Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

African Cultural Alliance of North America

Also known as Africa Cultural Alliance of North America, Inc., ACANA.

5530 CHESTER AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19143-5328

African Cultural Alliance of North America is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that serves immigrants and refugees.

Serves African and Caribbean immigrants in the US with culturally sensitive social services, cultural programming, and economic/workforce development.

Mission

To provide cultural sensitive social services, cultural rograms, economic and workforce development programs, community engagements and development programs targeting African Caribbean immigrants in the united states...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “refugee resettlement and case management services”
  • Cultural programming: “ACANA also produces and presents African cultural performances and recording artists to create an awareness of African arts and culture.”
  • Employment / job training: “Skills Training Build the foundational skills employers and apprenticeship programs look for while preparing for careers and advanced training in the skilled trades.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Our legal department is unique not only because we specialize in complex cases, but because we use a collaborative approach to solving the most complex cases”

Languages

Swahili.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

African, Caribbean.

Service area: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2001. IRS NTEE code A23. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 23-3062024.

Other organizations in Philadelphia

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Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).