NonprofitsNorth Star Fund Inc

North Star Fund Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$15.2M

Total expenses

$13.8M

Net assets

$28.8M

Grants received

$48.2M

394 grants

EIN

132950801

Tax year

2023

Mission

North star fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting community organizing in new york. Founded in 1979, we award grants to emerging grassroots groups and organize people and philanthropic efforts in support of social justice.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$14.2M
Program service revenue$113K
Investment income$785K
Other revenue$66K
Total revenue$15.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$7.6M
Salaries & benefits$3.2M
Fundraising$1.3M
Other expenses$3.0M
Total expenses$13.8M
Total assets$33.6M
Net assets$28.8M

People

24 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JENNIFER CHING

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$178K

32 hrs/wk

JUNIE FRANCOIS PSWARAYI

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Board

$141K

32 hrs/wk

ELINORE CUYA JONES

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Board

$140K

32 hrs/wk

CANDIS TOLLIVER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE PARKER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID RYAN ALEXANDER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EJERIS DIXON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GONZALO MERCADO-CISTERNA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER FLYNN WALKER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KESI FOSTER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA STEGLICH

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MAGGIE WILLIAMS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROSEMARY RIVERA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SAYU BHOJWANI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ASA JOHNSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALVAREZ SYMONETTE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

NATASHA PALLAN

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL WATERMAN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

