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Here’s the latest in news and updates from North Star Fund, including previous and upcoming grants, our current programming and our work to change philanthropy. Be sure to sign up for email or follow us on social media if you want to get our news delivered directly to you.
First COVID-19 Updates
We are writing to share updates about our programs and resources available to our community during these uncertain times. The North Star Fund team has taken precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Our office is closed at least through March 27. We are also...
Our People Power Giving Project 2020 Grants
At North Star Fund, we believe in our collective power to transform New York by supporting grassroots organizing led by communities of color most impacted by injustice. Our 2019-2020 People Power Giving Project brought together 24 New Yorkers from a wide range of...
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Organizing for social justice effort is hard, under-resourced work. That’s why we're always looking for ways to make our grants easier to access. One of the ways we do that is our activist-led grantmaking model, in which our decision makers—our Community Funding...
Meet our Fall 2019/Winter 2020 NYC Organizing Grantees
Our New York City Organizing Grants support grassroots organizing led by communities of color building power across the five boroughs. This includes neighborhood-based organizing, but our grantees are also engaging New Yorkers in nursing homes, jails and detention...
Responding to Emerging Issues – Summer and Fall 2019 Rapid Response Grants
These grants we made in the second half of 2019 supported organizing, activism and strategic convening in response to urgent threats or breaking opportunities, especially during critical junctures of a campaign. Rapid Response grants are intended to help organizations...
Grantee Wins and Progress in Late 2019
Here’s a dose of good news: grantee organizing that has created change in law, policy and practice in the second half of 2019. These are victories that affect communities of color and low-income communities in New York City. Housing Victories Thanks to the hard work...
New Report: Streets to Statehouse – Building Grassroots Power in New York
In this Report The role of grassroots organizations in statewide policy campaigns What were barriers or challenges to grassroots leadership? Impact and lessons for funders Detailed case studies Here's the letter introducing the report by Jennifer Ching and Maria...
2019 People Power Lab Recap
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, over 90 people—Giving Project members, their guests, North Star Fund staff, and organizers from across the city—came together to tackle big questions about what justice might look like for communities of color in New York City. At each...
Grantee Victory Round-Up: 2019 Victories for Local Organizing (Part 2)
North Star Fund has dozens of grantees running campaigns on issues affecting hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. We share up-to-date news of grantee progress and victories on our Facebook page and on Twitter. Then periodically we publish round-ups of victories here...
Grantee Victory Round-Up: 2019 Victories for Local Organizing (Part 1)
North Star Fund has dozens of grantees running campaigns on issues affecting hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. We share up-to-date news of grantee progress and victories on our Facebook page and on Twitter. Then periodically we publish round-ups of victories here...
Our 2019 Building Momentum Grants for the Hudson Valley
2019 marks our third year supporting incredible grassroots organizing in the Hudson Valley, where local residents take the lead in designing strategy and fighting for the rights of diverse communities to stay—and thrive—in the rapidly gentrifying towns that dot the...
Grants to Build Leadership: Capacity Building 2019
North Star Fund's commitment to movement building means supporting organizations to grow, to evolve, and to build individual leaders. We have a long commitment to capacity building which enable both individuals and organizations to develop new skills and capabilities....
Let Us Breathe Fund Awards 2019 Grants
North Star Fund’s Let Us Breathe Fund moves resources to Black-led and multiracial organizations and movements fighting police violence and structural racism in New York City. This year's grants total $160,000 for 18 organizations, and bring the total grantmaking for...
Our Spring/Summer 2019 NYC Innovative Activism Grants
We're pleased to announce our latest grants in New York City! Through the leadership of our New York City Community Funding Committee, North Star Fund awarded $350,000 in grants to 31 organizations. This docket includes Catalyst grants (for start-ups) and Grassroots...
Our Spring/Summer 2019 NYC Catalyst Grants
We're pleased to announce our latest grants in New York City! Through the leadership of our New York City Community Funding Committee, North Star Fund awarded $350,000 in grants to 31 organizations. This docket includes these Catalyst grants (for start-ups) and...