Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center (WISIRC)

Advocacy

In November 2024, the Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center Inc. (WSIRC), as a member of New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, signed a letter addressed to then-President Joe Biden advocating for his administration to close all migrant detention facilities and to release all those held in detention. ²

WSIRC has previously organized events and campaigns advocating blocking of federal legislation it claims would criminalize immigrants within the country, such as “H.R.4437 – Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” which passed that year. ³ The group also organized campaigns to quicken paths to immigrant registration and citizenship as well as protecting domestic workers under the Domestic Workers’ Rights Act.  ⁴

WSIRC has previously advocated for protecting migrant workers living within the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization organized education campaigns, distributed cash cards, handed out masks and thermometers, and provided additional health and safety training for immigrant workers. ⁵

In February 2025, WSIRC released a post on its X (formerly Twitter) page showing several “Know Your Rights” posters distributed by activists claiming to show strategies for migrants in the area on how to approach potential encounters by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. ⁶

Funding

According to its 2023 tax return, Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center (WSIRC) reported revenue of $1,299,980, expenses of $787,157, and total assets of $ 1,778,656. ⁷

According to its 2022 tax return, WSIRC reported revenue of $1,563,193, expenses of $1,033,294, and net assets of $529,294. ⁸ The form also reportedly shows that in 2022, $518,300. or 33.16%, of their income came from government grants. The group also received a state grant of $65,000 from immigration advocacy group Fund for New Jersey. ^{9 10}

Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center received $15,000 grants in 2020 and 2021 from the F.M. Kirby Foundation (FMK). ¹¹

The organization received $434,642 in “fees for services” in 2022. ¹²

Coalitions

Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center Inc. (WSIRC) has previously collaborated in coalitions with several organizations, foundations, and advocacy groups. These include NJ Time to Care, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), Alianza Americas, Energy Foundation, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, and Cancer Free Economy Network. ^{13 14 15}