New York · Public charity
North Star Fund Inc
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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 144
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 125
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 115 to 125
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations North Star Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 119 | $3.3M | 30% |
| FY2024 | 125 | $6.0M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 115 | $3.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make the Road New York | $420,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Social Justice Center of Albany Inc | $360,000 | 3 | 38% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parole Preparation Project Inc | $260,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Wespac Foundation Inc | $230,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Center for Transformative Action | $230,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Newburgh Lgbtqia Center | $200,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization | $200,000 | 3 | 8% |
Show all 184 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
North Star Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 146 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About North Star Fund Inc
- How much does North Star Fund Inc give?
- North Star Fund Inc reported 144 itemized grants totaling $4,332,000, out of $10,696,690 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 115 and 125 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does North Star Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (5%), Philanthropy (3%), Crime & Legal (2%).
- Who are North Star Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Make the Road New York ($420k), Social Justice Center of Albany Inc ($360k), Fund for the City of New York Inc ($330k).
- Does North Star Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Star Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is North Star Fund Inc based?
- North Star Fund Inc is based in NY.
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