United Way Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey | Center for Leadership Equity

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), in partnership with six regional funders, launched  the Center for Leadership Equity, which supplies critical support for Black nonprofit leaders. The Center for Leadership Equity provides the leaders with capacity-building opportunities through customized educational programming, access to funding resources, and advocacy tools to strengthen their work while advancing racial equity within the nonprofit sector.

According to a 2016 study led by Kelly Woodland and the Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum, Black-led nonprofit organizations are smaller in size and revenue; depend more predominantly on government funding; lack the social capital and connections of their white counterparts; and traditionally serve the most vulnerable populations with the least amount of resources.