PIERRE HAUSER

VICE-CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARJORIE FINE

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KELLIE TERRY

PHILANTHROPY PROGRAMS DIR

Staff

$144K

32 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN PEQUENO

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Staff

$138K

32 hrs/wk

KOFO ANIFALAJE

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Staff

$129K

32 hrs/wk

MANNY VAZ

CPR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Staff

$108K

32 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

SPITFIRE STRATEGIES LLC

COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING

$163K

TRACY GAGNON

LEAD CONSULTANT GIVING PROJECT

$103K

SIAN OFAOLAIN

LEAD CONSULTANT GIVING PROJECT

$103K

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$3.4M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$850K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$432K
General operating support and project support
2024
$406K
CHARITABLE FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS
2024
$240K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$200K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$200K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE FUND
2024
$100K
GIVING PROJECT NETWORK: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2024
$48K
SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES FOR POLICE REFORM, A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF NORTH STAR FUND.
2024
$35K
ANTI-WHITE NATIONALISM POOLED FUND
2024
$30K
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2024
$30K
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$28K
General Purpose
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
HUMAN RIGHTS
2024
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2024
$10K
PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT GRANT JULY 1, 2024 - JUNE 30, 2025
2024
$10K
general support
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DISCRETIONARY GRANT: COMMUNITY FOOD FUNDERS
2024
$5K
FOR CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT.
2024
$5K
FOR THE YOUTH ORGANIZING SUMMIT.
2024
$4K
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT
2024
$2K
GRANTS PROGRAM
2024
$1K
TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE FUNCTION OF THE FOUNDATION
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7.0M
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$3.3M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$1M
80840 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE NORTH STAR FUND, 2023-2024
2023
$600K
CHARITABLE FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS
2023
$500K
PROJECT SUPPORT: NEW YORK STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE FUND
2023
$442K
General operating support and project support
2023
$400K
ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE
2023
$350K
PROJECT SUPPORT: HUDSON VALLEY MOMENTUM
2023
$350K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$240K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$240K
FOR LET IT BREATHE FUND
2023
$192K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$190K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: FOR THE MANY EDUCATION FUND
2023
$150K
ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE
2023
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: LET US BREATHE FUND
2023
$100K
GIVING PROJECT NETWORK GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE FUND
2023
$100K
ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE
2023
$90K
FOR COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2023
$83K
General Charitable
2023
$80K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$48K
TO SUPPORT CAMPAIGNS TO END DISCRIMINATORY POLICING PRACTICES IN NEW YORK CITY.
2023
$41K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
COMMUNITY FOOD FUNDERS
2023
$28K
General Purpose
2023
$26K
FOR PEOPLE POWER GIVING PROJECT FOR THE LET US BREATH FUND
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$21K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$21K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
$20K
YOUTH ORGANIZING SUMMIT
2023
$19K
SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING LED BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BUILDING POWER IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE HUDSON VALLEY.
2023
$17K
MULTIPLE SUPPORT
2023
$15K
RAPID RESPONSE FOR RESETTLEMENT OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS
2023
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$10K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT GRANT JULY 1, 2023 - JUNE 30, 2024
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$10K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2023
$10K
general support
2023
$7K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$6K
Police Reform
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE
2023
$5K
TO SUPPORT A NEW YORK STATE YOUTH ORGANIZING CONVENING.
2023
$4K
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY LIVES
2023
$3K
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2023
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPORT
2023
$2K
FOR RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
2023
$2K
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY LIVES
2023
$52
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$2.5M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$1.4M
General Support
2022
$1M
79403 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE NORTH STAR FUND
2022
$980K
TO FUND FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS
2022
$563K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$350K
PROJECT SUPPORT: HUDSON VALLEY MOMENTUM
2022
$350K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$350K
PROJECT SUPPORT: HUDSON VALLEY MOMENTUM
2022
$350K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$300K
provide core support to build the capacity of giving project practitioners in the Giving Project Network by supporting a learning community to advance racial justice
2022
$260K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$250K
LET US BREATHE FUND AND ANTI-WHITE NATIONALISM FUND
2022
$214K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$200K
FOR LET IT BREATHE FUND
2022
$200K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$180K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: LET US BREATHE FUND
2022
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: LET US BREATHE FUND
2022
$150K
GIVING PROJECT NETWORK
2022
$130K
CORE SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK STATEWIDE ORGANIZING THAT ALSO BUILDS DONOR ENGAGEMENT WITH GRASSROOTS COALITIONS ADVANCING TRANSFORMATIVE CAMPAIGNS.
2022
$125K
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2022
$100K
GIVING PROJECT NETWORK GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$75K
General Charitable
2022
$75K
FOR COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2022
$60K
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2022
$60K
support for the Hudson Valley Grants
2022
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT (COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM)
2022
$50K
CORE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM'S ADVOCACY AIMED AT REDUCING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND INCREASING PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND SUPPORTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
2022
$50K
NYPD/Out of Mental
2022
$50K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$50K
FOR THE LET US BREATHE FUND TO SUPPORT BLACK-LED RACIAL JUSTICE GROUPS IN NEW YORK CITY.
2022
$41K
BROOKLYN MOVEMENT CENTER GRANT
2022
$40K
Communities United for Police Reform Project
2022
$28K
General Purpose
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$24K
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR GENDER JUSTICE
2022
$21K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
COMMUNITY FOOD FUNDERS
2022
$20K
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$17K
MULTIPLE SUPPORT
2022
$16K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$15K
For Charitable Purpose of Organization
2022
$15K
ASSESSING COVID-19 IMPACT ON NEW YORKS FOOD SYSTEM PHASE 2
2022
$15K
HUDSON VALLEY INITIATIVES
2022
$10K
SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING LED BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BUILDING POWER IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE HUDSON VALLEY
2022
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$10K
general support
2022
$10K
MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
2022
$10K
PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT GRANT JULY 1, 2022 - JUNE 30, 2023
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$9K
SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING LED BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BUILDING POWER IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE HUDSON VALLEY.
2022
$6K
Police Reform
2022
$5K
Promote Immigrant and Labor Welfare
2022
$5K
GENERAL
2022
$5K
GRANT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$5K
FOR EL ENCUENTRO: WORKSHOPS OF SOLIDARITY TRAINING HELD JUNE 4-5, 2022.
2022
$5K
RAPID RESPONSE FOR RESETTLEMENT OF ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE
2022
$3K
TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE FUNCTION OF THE FOUNDATION
2022
$2K
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2022
$2K
FOR RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
2022
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$1K
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$730
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$600
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$500
POLICE REFORM
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$200
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT
2022
$490K
General operating support
2021
$250K
LET US BREATHE FUND
2021
$200K
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM
2021
$166K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$166K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$150K
GIVING PROJECT NETWORK
2021
$130K
General Support
2021
$125K
General Support
2021
$100K
General operating support
2021
$100K
General operating support
2021
$60K
ASSESSING COVID-19 IMPACT ON NEW YORKS FOOD SYSTEM PHASE 2
2021
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$50K
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
2021
$26K
FOR BII COHORT PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING POOL
2021
$25K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$25K
General Purpose
2021
$24K
2021 GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$16K
MULTIPLE SUPPORT
2021
$13K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021

Funded by

$48.2M from 138 funders · 394 grants · 2017–2024

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$10.8M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$7.1M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

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$4.5M · 14 grants · 2020–2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$2.4M · 25 grants · 2020–2024

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$2.0M · 6 grants · 2020–2023

Justice Catalyst Partnerships

$2.0M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Surdna Foundation Inc

$1.9M · 5 grants · 2017–2022

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

$1.8M · 10 grants · 2019–2023

Details

EIN132950801
Subsection03
Ruling date1978-12
Formed1979
Employees27
Volunteers17
NORTH STAR FUND INC — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo