Resource Toolkits
The digital toolkit highlights key findings and data from responses to the NALAC 2024 National Latinx Arts and Culture Survey. Use this library of resources to help your Board and community understand your organization's sustainability, explain your value, advocate for resources and changes, and strengthen and sustain partnerships.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Funder
Share data with funders about organizational infrastructure, staffing capacity, and financial sustainability across the Latinx/é arts and culture field.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Policymaker
This resource helps organizations engage policymakers with clear, credible context about how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations function as community infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Partner
Frame partnerships as shared infrastructure, not just programmatic collaboration.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Board
Share data to help inform board decisions about financial stability, staffing and leadership capacity, and long-term planning and resilience.
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Resource Toolkit Financial Snapshot
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Sector Context
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Funding Mix & Flexibility
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Staffing, Leadership, & Sustainability
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Partnerships & Shared Capacity
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Planning Forward
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Plan for Sustainability - Complete
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit What the Field Does
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Who this Work Serves
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Why this Work Matters
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit What's at Stake
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Explain Our Value - Complete
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Organizational Changes
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Demand and Challenges
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Support Organizations
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Why Partnerships Matter
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Staffing Challenges
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Staffing and Budget Context
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Key Takeaways
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Complete
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
All Toolkit Items
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Funder
Share data with funders about organizational infrastructure, staffing capacity, and financial sustainability across the Latinx/é arts and culture field.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Policymaker
This resource helps organizations engage policymakers with clear, credible context about how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations function as community infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Partner
Frame partnerships as shared infrastructure, not just programmatic collaboration.
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Resource Toolkit Prepare for a Conversation with a Board
Share data to help inform board decisions about financial stability, staffing and leadership capacity, and long-term planning and resilience.
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Resource Toolkit Financial Snapshot
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Sector Context
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Funding Mix & Flexibility
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Staffing, Leadership, & Sustainability
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Partnerships & Shared Capacity
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit What the Field Does
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Who this Work Serves
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Why this Work Matters
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit What's at Stake
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Organizational Changes
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Why Partnerships Matter
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Demand and Challenges
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change: Understanding La Lucha - Support Organizations
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Staffing Challenges
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Staffing and Budget Context
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Key Takeaways
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
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Resource Toolkit Planning Forward
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Plan for Sustainability - Complete
Understand your organization’s financial position in relation to field-wide realities to inform intentional, values-aligned planning decisions.
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Resource Toolkit Explain Our Value - Complete
Share data to inform how Latinx/é arts and culture organizations are essential to community and cultural infrastructure.
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Resource Toolkit Advocate for Change
Provide field-level data and context to support conversations grounded in the realities facing Latinx/é arts and culture organizations.
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Resource Toolkit Strengthen Partnerships - Complete
Engage in meaningful conversations with community partners to invest collaboratively in staffing, infrastructure, and reach.
Image Credits
- Image #1: Xelena Gonzalez, 2018 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grantee
- Image #2: Contra-Tiempo, 2013 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grantee