Welcome to North Star Fund's online application center. Please visit our website to review our guidelines and determine your eligibility to apply for a North Star Fund grant.
See below for the list of grants for which we are currently accepting applications. Click on the name of the grant category to begin your application. You can save a draft and return to your application at any time.
Our Rapid Response grants are designed to support organizing, activism, and strategic convening in response to urgent threats or breaking opportunities, especially during critical junctures of a campaign.
This grant is intended to help organizations achieve a timely and specific outcome or impact within three to six months, usually as part of a long-term goal to achieve systems-based change.
For more information on our Rapid Response grant, please visit our website.
Instructions:
- Complete the application below. You can save your work by clicking "Save Draft" at the bottom of the page.
Once your application is submitted, you will receive an automatic receipt. Program staff will review your request and contact you with a decision or request for more information.
Deadline: Friday, March 29, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
This application is for groups interested in applying to the Hudson Valley Organizing Grants, Let Us Breathe Fund Grants, and/or New York City Organizing Grants.
If you are applying for two of the above, you only need to fill out the application once.
North Star Fund provides general support grants for grassroots organizations in New York City and the Hudson Valley that use organizing as a primary strategy. For in-depth information about our criteria and process, please visit our website.
In the spring 2024 application period, North Star Fund will accept applications from organizations that do not currently receive support from one of our organizing funds, such as new organizations, first-time applicants, or prior applicants that did not receive an award. (Current North Star Fund grantees will have the opportunity to apply for renewal support separately.)
Instructions:
- Complete the application below. Your work will auto-save. Additionally, you can save your work by clicking "Save Draft" at the bottom of the page.
- Include or attach the following materials:
- 501(c)(3) Letter or Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement & Fiscal Sponsor's 501(c)(3) Letter
- Budget. Please download North Star Fund's budget template.
Once your application is submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. If any materials are missing, you will hear from North Star Fund staff within two weeks to request the missing materials.
North Star Fund’s typical application process takes three months from the application deadline to the moment that you hear from staff about the final decision.
Fecha límite: 29 de marzo, 2024 a las 11:59pm EST
En North Star Fund estamos invitando a grupos nuevos a solicitar subvenciones de organización comunitaria de Hudson Valley, subvenciones de organización comunitaria de NYC y subvenciones de Let Us Breathe Fund.
Hay solo un formulario de solicitud para los tres fondos.
North Star Fund es una fundación que provee apoyos generales para organizaciones comunitarias que utilizan el trabajo organizativo comunitario como su estrategia principal. Para más información detallada sobre nuestros criterios y proceso de selección para fondos, por favor visite nuestro sitio web.
En la primavera de 2024, estamos aceptando aplicaciones de grupos que no están recibiendo subvenciones de North Star Fund, como organizaciones nuevas, solicitantes por primera vez o solicitantes anteriores que no recibieron una subvención. (Las organizaciones actualmente financiadas tendrán la oportunidad de presentar su solicitud en el otoño de 2024).
Instrucciones:
- Complete la solicitud a continuación. Su trabajo se guardará automáticamente. También pueden guardar su trabajo seleccionando “Guardar Borrador” (Save Draft en inglés) al final de la página.
- Incluya los siguientes materiales:
- Una carta de estado 501(c)(3)- Organización sin fines de lucro o un acuerdo de patrocinio fiscal y la carta de estado 501(c)(3) del patrocinador fiscal.
- Presupuesto. Por favor descargue la plantilla de presupuesto de North Star Fund.
Una vez hayan sometido su solicitud, recibirán un recibo automático. Si falta algún material, recibirá una notificación dentro de dos semanas para solicitar los materiales faltantes.
El proceso típico de solicitud de North Star Fund toma tres meses desde el plazo de solicitud hasta el momento en que nuestro personal le deja saber al solicitante la decisión final.