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JUSTICE ISHAPPENING

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

NORTH STAR FUNDAFRICAN COMMUNITIES TOGETHER BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION

BROOKLYN MOVEMENT CENTER CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN COMMON LAW

FLUSHING WORKERS CENTER JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE LAUNDRY

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BARRIO NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL NY/NJ TEAMSTERS FOR A

DEMOCRATIC UNION NYC COMMUNITY LAND INITIATIVE RED HOOK INITIATIVE

ROCKAWAY WILDFIRE STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY JOB CENTER STREETWISE AND

SAFE UGNAYAN YOUTH FOR JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE UNITED NEIGHBORS

ORGANIZATION URBAN YOUTH COLLABORATIVE WOMEN ORGANIZING

NEIGHBORHOODS (WON) ADELANTE ALLIANCE BANANA KELLY COMMUNITY

IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION BLACK URBAN GROWERS BLACK WOMEN’S

BLUEPRINT CABRINI IMMIGRANT SERVICES OF NYC CENTER FOR FRONTLINE RETAIL

FLATBUSH TENANT COALITION/FLATBUSH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOSTER

PARENT ADVOCACY FOUNDATION FUREE INDO-CARIBBEAN ALLIANCE MASA-

MEXED NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORS TOGETHER NEW YORK

CAMPAIGN FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ISOLATED CONFINEMENT PARENTS IN ACTION

PERSIST HEALTH PROJECT QUEER DETAINEE EMPOWERMENT PROJECT RAZA YOUTH

COLLECTIVE RELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON (RAPP) CAMPAIGN RESILIENCE

ADVOCACY PROJECT STREET VENDOR PROJECT SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT

TEACHERS UNITE THE BLACK INSTITUTE YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR HEALTH

ADVOCACY COALITION AUDRE LORDE PROJECT GLOBAL ACTION PROJECT

MAYDAY COMMUNITY SPACE NYS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TABLE RISE SAPNA NYC

SURE WE CAN THE BLK PROJEK THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED NYC WORKING WORLD

COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES DRUM - SOUTH ASIAN ORGANIZING CENTER FAITH

IN NEW YORK RIDERS ALLIANCE WORKER’S JUSTICE PROJECT ADHIKAAR FOR

HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK

BROOKLYN FOOD COALITION JUSTICE COMMITTEE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON

HOUSING/MCREF BRANDWORKERS CAAAV ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES

CHILD WELFARE ORGANIZING PROJECT DAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION FIERCE PICTURE THE HOMELESS

MIRABAL SISTERS CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER NEW IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (NICE) TENANTS & NEIGHBORS VAMOS UNIDOS VOCAL-NY CABRINI IMMIGRANT SERVICES OF NYC CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN CHILD WELFARE ORGANIZING PROJECT COMMON LAW LAUNDRY WORKERS CENTER MASA-MEXED MOVIMIENTO POR JUSTICIA DEL BARRIO PICTURE THE HOMELESS QUEER DETAINEE EMPOWERMENT PROJECT

UGNAYAN YOUTH FOR JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE NYC COALITION FOR EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE URBAN YOUTH COLLABORATIVE ADHIKAAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ALIGN: THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREATER NEW YORK CAAAV ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES

CASA: COMMUNITY ACTION FOR SAFE APARTMENTS, A PROJECT OF NEW SETTLEMENT APARTMENTS CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY COMMUNITY FOOD ADVOCATES COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION FAITH IN NEW YORK JUSTICE COMMITTEE

MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK MILLIONS MARCH NYC MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES CONVENING NEVER 21 NEW IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (NICE) PICTURE THE HOMELESS STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY JOB CENTER YEAH, THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID (YTWSS)/BABYCASTLES BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION BROOKLYN MOVEMENT CENTER COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD JUSTICE COMMITTEE

PICTURE THE HOMELESS STREETWISE AND SAFE VOCAL-NY AUDRE LORDE PROJECT BOLDER GIVING STONEWALL CHORALE SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK BROOKLYN FOOD COALITION

