New York, NY

Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR)

EIN 13-3255591

Justice, Rights & Public Safety Immigrants & Refugees Immigrants & refugees Low-income

Mission

The Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR) was founded to educate, defend, and protect the rights of immigrants by expanding access to legal immigration services, participating in policy making, and organizing immigrant communities.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR)

Founded in 1982, NMCIR is a community-based 501(c)(3) organization that provides direct immigration legal services, citizenship and ESL education, workforce development, and community organizing for low-income immigrant communities in northern Manhattan and adjacent neighborhoods. ([nmcir.org](https://nmcir.org/about-us/))

NMCIR operates walk-in legal clinics, remote consultations, citizenship and civics classes, and a worker center. In recent years the organization has received federal citizenship/integration grant funding and continued to provide high-volume intake and casework services while engaging in advocacy efforts such as campaigns for universal representation for detained immigrants. ([nmcir.org](https://nmcir.org/organizing/))

Notable achievements

USCIS / DHS Citizenship & Integration Grant (FY2022)

Awarded federal funding under the FY2022 Citizenship and Integration (C1NAS) program—approximately $269,999 for the October 1, 2022–September 30, 2024 period—to expand citizenship instruction and naturalization application services. ([dhs.gov](https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/0414_25-PRIV-Northern-Manhattan-Coalition-for-Immigrant-Rights_Award-22CICET00260.pdf?utm_source=openai))

Sustained high-volume client services (FY2023/24)

Provided large-scale intake and casework over the most recent fiscal year, with program reporting indicating thousands of phone inquiries and several hundred direct legal and education interventions (examples include ~20,000 phone inquiries, ~408 legal consultations, ~400 affirmative application filings, and ~250 civic/ESL students served in the FY2023/24 cycle). ([causeiq.com](https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/northern-manhattan-coalition-for-immigrant-rights%2C133255591/?utm_source=openai))

Longstanding leadership in representation/access campaigns

Played a leading role in advocacy and coalition work to expand judicial discretion and to develop models for universal representation for detained immigrants (including active participation in the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project / court-appointed counsel campaigns). ([nmcir.org](https://nmcir.org/organizing/))

At a glance

Total assets: $354K
Annual revenue: $1.3M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 13-3255591
Location: New York, NY
Website: nmcir.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals / listed on DOJ roster as an accredited organization providing immigration-related representation and services.

Recipient of multiple competitive federal and state/local grants in recent years (including USCIS/DHS citizenship grant awards) and listed among grantees by municipal and state funding/partner directories.

Included in local resources and directories for immigrant legal services (NYC Comptroller/immigrant workers guides, Immigration Advocates Network legal directory) and referenced by statewide legal funders and bar foundation grant announcements for legal services.

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