Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (National Farmworker Women’s Alliance 1) is a left-of-center national farmworker women’s advocacy organization in the United States. 2 Founded in 2011, 3 Alianza supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently in the United States 4 5 and the expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit to include illegal immigrants. 6
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas advocates for the elimination of the “Remain in Mexico” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which requires asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their application is processed. The group also supports the elimination of the “Title 42” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which prevents asylum seekers and other foreign nationals from entering the United States from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 7
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas received two grants of $500,000 from Peter Buffett’s left-of-center NoVo Foundation 8 in 2020. In 2018, the organization received grants of $1.5 million from the NoVo Foundation 9 and $100,000 from the left-of-center and labor-union-aligned National Domestic Workers Alliance. 10
History and Leadership
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (National Alliance of Farmworker Women) was formed in 2011, 1 making it the first national farmworker women’s organization in the United States. 2
Monica Ramirez is a co-founder of the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. She is also the founder of the left-of-center Justice for Migrant Women and the Latinx House. 11 Former United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union activist 12 13 Mily Trevino-Sauceda is Alianza Nacional de Campesinas’s executive director. 12 13
Headquartered in Oxnard, California, 8 Alianza is comprised of 15 member organizations based across 10 states and Washington, D.C., 14 and was granted nonprofit status in 2015. 15
Activities and Funding
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas is the first left-of-center national farmworker women’s advocacy organization in the United States. 16
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently in the United States 4 5 and the expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit to include illegal immigrants. 6 The group advocates for the elimination of the “Remain in Mexico” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which requires asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their application is processed. The group also supports the elimination of the Title 42 policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which prevents asylum seekers and other foreign nationals from entering the United States from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 7
Members of Alianza are comprised of current or former farmworker women and also represent organizations including Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Colonias Development Council, Farmworker Association of Florida, La Mujer Obrera, Organizacion en California de Líderes Campesinas, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos of Oregon (PCUN), the Rural Coalition, and others. 3
Alianza de Campesina also sends delegations of farmworkers to Washington, D.C., for activism. The left-of-center Earthjustice, Farmworker Justice, Georgetown University, the Rural Coalition, and representatives from the Obama administration‘s U.S. Department of Agriculture were “instrumental in planning and providing support” to these trips. 3
In addition, Alianza is a member of the 16-member council of Mosaic, a left-of-center grantmaking initiative that issued $3 million of grants in 2021. 17
Funding
In 2020, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas reported revenue of $558,129 and expenses of $1,019,458. 12 In 2019, the organization reported revenue of $79,962 and expenses of $790,423. 12
In 2020, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas received two grants of $500,000 from the left-of-center NoVo Foundation, the grantmaking organization of Warren Buffett’s son Peter and his family. 8
In 2019, the organization received $50,000 from the NoVo Foundation via the left-of-center Tides Foundation to support its One Billion Rising program. 8 9
In 2018, Alianza received $1.5 million from the NoVo Foundation; 9 $100,000 from the left-of-center and labor-union-aligned National Domestic Workers Alliance; 10 $50,000 from the left-of-center National Women’s Law Center; 18 $20,000 from the Tides Foundation; 19 and $20,000 from the Groundswell Fund. 20
References
- [1] “Press Release: Farmworker Women Join the Immigration Conversation.” Centro De Los Derechos Del Migrante, Inc. April 5, 2013. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://cdmigrante.org/press-release-farmworker-women-join-the-immigration-conversation/.
- “Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.” LinkedIn. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/company/alianza-nacional-de-campesinas/about/.
- “Press Release: Farmworker Women Join the Immigration Conversation.” Centro De Los Derechos Del Migrante, Inc. April 5, 2013. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://cdmigrante.org/press-release-farmworker-women-join-the-immigration-conversation/
- “Home.” Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.alianzanacionaldecampesinas.org/.
- Nittle, Nadira. “A Path to Citizenship Is on the Horizon for Undocumented Farmworkers.” Civil Eats. April 5, 2021. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://civileats.com/2021/04/05/a-path-to-citizenship-is-on-the-horizon-for-undocumented-farmworkers/.
- “Campesinas Organizing for Health, Safety, and Justice in Farmworker Communities and Beyond.” Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.alianzanacionaldecampesinas.org/.
- “Immigrants’ rights organization urge the Biden administration to permanently end Remain in Mexico and Title 42 policies.” Reliefweb. December 17, 2021. Accessed may 3, 2022. https://reliefweb.int/report/united-states-america/immigrants-rights-organizations-urge-biden-administration-permanently.
- “NoVo Foundation.” Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF). 2019. Part XV. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/470824753/202013179349102191/full.
- “NoVo Foundation.” Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF). 2018 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/470824753/201913189349100246/IRS990PF.
- “National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/352420942/201943199349304154/full.
- “Monica Ramirez.” The Latinx House. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.thelatinxhouse.org/team/jack-sparrow/.
- “Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2020. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/473486630/202141529349301404/full.
- “Mily Trevino-Sauceda.” LinkedIn. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mily-trevino-sauceda-a7a688b/.
- “Seeding and Growing Alianza.” Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://civileats.com/2021/04/05/a-path-to-citizenship-is-on-the-horizon-for-undocumented-farmworkers/.
- “Determination Letter.” United States Internal Revenue Service. 2015. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=473486630&name=Alianza%20Nacional%20De%20Campesinas%20Inc.&city=Oxnard&state=CA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=CHARITIES,%20DETERMINATIONLETTERS,%20EPOSTCARD,%20COPYOFRETURNS&orgTags=CHARITIES&orgTags=DETERMINATIONLETTERS&orgTags=EPOSTCARD&orgTags=COPYOFRETURNS.
- “Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.” LinkedIn. Accessed may 3, 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/company/alianza-nacional-de-campesinas/about/.
- Kavate, Michael. “How Green Philanthropy Has Changed-And How It Hasn’t- in Response to Calls for Racial Justice.” Inside Philanthropy. May 26, 2021. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2021/5/26/how-green-philanthropy-has-changedand-hasntin-response-to-calls-for-racial-justice.
- “National Women’s Law Center.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521213010/202041159349300834/full.
- “Tides Foundation.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510198509/201913189349314251/IRS990ScheduleI.
- “Groundswell Fund.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2018. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/474003615/201922849349300922/full.