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CONTENTSOur Vision 4

What is Donor Activism? 6

Governor Appoints Special Prosecutor 7

Resourcing the Movement: The Let Us Breathe Fund 8

New Yorkers want IDNYC 10

Universal School Lunch 11

Where Climate Change and Food Justice Intersect 13

Training Organizations to Win 14

Victory for Nail Salon Workers 15

Get Us to College 16

Students Win Fair Discipline 17

Financial Activities 18

Medicare Equity for Trans New Yorkers 20

Saving Public Transit 22

A Unique Grantmaking Model 24

Winning a Fair Chance 25

Meet New Yorkers Who Invest in Justice 26

A Donor Steps Up 27

Activism’s Future Leadership Donors 28

Momentum on Housing 31

Grants 32

Thank you 35

Our Community 43

Dear Friends,Whether it’s money, ideas, or vision, New York City has enough to sustain all of us. Too often though, we look to someone else to handle it. Or even worse, racism, classism, or sexism rear their ugly heads, and slowly but surely, our abundance and greatness as a city are tarnished. At North Star Fund, we spend our hours challenging ourselves and our system to share, to go deeper, and to sustain each and every neighborhood and community.

In this year’s annual report, you will see how our network of community and philanthropic activists are working hour-after-hour, and day-in and day-out, to take on deep-seated problems that limit opportunity for all.

You will follow activists working toward victories in housing, education, police accountability, and the workplace. You will see how time and again, organizing by the people directly affected by injustice has turned the tide. You will see how New Yorkers have found ways to mobilize, struggle and win big things like higher wages, paid sick leave, and the municipal ID. And you will see how every minute of this work counts, and depends on hard work, commitment, relationships, creative energy and joy.

You will also find that participation in the social justice movement takes different forms. Whether you’re a donor activist, philanthropic leader, or activist on the ground, we must all work together in order to share a just future. Action, accountability and building a beloved community invested in a New York for all people is at the heart of our work at North Star Fund.

I hope you’ll join us. And I extend my heartfelt thanks to every one of you who made justice happen this past year. We love you.

May you and yours feel powerful and generous this year-end,

Hugh Hogan Executive Director

Hugh Hogan with daughters Rachel and Jane; Cover: Millions March, New York City, December 2014

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nisha Atre, ChairAndrea Batista SchlesingerOona ChatterjeeJennifer FlynnAndrew GoldbergPierre HauserHugh Hogan Asa JohnsonLloyd MartinezGonzalo MercadoChristine ParkerZahida PiraniMark ReedLisa SteglichAlvarez SymonetteMichael WatermanMaggie WilliamsIn Memoriam:

Betty Kapetanakis, 1952-2002

NORTH STAR FUND STAFF

Hugh Hogan, Executive Director

Elz Cuya Jones, Deputy Director of Resources and Strategy

cori schmanke parrish, Deputy Director of Programs and Operations

Helen Stillman, Donor Program Director

Kofo Anifalaje, Development Officer

Jennifer Arieta, Program Officer

Adam Liebowitz, Food and Environment Program Officer

Jodi Sh. Doff, Executive Coordinator

Kate Coley, Development Associate

ADVISORY BOARD

Gene CarrollMaria HinojosaCraig KaplanMonami MaulikIris Morales Michael RatnerArva RiceJohn SaylesCornel West, Ph.D.Barbara WinslowIn Memoriam:

David Hunter, 1916-2000Grace Paley, 1922-2007

COMMUNIT Y FUNDING COMMITTEE

Zakiyah AnsariDonald AnthonysonTeresa ArietaSusanna BlankleyAna Liza CaballesBetsy EdaseryFelix EndaraMiriam FogelsonJennifer FlynnSamantha FranklinJaritza GeigelAndrew GoldbergAli IssaAsa JohnsonSam J. MillerZahida PiraniRob RobinsonJah’dae RossHenry Serrano

Michael TikiliSamantha WinslowKatherine Wolf

SENIOR ADVISORS

Progressive Cities, Dan Morris, Media Relations

Kathleen Pequeño, Strategic Communications

Charitable Development Consulting, Planned Giving

Lisa Cowan, Strategic Planning

VENDORS, CONSULTANTS AND VOLUNTEERS

Ahoy StudiosAlana Mitnick BenjaminAligraphicsAlmoradie Media, LLC Ana Espina,

Thomas Associates Andy Collazo, Abrazos Music

& Entertainment Angelica Otero Apple Direct Mail Services,

Ltd. bittergreen Caracol Interpreters

Cooperative Carrie Chatterson Studio,

LLC Cynthia Wong Four32cDaniel GrossGerard Gaskin Henry SerranoIdealist ConsultingJeff Thomas Jenny LindstromMargarita Hernandez

