Technical Assistance

In addition to funding, North Star Fund provides skills development through workshops in grassroots fundraising, board development, volunteer management, and working with media. We pool resources with a collaborative of other funders--including New York Foundation, Union Square Awards, New York Women's Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Stonewall Community Foundation--to provide the highest quality resources and workshops to our grantees.

In 2012, North Star Fund is pleased to offer the following workshops to our current grantees:

Nonprofit Fiscal Management: Part A - March 12
Introduction to Proposal Writing Part A: April 3, Part B: April 17

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Effective Legislative Advocacy - April 19

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Political Engagement by Nonprofits - April 20

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Proposal Writing Clinic - May 8 (new date)

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Community Organizing - June 15 and 16

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Basic Grassroots Fund Raising - September
Evaluation for Change - October
Advocacy Institute - October 4
Nonprofit Fiscal Management:Part B - October 18
Maximizing Board Leadership - November
Strategic Communications and Media - December

If you are a current grantee and are interested in any of these workshops, please contact Walter Barrientos. Information about registration will be available on this website 3-4 weeks in advance of each workshop.

If you are a current grantee and there are topics that the workshops do not cover that would be helpful to your work, please let us know.