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.

Open the Gates

12845 POWAY RD STE 221, POWAY, CA 92064-4527

Open the Gates is a nonprofit organization in Poway, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

A Christian ministry serving Middle Eastern (largely Muslim) refugees in the US with resettlement help—home setup, ESL classes, job training, food/clothing distribution, and benefits assistance—alongside its evangelism work.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “assisting in the acquisition of refugee benefits”
  • Case management: “COR provides vital services that include but are not limited to preparing their new home with furniture and basic household items, arranging medical visits, assisting in the acquisition of refugee benefits, enrolling in...”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “preparing their new home with furniture and basic household items”
  • Employment / job training: “providing job skill and employment services”
  • ESL / English: “providing language skills, job training and spiritual support for our new community members”
  • Food assistance: “clothing an grocery projects throughout the year”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “Cities of Refugees and partner churches resettle approximately refugees entering the United States”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Middle Eastern.

Contact

Founded 2008. IRS NTEE code X40. Revenue $100,000-499,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 71-1014868.

Other organizations in Poway

All organizations in California

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).