OUR COMMUNITY

Method StrategiesMichiko SwiggsNewmark Grubb Knight

FrankPatrick Moffitt Richard Dworkin Rickke Mananzala Sierra C. Spingarn CateringSophistSuperfine Printing Ventucom Vision Change WinWingo, Inc.Yasmeen Perez Zahida Pirani

RECENT STAFF AND INTERNS

Guy MathewsVictoria MoffittEmily NorthVivien OyeAmy PaulYarilet PerezMarisol Ybarra

ANNUAL REPORT

Bryan Potter Design, Print Design & Production

Recycled Paper Printing, Inc., Printing

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Dan Bigelow Gerard GaskinNeha GautamJendog SkywolfSonam Ukyab

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J U S T I CE I S H A P P EN I N G

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AM6:30Our VisionJustice is happening—and it’s both the means and the end. At North Star Fund, we’ve overcome immense challenges and remained committed to deeper systems-change because the means and ends of our vision have never changed. But how we realize justice, and the scale of it, is always evolving—thanks to you, and the incredible dedication of our donor activist community.

At North Star Fund, justice means that profit should not come before people, other species, nor the environment, that everyone should share in the resources needed for a better life, and that an authentic democracy doesn’t just happen—it has to be invested in. We want to catalyze a more just future for all New Yorkers by enabling those with resources beyond their immediate needs to leave a legacy of equity and opportunity. Justice means building a culture of respect and support for grassroots organizers who, day-in and day-out, work to make our city a beacon of possibility and opportunity.

We are doing this by making more and even larger grants, by finding and investing in more indigenous leaders, their organizations, their networks, and their activism. In the process, we want more communities to be able to share power over the policies and practices that define our democracy. We want to undo corrupt, inept systems that limit the hopes and aspirations of those furthest from the halls of power. We want everyone to share in a just future.

In the months and years ahead, North Star Fund will explore how we can remain steadfast as a local funder in New York City while partnering with others on Long Island and the Hudson Valley. We will also take leadership in the electoral organizing space—using all of the tools available to 501(c)(4) organizations to advance social and racial justice.

Of course, all of this will depend on you, the donor activist. This age of incredible inequality and dramatic change in our climate demands your participation if we are to not just survive, but to thrive as a city, a nation, and a planet.

Justice is happening. Join us. Millions March, New York City, December 2014

WAKING UP TO JUSTICE

Good morning, and welcome to a brand new day. When we’re at our best, the first

moments upon waking give us an opportunity to reflect on

our vision and purpose. How can I contribute to a

better New York? How can I work to expand justice to all people, and not just a select

few? And how do I make the most out of today?

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MEET THE GOVERNOR

This summer as Governor Cuomo was finalizing his executive order to create a special prosecutor to handle deaths at the hands of police, he appeared to be wavering on two key provisions. He was considering making the position short-term and limiting it to cases where the police identified the deceased as “unarmed.” The Justice Committee organized an action outside his Manhattan office and negotiated with him late into the night. As a result, the final executive order does not include language limiting it to one year and authorizes the special

prosecutor to handle a broad range of cases.

9:00 AM8:00BREAKFAST

WITH DONOR ACTIVISTS

Donor activism is at the heart of North Star Fund’s

mission and work. We believe in moving philanthropic

dollars to change how systems work, and investing

in the leadership of people directly affected by injustice

and inequality. We build community among people

who share a vision for a just future. Working together, we can accomplish more than as individuals acting on our own.

What is Donor Activism?Donor activism is about what you do beyond giving money. As Asa Johnson, longtime North Star Fund donor, board member, and volunteer explains, “You can be a donor and just write the check, or you can be a donor activist by also serving or volunteering. If we’re going to find meaningful solutions to big problems, then it’s up to those of us with more to do both.”

Donor activism at North Star Fund is a form of community organizing. And it enables donors to become more strategic by offering insight into some of the most effective and compassionate social justice organizing in our city.

