CASA de Maryland (also called CASA) is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) immigration advocacy organization that helps immigrants, most often of Central American extraction, find employment, regardless of their legal status in the United States. CASA’s executive director has told workers he will never turn their names over to federal immigration officials.6
CASA was one of five organizations suing to overturn the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. census form. 36 By 2016, the budget was ten times larger — more than $9.5 million — and government support had grown to more than $4 million.38
Osprey Foundation ($320,000) 39
Annie E. Casey Foundation ($275,000) 40
Fund for Change ($145,000): A Maryland-based foundation that also funds left-wing organizations such as USA Action, the USA Action Education Fund, the Environmental Integrity Project and Progressive Maryland. 41
Herb Block Foundation ($80,000): A foundation based in Washington, D.C. and named in honor of the late left-of-center Washington Post political cartoonist Herb Block (1909-2001). The foundation also contributes to other left-of-center organizations such as Public Citizen, the Violence Policy Center, and the William J. Brennan Center for Justice. 42
Needmor Fund ($25,000) 43
Additionally, CASA has announced the Rockefeller Foundation, in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, provided a $1 million grant.45 In 2001 CASA’s total revenue was less than $1.5 million.46 The Open Society Institute – Baltimore is listed in the 2017 CASA annual report as a contributor. 0){
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