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 and Stonewall Community Foundation--to provide the highest quality resources and workshops to our grantees.
In 2010, North Star Fund is pleased to offer the following workshops to our current grantees:
- Introduction to Proposal Writing - February 9 and 23
- Proposal Writing Clinic - March 9
- Legislative Advocacy - March 23
- Political Engagement - March 24
- Nonprofit Fiscal Management - April
- Maximizing Board Leadership - May 20
- Basic Grassroots Fund Raising - June
- Advanced Grassroots Fund Raising - June
- Strategic Communications and Media - October
- Community Organizing - November
- Leadership Transitions Succession Planning - Date TBA
If you are a current grantee and are interested in any of these workshops, please contact cori schmanke parrish. 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.