North Star Fund donor and board chair Nisha Atre says, “This last year in New York, we saw some important victories happen quickly. The political will was there, the activists were there, and the money was there. It makes you want to continue as a donor because you can see that change can happen and you can be a part of it.”

Governor Appoints Special ProsecutorJustice Committee (JC) is among the groups leading a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City. They are empowering low-income Latino/a communities and other people of color to address these issues. JC members and leaders are New Yorkers whose lives are impacted by police violence, including families who have lost loved ones to the New York Police Department. JC is a co-founder and steering committee member of Communities United for Police Reform.

Since 2004, Justice Committee has received 14 North Star Fund grants totaling over $150,000, including the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award. In 2014, they received a $50,000 Movement Leadership grant (see page 14) in recognition of their success organizing the families hurt by police shootings and brutality.

Over the course of their Movement Leadership grant, they and their allies have taken huge steps towards achieving a goal they identified in the 1990s: an independent prosecutor to investigate and prosecute civilian deaths at the hands of police and cases of police brutality.

As a result of a families-led Special Prosecutor campaign, this July Governor Cuomo signed an executive order establishing a standing special prosecutor to investigate killings by police, the first of its kind in the country.

North Star Fund board members (l-r): Pierre Hauser, Nisha Atre, and Asa Johnson

Justice Committee leaders (l-r): Shaina Munoz, niece of Jayson Tirado; Constance Malcolm, mother of Ramarley Graham; Cynthia Howell, niece of Alberta Spruill; Carol Gray, mother of Kimani Gray; Natasha Duncan, sister of Shantel Davis; Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell; Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner

Carol Gray lost her son Kimani Gray in a police shooting

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FUNDER BRIEFING

Funder briefings offer a unique opportunity to bring

donors and funders together with grassroots leaders

who can offer up-to-the-minute assessments and

insight on specific issues.

In 2014-2015 North Star Fund convened funders

and organizers on housing, Hurricane Sandy recovery,

and the importance of supporting Black-led

organizing as the wave of police killings continued

apace this past year.

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Resourcing the Movement: The Let Us Breathe FundNorth Star Fund launched the Let Us Breathe Fund in response to grantee needs, donor outrage, and philanthropic peers who wanted to strategically move resources so that organizers on the ground could sustain the momentum of activists responding to police killings while advancing deeper policy, political, and cultural change.

The fund prioritizes Black-led organizations—a reflection of our deeply held belief that people directly affected by an issue or injustice should lead efforts for social change. The Let Us Breathe Fund also supports allied

efforts led by other communities of color, including youth, women, and LGBTQ communities.

We made the first round of grants within six months of launching the fund in December 2014, with grants totaling $80,000 to eight organizations. In September 2015, we made $200,000 in additional grants to 21 organizations.

Parallel to the fund, North Star Fund organized the Let Us Breathe Forum, a 500-person gathering in May 2015 to center Black leadership as we explored the insidious nature of “broken windows” policing—how it undermines the fabric of our democracy and ultimately the freedom of all communities in New York City.

Over the course of a full day, participants were able to:

Highlight the vision, analysis, and leadership from local Black organizers and Black-led organizations;

Explore concrete solutions to build a stronger and more strategic grassroots movement;

Create spaces for Black communities and allies to strategize about the resources needed to address anti-Black racism and intersecting issues that affect Black communities; and

Build support for deeper investment in Black-led organizing.

“If Black people are being talked about, instead of being the people talking—then we’re not really building the kind of power that can reliably force the answers we need on our own terms.”

—Rashad Robinson, Executive Director,

ColorOfChange.org

LET US BREATHE FUND

Grants to Black-led and allied organizing of communities directly impacted by “broken windows” policing, poverty, and injustice in New York City.

ROUND 1 GRANTS

Black Alliance for Just ImmigrationBrooklyn Movement CenterCAAAV Organizing Asian

CommunitiesCommunity Voices HeardJustice CommitteePicture the HomelessStreetwise and SafeVOCAL-NY

The Let Us Breathe Forum stage (l-r): Imani Uzuri, Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele, Opal Tometi, Kevin Ryan and Hugh Hogan

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TIME FOR LUNCH

For too many young New Yorkers, lunch isn’t something to be taken for granted. Our grantees are addressing the policies and inequities that keep young people hungry by developing young New Yorkers as leaders on this issue. No New York City public school student should have to go hungry for fear of being bullied or called names in the school cafeteria.

