2024-10-28T13:41:23-07:00 2023-12-31 922053187 Blad & Hezlep LLC 1832 Independence Sq Atlanta GA 30338 990 2023-01-01 261733523 GEORGIA ASYLUM & IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC GEOR 6783356040 PO BOX 56268 ATLANTA GA 30343 ALPA AMIN Executive Director 2024-10-28 true true ADAM HEZLEP P03216230 7705127600 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z ALPA AMIN PO BOX 56268 ATLANTA GA 30343 2492588 false X WWW.GEORGIAASYLUM.ORG X 2010 GA To protect and empower immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. 23 23 19 184 0 1484932 2399847 0 27 22620 -7987 16606 1476972 2439073 36162 12519 0 906436 1388574 5000 6443 281675 347325 423467 1294923 1831003 182049 608070 1745340 2334722 378662 359974 1366678 1974748 To protect and empower immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. false false 575014 6363 AsylumGAINs Asylum program serves individuals fleeing persecution abroad that is motivated by race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in particular social groups. We work with clients from around the world to achieve safety through our complex immigration system. In 2023, we served womens rights activists from Afghanistan, teachers targeted during political conflict in Cameroon, LGBTQ+ activists from countries where homosexuality is criminalized like Ethiopia and Russia, political prisoners from Nicaragua, and women fearing female genital mutilation (FGM) from Senegal. We support the full scope of asylum clients immigration legal needs during years-long cases, including asylum applications, work authorization, international travel documents, family reunification, and permanent residence. This comprehensive support provides an environment where clients can tell their own stories and achieve their dreams when it comes to immigration status and beyond. GAIN is proud to see our successful asylum clients step into their power and create their own communities of care, with many supporting our work and partnering with us as leaders of their own community organizations. In 2023, GAINs Asylum team served clients in 846 legal matters, providing immigration support and expertise to clients and organizations across the state. 515163 5407 Victims of ViolenceThe Victims of Violence program supports the needs of immigrant survivors who have been victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other crimes in the U.S. GAIN fulfills an immense need for free legal services for immigrant victims, a high-need population that requires culturally sensitive services and a sophisticated legal response to complex cases. When GAIN secures T visas for survivors of labor trafficking, we help clients who have faced exploitation to obtain unrestricted work permits allowing them agency in work and in life. Through U visa applications for survivors of crime, we empower clients to speak out against abusers, with the assurance that they are safe from deportation. And through other forms of relief for survivors of intimate partner violence, such as Violence Against Women Act filings, GAIN can remove a survivors reliance on their abuser for immigration status. In 2023, GAINs Victims of Violence program worked on 260 legal matters, providing legal services for hundreds of crime survivors all while providing expert technical assistance to our pro bono volunteers. 187335 749 Project AllySince 2021, Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN) has helped lead the way in responding to the crisis in Afghanistan through Project Ally, an emergency response project serving over 1,000 Afghan nationals. As 2022 began, our team finalized the humanitarian parole filings we prepared for hundreds of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. As the crisis evolved, we found that we needed to build a new mechanism to serve our community. In 2022, GAIN partnered with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Atlanta to host monthly legal clinics for Afghan nationals who were brought to Georgia through Operation Allies Welcomes humanitarian parole initiative. These clinics provided pro se assistance with asylum applications to Afghans on one Saturday each month, helping them begin their asylum process by mapping out their declaration an important first step in the process. With our Asylum teams expert guidance, GAIN created a replicable model which includes extensive training and project management resources for our partners, and ensures that our clinics are informed by the best practices in immigration law practice. In 2022, Project Ally benefited 484 individuals through legal service and support. In 2023, Project Ally held several additional clinics devoted to helping Afghan allies with important protection such as TPS and re-parole, and continued to build trust within this community by speaking at two Afghan womens groups about important topics such as family reunification. We also expanded Project Allys successful clinic model to serve broader communities in Georgia. With over 40 Afghans winning asylum through direct representation by GAIN alone in 2023 (and dozens more who received pro se help at clinics), many of those served by Project Ally have achieved safe, stable immigration status and are actively rebuilding their lives here in Georgia. This project has set the stage for GAIN to leverage two decades of legal expertise to support acute immigration legal needs of immigrant communities in crisis. 1277512 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 19 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 23 23 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false GA X ASHLEY KIRKLAND 6783356040 PO BOX 56268 ATLANTA GA 30343 ALPA AMIN Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 146145 0 10061 MARY MCNEELY DEVELOPMENT DIR. 40.00 0.00 100610 0 9146 ALEX DRUMMOND Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 AMANDA HIFFA DONDERO VICE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DARRAGH WRIGHT Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CASSIE JOHNSON Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DARCY WHITE IMM PAST CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KEITH J BARNETT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIMIA BASYUK Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BROOKE L BEAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINA BUENSUCESO Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEREMY BURNETTE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES CAMPBELL Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT CASEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PEDRO DORADO Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY H FISHER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JYOTI JINDAL Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MAHESH JOSHI Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM KLEINHANS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANA KORHONEN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LIBBY LAWSON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KURT E LENTZ Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NADIA SARANGI Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANU SEAM Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY TORSTVEIT NGARA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 246755 19207 2 false true false 0 227900 943929 1228018 2399847 0 22620 22620 0 0 0 0 67780 227900 53515 14265 14265 0 0 MISC REVENUE 2341 2341 2341 2439073 2341 36885 0 12519 12519 0 0 146145 43843 58459 43843 0 1028288 825708 44891 157689 14602 10811 1285 2506 107271 79423 9440 18408 92268 68315 8120 15833 69884 69884 1180 1180 43627 43627 0 6443 6443 0 45406 42707 915 1784 0 41214 30515 3627 7072 15736 11651 1385 2700 0 77749 57565 6842 13342 24913 18446 2192 4275 0 30280 25800 1519 2961 0 0 2884 2135 254 495 13206 9778 1162 2266 OTHER EXPENSES 35644 17355 17542 747 Postage and Shipping 14103 14103 SUPPLIES 7641 5658 672 1311 0 1831003 1277512 271816 281675 1127173 438353 100068 1322688 0 230237 341137 0 0 0 0 9549 14286 96346 94664 4566 1682 0 0 0 267156 209985 6591 6591 1745340 2334722 52033 90197 40000 42500 286629 227277 378662 359974 X 1118175 1817653 248503 157095 1366678 1974748 1745340 2334722 608070 X false true X true false X 1126537 1305698 1448750 1484932 2399847 7765764 0 0 1126537 1305698 1448750 1484932 2399847 7765764 489937 7275827 14 10 27 22620 22671 19199 2712 1526 2341 25778 0 7814213 0.93110 0.98870 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 81927 81927 14419 12737 1682 1682 LEASE LIABILITY 227277 227277 X 2999173 560100 560100 2439073 2439073 2391103 560100 560100 1831003 1831003 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits of the position. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there are no known items which would result in a material accrual related to where the Organization has federal or state attributable tax positions. Generally, the taxing authorities have three years to examine a tax return from the later of the filing date or the extended due date. false GALA 295680 227900 67780 53515 295680 227900 67780 53515 53515 14265 false 0 0 CLIENT ASSISTANCE 803 12519 false false false false false false false false false ALPA AMIN Executive Dir. 140000 6145 2800 7261 156206 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b GAIN's 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm. The executive director and the finance committee of GAIN's board of directors will conduct a thorough review of the draft federal form 990 to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members must sign a board covenant annually, disclose any personal conflicts of interest, and excuse themselves from any vote in which they have a conflict. 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