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.

Global Friends Coalition

1815 DEMERS AVE, GRAND FORKS, ND 58201-4269

Global Friends Coalition is a nonprofit organization in Grand Forks, North Dakota that serves immigrants and refugees.

Global Friends Coalition is a Church World Service resettlement affiliate in Grand Forks, ND that provides refugee reception and placement, case management, English and citizenship classes, DOJ-accredited immigration legal services, benefits enrollment, and youth tutoring to newly arrived refugees.

Mission

To assist refugees (new americans) in their integration into the local community with volunteer mentors & English language tutors who assist with orientation to the USA & with employment & social service connections & community bridging events...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “filing out Medicaid and SNAP forms, benefit verification”
  • Case management: “Providing case management”
  • Citizenship: “citizenship interview and test preparation classes”
  • Education / youth: “assist with homework, help build English skills and confidence”
  • Employment / job training: “Enrolling in school, English classes, and employment programming”
  • ESL / English: “basic and advanced English classes”
  • Health / medical: “Refugee Medical Screening Coordinator”
  • Housing: “Securing and furnishing an apartment”
  • Legal / immigration: “Naturalization/Citizenship Green card renewal/replacements Employment Authorization Documents”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “We are a Program for Initial Resettlement (PIR) affiliate of Church World Service”
  • Transportation: “Transport new families to go grocery shopping or go to appointments”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

African.

Service area: Greater Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)

Contact

Founded 2009. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $500,000-999,999. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 26-3217384.

Other organizations in Grand Forks

All organizations in North Dakota

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).