Jackie Mann: Why I Give
My career as a psychotherapist helped me see that change only happens in a meaningful way when people create it themselves and are personally involved in opposing structures that oppress them. That experience informed the genesis of my own...
Reports from the Forum
Late this spring, North Star Fund issued travel grants that allowed groups to send representatives from New York City's vibrant social justice movement to the U.S. Social Forum held in Detroit. According to the Social Forum's website, "[The Social...
Tenants Take To The Streets For Rent-Law Reforms
The tenant movement raised the stakes in the fight for rent-law reforms in July 2010, when members of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, alongside other groups in the Real Rent Reform (R3) campaign, took part in a civil disobedience...
Fall 2010 Cycle Now Open
All of us at North Star Fund are proud and excited to launch our new grantmaking program - a comprehensive strategy that works with groups at every stage of their development, from start-up to seasoned. North Star Fund developed...
NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund RFP
Each year, the NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund offers a grant to an innovative, start-up nonprofit that is addressing a major social problem facing New York City. VPF members vote to determine the area of focus for each year's grant....
Spring 2010 Grants Announced
For our spring grant cycle, we awarded $250,000 to 26 groups. Eight of those are first-time grantees: Bronx News Network, Brooklyn Movement Center, Right to the City NYC, Committee for Transit Workers' Rights, Jahajee Sisters, New York City Community...
