The Shapiro Foundation

The foundation’s website identifies two core programmatic priorities: partnering with governments and agencies to create lawful pathways for displaced people, and increasing community-driven resettlement opportunities through local groups that sponsor newcomers. Its approach emphasizes identifying opportunities for refugees to contribute to the communities where they resettle. The foundation says it works with NGO partners, sometimes making multi-year grants and, in some cases, working more actively with organizational leaders and other philanthropists.

The website also describes work supporting refugee children’s access to education and addressing gaps in basic services, including food, shelter, and healthcare. It says private philanthropic support for basic needs is generally used when rapid displacement and political challenges leave critical services unavailable.

Examples of grantees’ stated missions illustrate the kinds of organizations supported. ALIGHT says it works with displaced people to build lives with dignity, connection, and purpose. Boston Medical Center says its mission is to provide excellent and accessible health services regardless of status or ability to pay. The Niskanen Center describes itself as a think tank seeking to change public policy through engagement with policymakers and coalition-building. Malengo says it facilitates international educational migration in pursuit of poverty alleviation, while Home Is Here NOLA says it builds community-based support systems for newly arrived immigrants in the Gulf South.