North Star News
Brandworkers Win Victory for Fair Wage and Workplace Respect
North Star Fund began supporting Brandworkers International and their Wild Edibles campaign since soon after their inception in 2007. This week, they announced a huge win for two-dozen recent immigrant workers, who can now count on respect and legally...
Act Now on Haitian Earthquake
Like so many of us, we are shocked and saddened by the scope of devastation in Haiti following yesterday's 7.0 earthquake that struck near Port Au Prince, the Haitian capital. North Star Fund grantee Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees...
Spring Grant Cycle Opens; Deadline February 16
North Star Fund is now accepting applications for our Spring grants cycle, which is open to new groups and renewal applications. The deadline for handing in your application is February 16, 2010 at 5:00 PM. North Star Fund supports...
Year-end Grantee Victories
As the year draws to a close, North Star Fund is pleased to report on three significant advances made during December by our grantees. Community-phobic Kingsbridge Armory Mall Nixed On Monday, December 14, the New York City Council quashed...
Community Voices Heard
In 1994 the Clinton administration cut welfare spending while promising to support welfare recipients through job training programs. The cuts in social spending and insufficient "welfare to work" programs placed low-income New Yorkers in an even more precarious financial...
Nisha Atre Richardson
I came to North Star after years of working in the corporate world. I had been politically active in college and had been looking for a catalyst for getting active again. North Star fit the bill. I was impressed...
Meet Isabelle Leighton, Our New Development Officer
Isabelle H. Leighton has joined North Star Fund as its Development Officer, responsible for managing fundraising and cultivation events, and for building relationships with individual donors, family and private foundations, and corporations. She is charged with expanding and diversifying...
Greening Western Queens
North Star Fund Chosen to Administer $8 Million Environmental Justice Program In the fall of 2009, North Star Fund will launch the "Greening Western Queens Fund," a new $8 million initiative to invest in energy-efficiency and environmental projects in...
Our 2009 Annual Report: Three Lessons from Three Decades
The new North Star Fund Annual Report has arrived, and we're very proud of it. This annual report is our 30th anniversary issue, and looks back over three decades of social justice philanthropy. It offers three lessons that have...
Funding Exchange Seeks Executive Director
North Star Fund is a member of the Funding Exchange, a national network of social justice foundations. The Funding Exchange, located in New York City, is seeking an executive director who has a social justice background and is looking for...
