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.

Japanese Educational Resource Center

1964 W. 162nd Street, Gardena, CA 90247

Japanese Educational Resource Center is a nonprofit organization in Gardena, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

A Japanese American (Nikkei) cultural institute in the Gardena/Torrance area that runs a Japanese-language school for children and adults, cultural activities and festivals, and programs for seniors.

Mission

PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING DONATIONS. PROVIDE ASSISTANT TO OVERSEAS JAPANESE FAMILIES ACCULTURATING TO AMERICA PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF NEWSLETTER.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Cultural programming: “Students have the opportunity to learn about various Japanese cultural activities throughout the year including the New Year's Celebration, Mochitsuki (traditional rice cake pounding), Undokai (sports day and picnic...”
  • Heritage language: “Japanese language school ​ 日本語学校 Let's Learn Together”

Languages

Japanese.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Japanese.

Contact

Founded 2003. IRS NTEE code A23. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 95-4686818.

Other organizations in Gardena

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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).