21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund

The 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund is a private foundation associated with the successor unions of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union that supports left of center and labor union causes.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Issue Areas: Labor Policy
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 31-1593055
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $2,011,777 Revenue: $-11,071 Expenses: $385,220

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    The fund was founded in the early 20th century to promote and secure the rights of workers and their families, particularly the most vulnerable. The fund is targeted towards immigrants, women, and low-wage workers. 1

    Leadership

    Jay Mazur serves as chairman and president. Mazur was the last president of the independent ILGWU, stepping down in 2001 after shepherding ILGWU’s merger with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union into UNITE, a predecessor union of Unite Here and Workers United, SEIU. 2

    Muzaffar Chishti, the former UNITE immigration policy director and director of the liberal expansionist Migration Policy Institute’s office at NYU School of Law,3 is the 21st Century Heritage Fund’s executive director. Irwin Solomon serves as secretary. Lloyd Goldenberg serves as treasurer. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins (D) is another director. 4

    Financials

    According to the 2017 Form 990, the 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund awarded $292,500 in grants. It holds $3.7 million in assets. 4

    Among the groups that received donations were the Asian American Federation of New York, Civil Justice Inc., the Council on Foreign Relations, the Fiscal Policy Institute, the International Rescue Committee, the Jewish Labor Committee, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Urban Justice Center. 4

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $2,011,777 $-11,071 $385,220 View
    2023 $2,110,168 $282,902 $420,676 View
    2022 $2,183,918 $542,196 $425,234 View
    2021 $3,115,889 $28,156 $411,160 View
    2020 $3,047,176 $558,298 $398,598 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Muzaffar ChishtiEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$66,000
    Lloyd GoldenbergTREASURER$36,000

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $200,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $200,0002025 Unite Here Action FundCONTRIBUTION

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $4,771,162
    • Number of Grants: 356
    • Number of Recipients: 108

