Impact Campaign

 
 

Growth. TRansformation. Justice.

ILAP is proud to announce the successful conclusion of our $4 million Impact Campaign, which has supported ILAP’s growth since 2020. Together with our generous community, we are creating a world where systems are rooted in justice and where everyone belongs and thrives.

New initiatives supported by impact campaign funds include:

  • Created an Immigrant Children’s Project to increase legal representation for immigrant children and youth across Maine, now reaching more than 200 young people each year.

  • Worked alongside local and national partners to respond to the urgent legal needs of Mainers with loved ones in Afghanistan and 250+ Afghan evacuees resettled in Maine.

  • Added more staffing in our Portland and Lewiston offices to strengthen core services and take more full representation cases, including defensive cases in immigration court.

  • Launched the Asylum Assistance and Legal Orientation Project to find creative new ways to help hundreds of people each year file their asylum applications timely and accurately so they can gain work authorization and eventually gain asylum.

  • Amplified impact litigation efforts, co-publishing the Lives in Limbo: How the Boston Asylum Office Fails Asylum Seekers report that received national media attention and sparked leading members of Congress to call for a formal review of the office.

  • Expanded the Rural Maine Project to meet more of the need for immigration legal services across the state, with a focus on reaching more survivors of labor trafficking and exploitation.

  • Improved the “Get Legal Help” section of ILAP’s website, now available in six languages and reaching tens of thousands of people annually.

  • Strengthened the organization’s internal infrastructure for greater stability and sustainability, including deepening our internal equity and racial justice work.

Thank you to all the supporters and partners who made this growth possible!

 
“As an immigrant, I appreciate how arduous the process is. Thank you for helping those who are looking to make Maine their home.”
— ILAP Donor
 

Support our continued work

The journey toward justice continues and achieving justice for immigrants will take all of us. Your ongoing support, in any amount, will support ILAP now and in the future. Every dollar adds to our collective impact – thank you!

For more information about giving options and how you can support ILAP, please contact Development Director Laura Simocko at lsimocko@ilapmaine.org or 207-699-4407.

 

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ILAP is incorporated by the State of Maine and is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a §501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and not a private foundation. Our EIN is 22-3260883 (see our 501(c)3 Determination Letter).

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