Description: Make the Road New York (MRNY) is an immigrant‑led, community‑based nonprofit that organizes and provides legal, educational, health and survival services to working‑class Latino and immigrant communities across New York City, Long Island and Westchester. MRNY combines grassroots member organizing, policy advocacy and direct services to advance immigrant rights, workers' and tenants' rights, racial and gender justice, and access to public benefits. Type: Non‑profit community organization (501(c)(3)) with affiliated 501(c)(4) and political funds Policies: Immigrant and civil rights, workers' rights and workplace enforcement, tenants' and housing justice, access to health care and public benefits, public education equity, policing and criminal justice reform, LGBTQ/TGNCIQ justice, and climate/environmental justice in low‑income communities Funding: Mix of foundation grants and philanthropic support, individual donations and membership dues, fee‑for‑service revenue and government/contracts for direct services Affiliates: Make the Road Action (sister 501(c)(4)), Make the Road Action Fund, sister Make the Road organizations in New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Nevada, and broad coalitions of immigrant‑rights and labor groups; prominent leaders associated with MRNY include co‑founders and longtime organizers such as Ana María Archila
