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.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities

1601 ROLLING HILLS DRIVE, RICHMOND, VA 23229-5011

Commonwealth Catholic Charities is a nonprofit organization in Richmond, Virginia that serves immigrants and refugees.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities serves refugees and vulnerable Virginians with refugee resettlement, immigration legal counseling, interpretation/translation, ESL, employment and housing assistance, an unaccompanied refugee minor foster program, and food and emergency aid.

Mission

To provide quality, compassionate human services to all people, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of faith, by empowering individuals, strengthening families and building community through faith and service...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Offering subsidized housing and case management for adults facing homelessness who have intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness, or compromised immune systems.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “PROVIDE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES”
  • Employment / job training: “PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SECURE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT”
  • ESL / English: “ASSIST REFUGEE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE”
  • Food assistance: “Dibert Food Pantry”
  • Housing: “Housing Resource Center”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Providing document translations and trained interpreters to support accurate and meaningful communication.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Providing affordable, ethical consultations in a variety of immigration and legal situations.”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “Helping legally approved refugee arrivals settle into their new lives in Virginia.”

Languages

Services delivered in Arabic, Creole, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Congolese.

Service area: Virginia (Hopewell, Newport News, Norton, Richmond, Roanoke).

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)
  • HUD-approved housing counselling agency

Contact

Founded 1923. IRS NTEE code P20Z. Revenue $10M-49.99M. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 54-0505877.

Other organizations in Richmond

All organizations in Richmond | All organizations in Virginia

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).