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.

Watsonville Taiko Group a Nonprofit

420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Watsonville Taiko Group a Nonprofit is a nonprofit organization in Santa Cruz, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

Watsonville Taiko is a Japanese taiko drumming arts group offering drumming classes, workshops, and cultural performances in Santa Cruz County.

Mission

TO STUDY, LEARN AND PRESERVE THE ART OF BOTH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN STYLES OF TAIKO DRUMMING. BIENNIAL CONCERTS INVOLVE ALL PLAYERS I PRESENTING A THEMATIC SHOW BASED ON JAPANESE CULTURE AND MYTHOLOGY CREATED BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. THESE PERFORMANCES INCLUDE DRUMMING, DANCE, STORY TELLING, DESIGNED LIGHTING, SPECIAL EFFECTS, COSTUMES AND MARTIAL ARTS MOVEMENTS. APPROXIMATELY 700 PERSONS ATTEND THESE SHOWS EACH YEARINCLUDES FOREIGN GRANTS: NO TWELVE INTRODUCTORY AND ADVANCED TAIKO DRUMMING CLASSES AND FOUR TO SIX WORKSHOPS IN VARIOUS VENUES EACH WEEK. THESE CLASSES TEACH TAIKO MUSIC, RHYTHMS, FORMS AND BODY AWARENESS BASED ON MARTIAL ARTS AND JAPANESE DANCE.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Cultural programming: “Biennial concerts involve all players in presenting a thematic show based on Japanese culture and mythology created by the Artistic Director.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Japanese.

Contact

Founded 1994. IRS NTEE code A200. Revenue $79,506. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 77-0355439.

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