Migrant Justice

Migrant Justice pursues left-of-center policies on immigration and labor organizing and works to organize the farmworker community.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Labor Policy, Immigration Policy
Website: migrantjustice.net
Formation:

2009

Location: Burlington, VT View on map
Tax ID: 81-4176655
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $1,090,192 Revenue: $776,131 Expenses: $720,551

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    Background

    Migrant Justice is a nonprofit organization formed in 2009 that specifically targets farmworkers with political messaging around immigration and labor issues. It aims to organize the farmworker community and get it involved in political discussions. 1

    Migrant Justice also acts as a leadership development organization for farmworkers, aiming to turn them into political educators for left-wing causes and push “long-term systemic change.” 1

    Activities

    Migrant Justice successfully lobbied the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company to implement a worker-driven social responsibility program in 2017, called “Milk with Dignity.” The new farmworker benefits package included higher wages, more lax scheduling rules, health and safety protections, and even housing protections. 2 Migrant Justice tracks the effects of the Milk with Dignity policy through published reports. 3

    Migrant Justice has led a campaign advocating for freeing people detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. It also formed a coalition to prohibit racial profiling and collaboration between law enforcement and immigration agents, led a movement to allow all people regardless of immigration status to get driver’s licenses in Vermont, and partnered with Vermont Workers Center to include illegal immigrants in a state universal health care law. 1

    Migrant Justice has an advocacy campaign targeted against Hannaford Supermarket for refusing to adopt the “Milk with Dignity” platform. It has a page on its website exposing what it sees as Hannaford’s lackluster worker protections, claiming that the supermarket chain’s worker complaint system is entirely inadequate to solving injustices in their workplaces. It claims workers’ rights are “violated daily” at the company and presents testimony from Hannaford workers. 4

    Migrant Justice also has a page on its site dedicated to opposing U.S. immigration law, arguing that “no human being is illegal.” 5

    Finances

    In 2021, Migrant Justice had a revenue of $2,526,598, expenses of $2,398,704, and ended the year with net assets of $978,699. 6

    Leaders

    According to its tax return, as of 2021 Migrant Justice’s board of directors included Susannah McCandless, Kate Kanelstein, Hayley Jones, Martha Herrera, Leah Lotto, Nelly Aranibar, Nathan Suter, and Jorge Rios. 7

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $1,090,192 $776,131 $720,551 View
    2023 $1,035,612 $613,342 $622,222 View
    2022 $1,043,492 $643,000 $578,207 View
    2021 $979,699 $2,526,598 $2,398,704 View
    2020 $908,705 $1,112,831 $774,339 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 8

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $2,965,109
    • Number of Grants: 69
    • Number of Funders: 43

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $1,791,4002021 The Vermont Community FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $118,5422020 The Vermont Community FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $100,0002022 Canaday Family Charitable TrustUnrestricted General Support
    $50,0002022 Henry P Kendall Foundation1. UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT FOR RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAMS IN THE NORTHEAST FOOD SYSTEMS 2. SUPPORT FOR THE MILK WITH DIGNITY PROGRAM ADVOCATING FOR MIGRANT DAIRY WORKERS
    $45,5002024 The Vermont Community FoundationUNRESTRICTED CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT
    $45,0002020 NEO PhilanthropyProgram Grant
    $42,7502022 The Vermont Community FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $40,0002020 Pink House Foundation IncGeneral Support
    $26,2502024 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support
    $25,0002024 Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation C/o Jeffrey HopmayerGENERAL SUPPORT
    $25,0002021 NEO PhilanthropyProgram Grant
    $25,0002021 Center for Constitutional RightsLEGAL FEE AWARD
    $24,0002024 ImpactAssetsGENERAL SUPPORT
    $22,2502023 The Vermont Community FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $20,0002023 Lawson Valentine FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $20,0002022 Clementine FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $19,8752021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $18,6962023 Maine Community FoundationAgricultural Programs
    $15,5002020 ImpactAssetsGENERAL SUPPORT
    $15,0002021 Ben & Jerry's FoundationVermont Economic Justice Grant 2021-Economic Justice for Farmworkers
    $13,0502021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
    $13,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustHUMAN SERVICES
    $11,0102023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $10,4002021 American Endowment FoundationCIVIL RIGHTS
    $10,0002025 Haymarket People's FundCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING

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    References

    1. “About.” Migrant Justice. Accessed September 30, 2023. https://migrantjustice.net/about.
    2. “A new day for dairy.” Migrant Justice. Accessed September 30, 2023. https://migrantjustice.net/victory.
    3. “Milk and Dignity Reports.” Migrant Justice. Accessed September 30, 2023. https://migrantjustice.net/milk-with-dignity-reports-0.
    4. “Hannaford’s hotline fails farmworkers.” Migrant Justice. Accessed September 30, 2023. https://migrantjustice.net/hannaford%E2%80%99s-hotline-fails-farmworkers.
    5. “Immigrant Rights.” Migrant Justice. Accessed September 30, 2023. https://migrantjustice.net/immigrant-rights.
    6. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Migrant Justice. 2021. Part I, lines 12, 18, 22.
    7. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Migrant Justice. 2021. Part VII.