Some of the organizations supported by the Mobilizing America for Refugees Fund include:
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• ‍Viets for Afghans, based in Seattle, WA, is a refugee-led volunteer-coalition that’s mobilizing the Vietnamese-American community to assist Afghan refugees. They relate to the trauma Afghans face today because they are either refugees themselves or directly tied to the first-generation refugee experience. Their growing endeavor connects volunteers with ways to donate money, goods, and/or time.
• The Afghan Community Culture Center is an Afghan-led community-based organization in San Diego, CA, dedicated to helping newcomer families through educational events and activities which allow them to navigate resources as well as challenges that may arise during resettlement.
• ‍Fugees Family, a Stand Together Foundation Catalyst in Columbus, OH, provides a holistic education that focuses on the unique academic, social, and psychological development needs of refugee students to help improve the lives and long-term achievement potential of immigrant children.
• ‍Break Bread, Break Borders in Dallas, TX is where refugee women from war-torn countries are economically empowered by cooking for a living. With mentoring from professional chefs, restaurants, caterers, and culinary consultants the BBBB community cooks receive the necessary licenses and certifications to look for job opportunities in the food industry service.
• ‍Every Campus a Refuge in Greensboro, NC was established to call on every college and university in the world to partner with their local refugee resettlement agencies to temporarily house refugees on campus grounds and assist them in resettlement. The idea is that university and college campuses have everything necessary – housing, food, care, skills – to take in refugees and support them as they begin their lives in their new homes
• Garland, TX is home to For the Nations Refugee Outreach, a nonprofit focused on a wide variety of educational programs and family services as refugees adapt to life in the United States.
• ‍GirlForward, in Chicago, IL, creates a community for girls who have been displaced globally by conflict and persecution by supporting girls ages 14-21 through mentoring, education and safe spaces programs. Girls who receive resettlement in the United States face huge challenges: poverty, language barrier, limited or disrupted education, isolation, and trauma. But Girl Forward believes that when girls succeed, everyone benefits.
• ‍New Neighbors Partnership in New York, NY, a grass-roots organization, matches refugee, asylee, and asylum-seeking families with local New York City families who have slightly older kids and can pass on hand-me-down clothing donations on a regular basis, along with other emergency needs from school supplies to diapers.
• Committed to helping the Afghan refugee community in Salt Lake City, UT, the Utah Muslim Civic League in liaison with the several partners is providing community support, free legal clinics, and emergency funding to cover gaps. Also building resources for culturally appropriate, trauma informed service provisions. Youth and women group to help the new arrivals. The organization is dedicated to advocating for wholistic integration of refugees in the State.
• Founded by a group of Somali Bantu refugees living in Manchester, NH, Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS) aids in the resettlement of refugees and immigrants in the state by providing assistance, training, resources, and opportunities that promote self-sufficiency. ORIS will be providing employment services, helping families enroll their children in school, ensuring Afghans can access healthcare services and nutritious food, and connecting them with other social services as needed.
• ‍The Riverview International Center in Columbus, OH works to empower New American neighbors by supporting individuals, strengthening families, and nurturing community. Their programs are designed to help New Americans navigate life in America and include general advocacy, community events, English classes, employment services, computer literacy class, homework and reading helping and more.
• ‍Operation Sacred Promise, located in Las Vegas, NV started in 2021 as an ad-hoc group of volunteers – American Service Members working around the clock to help Afghan partners escape the Taliban. Working across the globe, it has since helped these partners navigate the bureaucratic pathways to legal residence in the United States and work toward securing housing, employment, and education.

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