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RESOURCES
Resources
The resources listed below do not encompass the entirety of information on equity and inclusion. We encourage you to check out these sources and to share more with us (email Abby at arolland@presserfoundation.org).
Guides & Resources
- Racial Equity Resources for Philanthropy by The Philanthropic Initiative
- League of American Orchestras: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resource Center
- Equity vs. Equality and Other Racial Justice Definitions by The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization by Crossroads Ministry, Chicago. Adapted from original concept by Bailey Jackson and Rita Hardiman.
- A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
- The Original People and Their Land: The Lenape, Pre-History to the 18th Century by Walter Licht, Mark Frazier Lloyd, J.M. Duffin, & Mary D. McConaghy
- “Empowering Native Voices” by Jane Carroll
Videos
Four of the Foundation’s grantee partners of varying shapes and sizes contributed to a guide that shares information about each organization and how they have creatively centered community voice into their work.
Check out the guide to learn more.
Centering Youth Voice
Four of the Foundation’s grantee partners contributed to a guide that shares information about each organization and how they have creatively centered youth voice into their work.
Check out the guide to learn more and discover how any organization can work to integrate youth voice into their efforts.
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
- The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance has a variety of resources and programs to assist their members in their work. Check out the link to see how you can become involved in a wide variety of ways to better serve the arts and culture sector.
- This link provides resources for community organizations to strengthen their organizations.
- Resources included: Funding & Development, Marketing, Board Development & Recruitment, Consultant & Skilled Volunteer Support, Professional Development, Individual Artists, Technology.
Nonprofit Resource Guide
- Thanks to the Patricia Kind Family Foundation, the Nonprofit Resource Guide is a non-exhaustive list of local consultants who provide services to nonprofits. Look through the list or recommend a consultant to be added.
Candid
Candid provides a number of resources that help nonprofits raise their awareness and attract new donors through sharing their organization’s data and information. See the links below and reach out to the Foundation for questions about any of them.
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA)
- PVLA empowers artists by securing free legal assistance and resources in order to support the arts in the Greater Philadelphia region. They connect low income artists and inventors, artist collectives, and small budget arts and cultural organizations with volunteer lawyers who contribute over $1 million in pro bono legal services each year.
- Arts and cultural organizations must demonstrate an annual operating budget for the organization under $1 million.
- As of June 2025, PVLA is temporarily pausing operations as part of a broader initiative to restructure the organization and reimagine its business model.

