About North Star Fund

We are a social justice fund that supports grassroots organizing led by communities of color building power in New York City and the Hudson Valley. We organize people across race and class to give in support of these movements.

As of June 30, 2020, North Star Fund has made over $66 million in grants to over 2,100 community organizations. 

 

Our Vision

We envision a world in which resources and power are equitably shared, and a future where everyone can live with dignity and thrive.

What We Do

Six members of New York City Community Funding Committee with two staffers

We give grants through a process that shifts decision-making power to communities fighting for justice.

Community organizers—including former and current grantees—collectively make our funding decisions and participate in the governance of our organization.

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We strengthen the leadership of grassroots organizers.

We support new and emerging leaders and are often the first foundation to fund new organizations or campaigns. We contribute to the social change ecosystem by providing capacity-building and leadership programs to organizations led by communities impacted by injustice.

Six members of New York City Community Funding Committee with two staffers

We organize people across race and class to mobilize resources towards social justice movements.

We offer programs that bring experienced organizers and supporters together to recognize the shared stake we have in dismantling white supremacy and structural systems of oppression. We create opportunities for people to move money and to take collective action towards building a different future.

We challenge the entrenched racism and power imbalances in philanthropy.

We work across the field of philanthropy—where less than 10% of all dollars go to communities of color—to increase funding for social justice movements and to build greater accountability, transparency, and accessibility.

Learn more about our plans for the future by checking out our 2020-2023 strategic plan.

Our Year in Fundraising

Donors Made

Gifts

For the First Time

Our donors are a diverse group of people who share an interest in social justice. You can see our full donor list here. 

Our Year in Grantmaking

Grants

Million Dollars in our Grants Programs

Million Dollars in Donor-Advised Funds

 

Our 2020 grantmaking moved money faster than we ever have. You can see our full grants lists, showing all regular grantees and donor-advised fund grantees.

Our community keeps growing, you can always join us by making a gift to support grassroots organizing in New York.