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Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN)

Website:

sirenimmigrantrights.org/%20
Location:

San Jose, CA
Tax ID:

77-0487468
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2023):

Revenue: $1,267,615
Expenses: $1,894,093
Assets: $2,159,046
Formation:

1998
Type:

Ethnic, Immigrant Centers and Services
Executive Director:

Huy Tran

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Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) is an organization focused on immigrant communities in Santa Clara County, California. It offers legal services for immigration matters, including citizenship applications and deportation defense, alongside community organizing efforts on policy issues. The group also conducts education programs and civic engagement activities to support immigrant rights. Originally called the Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services (NIRRS), the group was founded as a response to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. It changed its name to the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network in 1998. 1

Background

Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network is a nonprofit organization focused on immigrant communities in Santa Clara County, California. It was founded in 1987 as “the Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services” (NIRRS), formed in response to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. It changed its name to the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network in 1998. 1

Activities

Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network offers legal services for immigration matters, including citizenship applications and deportation defense, alongside community organizing efforts on policy issues. The group also conducts education programs and civic engagement activities to support immigrant rights. 1

Associations

Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network is a member of the Silicon Valley Collaborative for the New Americans Campaign. In addition, SIREN was one of six original members of Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV) campaign a left-of-center voter registration coalition that changed its name in 2018 to Power California. 1  2

SIREN joined 192 other immigrant and civil rights organizations in signing an open letter dated November 15, 2024, urging the Biden Administration to implement immediate protective measures against potential mass deportations, including reducing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention capacity, halting further expansions of detention facilities, and releasing individuals from detention. 3

Financials

In 2024, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network reported revenues of $2,034,634, with expenses of $1,970,227 and net income of $64,407. Net assets stood at $1,990,719. Revenues derived primarily from contributions totaling $1,934,258, which accounted for 95 percent of the total. Expenses included $244,168 in executive compensation, representing 12.4 percent of total expenses, while other salaries and wages totaled $883,191 (44.8 percent). Total assets were $2,449,868, with liabilities of $459,149. Government grants were $1,026,511 in 2024, representing 50 percent of revenues. 4  5

In 2023, the Sobrato Family Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation based in Silicon Valley California which makes grants to groups that oppose immigration enforcement, donated $184,500 to SIREN. 6  7

In 2023, the Heising-Simons Foundation, private family foundation led by major Democratic Party donors, gave a $150,000 grant to the SIREN. 8  9  10

In 2023, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), a left-of-center grantmaking organization with over $10 billion in assets in 2023, made a $115,000 grant to SIREN. 11  12  13

People

As of October 2025, Huy Tran is the executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network, a position he has held since 2023. Raised by Vietnamese refugee parents, Tran led efforts at San Jose State University opposing budget cuts and helped establish Vietnamese youth networks. Tran later worked as a labor organizer for Unite Here, supporting immigrant hotel workers, before earning a law degree from Santa Clara University in 2012. He co-founded Justice at Work Law Group, LLP, a law firm focused on “social justice and worker’s rights.” Tran participated on the steering committee of the Anti-Wage Theft Coalition in Santa Clara County, contributing to the adoption of countywide ordinances. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Housing and Community Development Commission in San Jose. Additionally, he previously held positions on the San Jose Charter Review Commission and the Santa Clara County Anti-Hate Crimes Task Force in 2021. 14  15

References

  1. Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network, “About,” accessed October 13, 2025, https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/about. 
  2. Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network, “About,” archived August 23, 2007, accessed October 13, 2025, https://web.archive.org/web/20070823235422/http:/www.mivcalifornia.org/about/index.html. 
  3. Detention Watch Network, “NGO Letter Regarding Detention,” November 15, 2024, https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/default/files/NGO%20letter%20regarding%20detention_11.15.24.pdf. 
  4. ProPublica. “Services & Immigrant Rights & Education Network – Nonprofit Explorer.” Accessed October 12, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/770487468. 
  5. Services & Immigrant Rights & Education Network. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2024. Part 8, line E. 
  6. Sobrato Family Foundation. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2023. Part 14, A. 
  7. Inside Philanthropy. “Defending the Dream: Who’s Giving Grants for DACA Right Now?” Accessed October 12, 2025. https://web.archive.org/web/20200509174316if_/https:/www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/9/27/defending-the-dream-whos-giving-grants-for-daca-right-now. 
  8. The Heising Simons Foundation. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2023. Part 14, A. 
  9. Heising-Simons Foundation. “About the Foundation.” Accessed October 12, 2025. https://www.hsfoundation.org/about/. 
  10. New York Post, “Billionaire hedge fund heir Elizabeth Simons donates $250K to pro-Zohran Mamdani super PAC,” accessed October 12, 2025, https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/us-news/billionaire-hedge-fund-heir-elizabeth-simons-donates-250k-to-pro-zohran-mamdani-super-pac/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost. 
  11. Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). 2023. Schedule 1, part 2, line 2591. 
  12. ProPublica, “Silicon Valley Community Foundation – Nonprofit Explorer,” accessed October 12, 2025, https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205205488. 
  13. Silicon Valley Community Foundation, “Community Impact,” accessed October 12, 2025, https://www.svcf.org. 
  14. Tran, Huy. “Huy Tran | LinkedIn.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 10, 2025. https://www.linkedin.com/in/huytranonli/. 
  15. Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network, “Staff,” accessed October 12, 2025, https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/staff. 
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: November 1, 1998

    • 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
    2023 Jun Form 990 $1,267,615 $1,894,093 $2,159,046 $232,734 N $1,195,273 $68,346 $3,996 $166,136
    2022 Jun Form 990 $1,516,610 $1,587,849 $2,661,648 $108,858 N $1,449,209 $63,635 $3,766 $161,367
    2021 Jun Form 990 $1,643,050 $1,418,701 $2,791,104 $167,075 N $1,584,180 $52,693 $5,102 $159,465
    2020 Jun Form 990 $1,906,266 $1,575,215 $2,690,560 $290,880 N $1,803,180 $87,500 $4,628 $150,821 PDF
    2019 Jun Form 990 $1,502,972 $1,393,248 $2,228,607 $159,978 N $1,334,580 $139,573 $3,579 $137,384 PDF
    2018 Jun Form 990 $2,331,445 $1,396,429 $2,025,891 $66,986 N $2,121,719 $204,268 $1,160 $105,225 PDF
    2017 Jun Form 990 $1,953,847 $1,656,569 $1,325,815 $330,426 N $1,789,335 $157,504 $0 $106,590 PDF
    2016 Jun Form 990 $1,724,103 $1,523,189 $1,129,018 $430,907 N $1,637,101 $87,002 $0 $0 PDF
    2015 Jun Form 990 $899,445 $832,509 $559,137 $61,940 N $833,920 $65,525 $0 $0 PDF
    2014 Jun Form 990 $701,704 $698,271 $451,614 $21,353 N $648,264 $53,440 $0 $82,615 PDF
    2013 Jun Form 990 $877,750 $687,915 $447,592 $20,764 N $747,913 $110,255 $0 $84,073 PDF
    2012 Jun Form 990 $578,706 $555,497 $275,635 $38,642 N $546,012 $6,965 $0 $0 PDF
    2011 Jun Form 990 $603,878 $670,207 $236,865 $23,081 N $582,433 $0 $0 $72,444 PDF

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    Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN)

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    San Jose, CA 95126-2025