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Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition)

Website:

www.caircoalition.org/
Location:

Washington, DC
Tax ID:

52-2141497
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2021):

Revenue: $8,220,603
Expenses: $7,168,655
Assets: $4,021,347
Type:

Legal Advocacy Organization
Formation:

1999
President & CEO:

Kathryn M Doan

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Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition) is a left-of-center legal advocacy organization that works to prevent deportation of illegal immigrants. The group was founded as a program of the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs before gaining independent nonprofit status.

CAIR Coalition sends representatives to Maryland and Virginia immigration detention centers to advise, instruct, and assist illegal immigrants in avoiding deportation, including connecting immigrants to pro bono lawyers. The group also files immigration-related lawsuits in appellate court.

CAIR Coalition is funded by grants from organizations including Immigrant Justice Corps and Vera Institute of Justice.

Founding

Capital Area Immigrant’s Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition) was founded as a program of the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. The group gained independent nonprofit status in 1999. 1

Activism

CAIR Coalition staff visit all Maryland and Virginia immigration detention centers and provide a series of services to detained adult immigrants. These include group information sessions on defenses against deportation, individual consultations on how immigration laws apply to their cases, connecting immigrants to pro bono lawyers to fight deportation, and providing training for immigrants to represent themselves in court. The group also volunteers to assist with asylum hearings. 2

The group’s services for children include “Know Your Rights” presentations, individual consultations, and accompanying children to their first immigration-court hearings in Arlington, Virginia, or Baltimore, Maryland. CAIR Coalition also provides direct representation in removal proceedings to children seeking repatriation or facing prolonged detention. 3

CAIR Coalition also runs an appellate litigation project, The Immigration Impact Lab. Through the project, the group participates in lawsuits aimed as decreasing immigration enforcement and providing increased benefits to illegal immigrants. 4

Funding

CAIR Coalition received grants from Immigrant Justice Corps, Allianz Foundation of North America, and Vera Institute of Justice in 2022. 5 The group also previously received a grant from the Virginia Law Foundation. 6

References

  1. “Who We Are.” Capital Area Immigrant’s Rights Coalition. Accessed February 22, 2024. https://www.caircoalition.org/who-we-are.
  2. “Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.” GuideStar. Accessed February 22, 2024. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-2141497
  3. “Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.” GuideStar. Accessed February 22, 2024. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-2141497
  4. “Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.” GuideStar. Accessed February 22, 2024. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-2141497
  5. “Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.” CauseIQ. Accessed February 22, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/capital-area-immigrants-rights-coalition,522141497/
  6. “Video: The Virginia Law Foundation Supports the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.” Virginia Law Foundation. Accessed February 22, 2022. https://virginialawfoundation.org/story/video-the-virginia-law-foundation-supports-the-capital-area-immigrants-rights-coalition-cair/
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: July 1, 1999

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Dec Form 990 $8,220,603 $7,168,655 $4,021,347 $1,307,260 N $3,513,134 $4,718,435 $947 $110,796
    2020 Dec Form 990 $6,789,738 $6,883,289 $3,027,411 $1,365,272 N $6,816,883 $0 $1,373 $113,315
    2019 Dec Form 990 $5,872,100 $5,675,053 $2,252,455 $496,765 N $5,970,938 $0 $1,042 $108,983 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $4,530,567 $3,658,758 $1,794,899 $236,256 Y $4,565,360 $0 $446 $105,682 PDF
    2017 Dec Form 990 $2,566,730 $2,156,915 $841,890 $155,056 N $2,592,118 $0 $200 $97,083
    2016 Dec Form 990 $1,703,754 $1,813,655 $407,030 $130,011 N $1,698,464 $0 $91 $94,267 PDF
    2015 Dec Form 990 $1,520,560 $1,484,709 $462,064 $75,144 N $1,526,500 $0 $176 $91,057 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $977,507 $962,372 $400,537 $49,468 N $965,175 $0 $151 $84,075 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $910,035 $749,160 $374,104 $38,170 N $909,873 $0 $162 $79,616 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $644,969 $684,750 $202,082 $27,023 N $644,760 $0 $209 $75,459 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $747,345 $606,976 $238,529 $23,689 N $746,894 $0 $451 $73,099 PDF

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    Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition)


    Washington, DC