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $69,0002021 Migration Policy InstituteSUPPORT RESEARCH, DATA ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT; STREAMLINE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING ASYLUM CLAIMS AT THE US SOUTHERN BORDER; AND DEVELOP PROPOSALS THAT RECONCILE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES.
    $60,0002023 Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition IncTO BUILD A PERMANENT PUBLIC MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE OF 1911
    $60,0002022 Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition IncTO BUILD A PERMANENT PUBLIC MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE OF 1911.
    $35,0002020 Consortium for Worker Education IncTO SUPPORT THE CONSORTIUM'S RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION OF STUDIES AND REPORTS FOR A PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE IMMENSE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM FACED BY WORKERS IN NEW YORK CITY, EXACERBATED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
    $30,0002020 Penn South Social Services IncTO SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE AGING POPULATION OF THE PENN SOUTH RESIDENT COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY, ORIGINALLY BUILT TO HOUSE ILGWU MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND RETIREES, AS THEY FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. SUPPORT WILL INCLUDE NURSING EXPENSES, THE FALL PREVENTION PROJECT AND EFFECTS OF SHELTERING IN PLACE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
    $26,0002024 CONCERTS IN MOTION INCTO HELP PROVIDE A SERIES OF FORTY CONCERTS TO LOW INCOME HOMEBOUND ADULTS INCLUDING RETIRED GARMENT WORKERS AND VETERANS, IN BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON FORMATS THROUGH A NETWORK OF OVER 200 AGENCIES. MUSIC IS BROUGHT TO THESE POPULATIONS RESIDING IN SENIOR CENTERS OR OTHER FACILITIES IN NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
    $25,0002024 Friends of Givat HavivsTO SUPPORT GIVAT HAVIVA'S HEBREW LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM "PLACING JEWISH TEACHERS IN ARAB MIDDLE SCHOOLS". THE VISION IS TO PROMOTE LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURAL INTEGRATED CITIZENSHIP THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT IN SOCIETY AND THE JOB MARKET.
    $25,0002023 Scale JusticeTO SUPPORT IRECLAMO!, AN INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TOOL THAT EMPOWERS LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND WORKER ADVOCATES TO IDENTIFY WAGE THEFT AND FILE CLAIMS TO RECOUP LOST WAGES
    $23,0002024 Working Theatre Co. Inc.TO SUPPORT THE SPRING 2025 PRESENTATION OF THE INAUGURAL STAGE LEFT FESTIVAL, FEATURING NEW PLAYS HIGHLIGHTING ISSUES FACING WORKING PEOPLE AND THE CONTEMPORARY LABOR MOVEMENT.
    $20,1022023 Fordham UniversityTO RESUME INTERVIEWS AND RECORD ORAL HISTORIES OF RETIRED OFFICERS, STAFF AND RANK AND FILE ACTIVISTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION
    $20,0002022 GAUDENZIA FOUNDATIONTO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION'S SOBER HOUSE IN ERIE, PA THAT PROVIDES SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RESILIENCY SKILLS FOR LOW-INCOME, HOUSING INSECURE AND LONG TERM USERS OF SUBSTANCES.
    $18,0002024 Lower East Side Tenement MuseumTO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM'S SIGNATURE PROGRAM, "SHARED JOURNEYS", THAT OFFERS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TOURS OF HISTORIC IMMIGRANT FAMILY APARTMENT EXHIBITS AS WELL AS EMPOWERING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TO PROMOTE THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIC ISSUES.
    $15,0002023 Playwrights Horizons, Inc.TO SUPPORT THE THEATER'S WORLD PREMIERE CO-PRODUCTION OF REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE, BY JULIA IZUMI, A PLAY THAT TELLS TOE STORY OF 3 ADULT SIBLINGS ADOPTED INTO AN AMERICAN FAMILY SEARCHING FOR A SENSE OF IDENTITY
    $15,0002022 Playwrights Horizons, Inc.TO SUPPORT THE THEATER'S WORLD PREMIERE CO-PRODUCTION OF REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE, BY JULIA IZUMI, A PLAY THAT TELLS TOE STORY OF 3 ADULT SIBLINGS ADOPTED INTO AN AMERICAN FAMILY SEARCHING FOR A SENSE OF IDENTITY.
    $15,0002021 Penn South Social Services IncTO HELP PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS NURSING AND FALL PREVENTION ASSISTANCE TO THE AGING POPULATION OF THE PENN SOUTH COOP AS IT FACES THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
    $15,0002020 Playwrights Horizons, Inc.TO SUPPORT THE NEW YORK PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF SELLING KABUL, A PLAY THAT EXAMINES LASTING CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN BY TELLING STORY OF A MAN WHO ASSISTED THE U. S. ARMY AND IS NOW HIDING FROM THE TALIBAN.
    $12,5002024 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC.TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYEE RESILIENCE CENTER OF THE SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER, ONE OF ISRAEL'S LARGEST, BUSIEST & ADVANCED HOSPITALS. THE RESILIENCE CENTER ADDRESSES PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA HOSPITAL STAFF EXPERIENCE TREATING CRITICALLY WOUNDED PATIENTS AND IDF SOLDIERS SINCE THE OCTOBER 7, 2023 ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
    $12,5002024 Washington Square Legal Services IncTHE GRANT SUPPORTS PROVIDING STRATEGIC LEGAL REPRESENTATION DEFENDING INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS' RIGHTS, AND THE RULE OF LAW THROUGH PRECEDENT SETTING CASES IN IMMIGRATION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
    $12,5002023 International Rescue Committee, Inc.TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY, 2022, SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST MORE THAN 19,000 REFUGEES WHO ARRIVED IN GREECE
    $12,5002023 Washington Square Legal Services IncSUPPORTS LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH PRECEDENT SETTING CASES IN IMMIGRATION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. THIS WORK ENSURES THAT A NEW GENERATION OF LAWYERS WILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
    $12,5002022 Garment Worker CenterTO SUPPORT A CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION SB62, LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE PIECE RATE PAY SYSTEM, HOLD FASHION BRANDS LIABLE FOR WAGE VIOLATIONS AND EXPAND AUTHORITY FOR INSPECTIONS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN THE STATE.
    $12,5002022 International Rescue Committee, Inc.TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY, 2022, SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST MORE THAN 19,000 REFUGEES WHO ARRIVED IN GREECE.
    $12,5002022 Scale JusticeTO SUPPORT IRECLAMO!, AN INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TOOL THAT EMPOWERS LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND WORKER ADVOCATES TO IDENTIFY WAGE THEFT AND FILE CLAIMS TO RECOUP LOST WAGES.
    $12,5002021 Garment Worker CenterTO SUPPORT A CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION SB62, LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE PIECE RATE PAY SYSTEM, HOLD FASHION BRANDS LIABLE FOR WAGE VIOLATIONS AND EXPAND AUTHORITY FOR INSPECTIONS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN THE STATE.
    $12,5002021 Scale JusticeTO SUPPORT IRECLAMO!, A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT EMPOWERS LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND WORKER ADVOCATES TO IDENTIFY WAGE THEFT AND FILE CLAIMS AND RECOUP LOST WAGES.

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    References

    1. “Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s 38Th Season Benefit Dinner & Celebration Set For Tonight”. 2014. Broadway World. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pan-Asian-Repertory-Theatres-38th-Season-Benefit-Dinner-Celebration-Set-for-Today-20141105.
    2. “Vice President Jay Mazur: AFL-CIO.” AFL-CIO, August 1, 2001. https://aflcio.org/about/leadership/statements/vice-president-jay-mazur.
    3. “Muzaffar Chishti.” migrationpolicy.org, July 1, 2019. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/staff/muzaffar-chishti.
    4. 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund, Return of a Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2017.. https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2017/311/593/2017-311593055-1008af28-F.pdf.