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.

Canal Alliance

711 GRAND AVE STE 200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901-3553

Canal Alliance is a nonprofit organization in San Rafael, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

Canal Alliance serves low-income Latino immigrants and families in Marin County, CA with immigration legal and citizenship services, ESL classes, youth education, food pantry, case management, behavioral health, and workforce training.

Mission

Canal alliance has been the leading service provider and community advocate for marin's extremely low-income immigrant community for 39 years. Each year, the organization collaborates with over 60 agencies and engages hundreds of volunteers to serve more than 4,000 individuals and families. Canal alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment
  • Case management: “Our Bilingual Case Managers are available to support with:”
  • Citizenship: “Citizenship Exam Preparation”
  • Civic engagement: “By registering voters, sharing resources, encouraging civic participation, and advancing language access, we are building Latino political power in Marin County”
  • Digital literacy: “Digital Literacy Classes – Teacher's Aide”
  • Education / youth: “AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “Utilities assistance”
  • Employment / job training: “Career Certification Programs”
  • ESL / English: “English Classes”
  • Financial literacy: “Income Tax Assistant”
  • Food assistance: “Food Pantry”
  • Legal / immigration: “OUR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THE ONLY PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE AND AFFORDABLE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES IN MARIN COUNTY”
  • Mental health: “Our Behavioral Health team offers trauma informed therapy services to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 1982. IRS NTEE code X99. Revenue $10M-49.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 94-2832648.

Other organizations in San Rafael

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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).