Our Team

Mass UndocuFund is sunsetting our covid-relief fund

at the end of 2023. 

We will no longer be accepting donations as of January 1, 2024, and we ask that you shift your donations and give to our organization Mass Jobs with Justice. Will you join us in becoming a Mass Jobs with Justice sustainer or give a one time donation to MA UF? 

We began Mass UndocuFund at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown in March 2020. We came together in a time of crisis to confront our fears and move into action. Four years later, we’re reaching out to let you know that it is time to formally sunset Mass UndocuFund and to ask you to transition your donations to our organization Mass Jobs with Justice where we will continue to lead the fight for economic, racial and reproductive justice.  

We are so proud and honored to have reached more than 15,000 immigrant families, conducted more than 4,800 intakes with families and delivered more than $1,634,600 in direct financial assistance to these families across the state. There is so much to highlight about our hard work—here are some of our biggest achievements: 

  • Led our coalition and community in a moment of crisis, starting the very first Covid-relief fund in the state giving directly to workers and community members 

  • Built a working partnership of over 13 immigrant rights organizations and worker centers across the Commonwealth 

  • Trained and built leadership of more than 90 volunteers, many of whom who were directly affected by immigration issues, who facilitated one on one conversations with Mass UndocuFund families, facilitated direct assistance into the recipients’ hands, and shared resources with them 

  • Built a data encrypted database to securely receive and maintain sensitive information regarding Mass UndocuFund families 

  • Outreached to more than 15,000 immigrant families via social media, television, ethnic television, relationships with movement partners and coalition members, and word of mouth 

  • Fundraised more than $1.6 million in grants and individual donations, with an average individual contribution of $134.26 

  • Created and maintained a Resource Guide and a list of Emergency Relief Funds which our volunteers translated to more than eight languages to help community members to find resources and other forms of mutual or direct aid in their city or town  

  • Built a supportive space for all where volunteers, workers & artists shared the proceeds from Forro dance classes, a Children’s book about migration, improv shows, Roller Derby matches, and many more creative ideas and projects  

We accomplished all of this, thanks to you, and we hope you join us for the path forward. As of Jan 1, 2024 your monthly recurring donations to Mass UndocuFund will end and we will begin to sunset our fund. Today we’re asking you to transition your monthly donations to Mass Jobs with Justice-- Will you join us in becoming a Mass Jobs with Justice sustainer or giving a one time donation to MA UF? 

The Massachusetts UndocuFund for Covid-19 Relief was founded in March 2020, as a direct response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. It was launched by a coalition of immigrant service providers and advocates to provide direct assistance to undocumented victims of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts. The Fund seeks to support undocumented children, families, and communities affected by the pandemic to recover and rebuild.

Founding Organizations

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice 

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a coalition of community, faith, and labor groups in Massachusetts organizing working people and allies to fight for the rights of all workers: locally, nationally, and internationally. 

Matahari Women Workers' Center

MataHari Women’s Workers Center is an organization where women of color, immigrant women, and families come together as sisters, workers, and survivors to make improvements in ourselves and society and work towards justice and human rights.

One Fair Wage

ONE FAIR WAGE is advancing policy, driving industry change, and shifting the narrative in order to ensure that all workers in America are paid at least the full minimum wage from their employers.

Massachusetts UndocuFund
Steering Committee Members

Left to Right: Monique, Lily, Yamila

Left to Right: Monique, Lily, Yamila

Lily Huang, Co-Executive Director
Mass Jobs with Justice

Monique Nguyen, Executive Director
MataHari: Women Workers Center

Yamila Ruiz, National High Road Director
One Fair Wage