarterly, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, EFE, Rolling Stone, and The Economist. The Forum has been featured in MSNBC, FOX News, CBS Evening News, Syrus Radio, Public Radio, International, Hispanic News Links, Univision, Telemundo, TV Azteca América, CNN en Español, Radio América, and Que Pasa.
References
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4941 http://www.immigrationforum.org/images/uploads/ForumImpactReport08.pdf http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?year=2007&lname=National+Immigration+Forum&id= http://www.immigrationforum.org/about http://www.immigrationforum.org/about/board