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 2011, North Star Fund is pleased to offer the following workshops to our current grantees:

Leadership Transitions and Succession Planning - February 17
Introduction to Proposal Writing - March 15 and 29
Community Organizing - April 1-2
Proposal Writing Clinic - April 13
Nonprofit Fiscal Management - April 27, April 28, and May 4
Basic Grassroots Fund Raising - May 18-20
Advanced Grassroots Fund Raising - May 23-24
Effective Legislative Advocacy - postponed
Political Engagement by Nonprofits - postponed
Advanced Legislative Institute - September
Maximizing Board Leadership - December 1 - Download the registration form
Strategic Alliances Panel Discussion - postponed to 2012
Evaluation for Change - October 18-19
Strategic Communications and Media - October

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.