I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask, but I thought I'll try because I couldn't find much information online.My neighbor is a really nice undocumented immigrant family. The family has 2 hard working kids who used to tutor others kids in the neighborhood to make income. They are now suffering because they don't have work and they need help. I have been giving them a monthly stipend to help them pay for food and rent. (2k / month).I'm thinking of starting a non-profit charity so I can write off the money I'm giving away as donations.Question is, are non-profit charities allowed to help undocumented immigrants? Or are American non-profits meant to help Americans only?---(Update based on answers) There are alot of wonderful charities that do these kinds of work. I specifically just want to help the undocumented immigrants I know (like my neighbors). It may be seen as unethical if I simply donated to a charity and asked them to use the money to specifically help my neighbors.So I plan to start my own NGO to specifically help my neighbors first and then eventually other people around my local community if I get more funding.Giving cash money to help them is okay if we make sure 100% they are not doing any work for me (or my org).In case you have the same idea, hope these info helps you make your decisions. Thank you @proberts!---Update 2: Changed wording from illegal immigrants to undocumented immigrants so thread can focus on the right topic.