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.

Community Enterprise Development Services

Also known as CEDS.

10660 E COLFAX AVE STE B, AURORA, CO 80010-5048

Community Enterprise Development Services is a nonprofit organization in Aurora, Colorado that serves immigrants and refugees.

CEDS Finance provides small-business microloans, Islamic-compliant financing, and one-on-one business coaching to immigrant, refugee, and underserved entrepreneurs in Metro Denver and rural Colorado.

Mission

COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES' MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN DREAM OF FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY, BY ASSISTING REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS, AND THOSE FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN METRO DENVER WHO DESIRE TO OWN OR STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES, DEVELOP ASSETS, AND EMPOWER THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY. AS PART OF THE MICRO-ENTERPRISE (MED) PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION IS ENGAGED TO PROMOTE BUSINESS AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT AMOND UNDERSERVED DENVER METRO RESIDENTS WITH A PARTICULAR CONCENTRATION ON REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MED LOAN AMOUNTS RANGE FROM $100 TO $50,000, WITH TERMS OF UP TO FIVE YEARS. MED LOANS CAN BE COLLATERALIZED BY ANY ASSETS OF THE BORROWER.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Cultural programming: “CEDS Finance sponsors and participates in cultural celebrations across Colorado, including our annual Iftar dinner with Muslim entrepreneurs, Lu- nar New Year festivals, refugee gatherings, and Latino business expos.”
  • Economic development: “CEDS FINANCE INVESTED $3M INTO 103 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, PROVIDING WORKING CAPITAL AND BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE”

Languages

Services delivered in Somali, Spanish.

Website offers an automatic translation widget only.

Contact

Founded 2012. IRS NTEE code P51. Revenue $1,536,762. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 45-3064996.

Other organizations in Aurora

All organizations in Aurora | All organizations in Colorado

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).