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.

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