MAKING CALLS

North Star Fund grantees mobilized over 27,000

people in individual actions last year, including phone calls to decision-makers,

meetings with city council members and state legislators,

and participating in acts of civil disobedience.

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New Yorkers Want IDNYCWithout government-issued identification, it can be difficult to enter a

building, access social services, or enroll a child in school in New York City. The lack of identification erects barriers that keep New Yorkers from participating in some of the most essential pieces of public life.

The historic launch in early 2015 of IDNYC, the city’s municipal ID card program, has literally opened doors for undocumented immigrants,

the homeless, and gender nonconforming New Yorkers. In the first month, well over 15,000 applications were processed at

sites across the city. This number surpassed even the most enthusiastic predictions of how many people would apply.

IDNYC is a major victory for grassroots groups supported over many years by North Star Fund donors—Arab American Association of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition, Faith in New York, and Picture the Homeless. These organizations turned out people to make phone calls, circulate petitions, attend rallies, and partner with the mayor’s office and the City Council to make it happen.

This is also a victory for New Yorkers who sustained this call to action with their support for organizing

immigrant communities.

Universal School Lunch The Lunch 4 Learning campaign started off the 2014-15 school year heading in the right direction. Thanks to Movement Leadership grantee Community Food Advocates, students in stand-alone public middle schools had already won universal free lunch. As a result, more than 10,000 additional students are now eating lunch during the school day. This brought in an additional $6.8 million in federal subsidies to New York City schools.

But in high schools, students still struggle with the stigma at the root of the campaign: that receiving “free lunch” marks them as poor. Fewer than half the students eligible for the high school free lunch program actually participate.

Community Food Advocates has built a coalition of more than 100 groups for the Lunch 4 Learning campaign. They’ve trained youth leaders to present testimony at City Council hearings and to press elected officials to support universal free lunch.

It’s been a long road toward universal lunch programs in all New York City grades, and there are more and more students being trained to organize against bullying and hunger.

Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio with Min Kwon Center members, some of the first applicants for the municipal ID in New York City

Min Kwon Center member holding his new IDNYC card

Community Food Advocates at City Hall (left); Lunch 4 Learning Activist Nafestia Caleb speaks at the 2015 Community Gala (right)

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MEET WITH FUNDER ALLIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Community Food Funders (CFF), which was co-founded and is fiscally sponsored by North Star Fund, brings together foundations and donors from across the tri-state region who are committed to a more ecologically diverse, locally vibrant, and equitable food system.

CFF is committed to bringing together all stakeholders across the food chain, from farmers and farm workers, to restaurant owners and food chain workers, to change the way the region feeds itself.

1:00 PM

Where Climate Change and Food Justice IntersectThe tri-state area’s food system, like every regional food system, is where we see struggles play out over the future of how we’ll feed ourselves. After many years of organizing and new streams of investment, local food producers are finally gaining a foothold in the face of pesticide- and fossil-fuel-dependent industrial agriculture. But even amidst the locavore and good food movement, one can also see how race and income determine who is at the greatest risk for food insecurity, and who has access to healthy food.

Hurricanes Irene and Sandy laid bare the inequities that underlie our region’s food system. It was clear immediately after these storms that upstate areas in the case of Irene, and New York City following Sandy, were not prepared to meet the needs of farmers, nor the low-income communities that were among the hardest hit. Community-based organizations played a crucial role in filling the gap left by this lack of preparation. Yet years later, we’re still early in the long process of changing systems that have been determined by corporate bottom lines and racial discrimination for decades.

North Star Fund’s central focus in Sandy work has been organizing leaders in philanthropy to make smart investments that will leave the city and region stronger when the next storm lands. We can’t just rebuild physical structures—we have to build the capacity of communities to be self-reliant, and in the buzzword of the moment, resilient.

Faith In New York, a longtime North Star Fund grantee who received the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award, has taken leadership on Sandy rebuilding efforts. Are local workers from communities affected by Sandy, particularly low-income people of color, able to access training and jobs in the rebuilding effort? How is federal money flowing into communities that have been historically overlooked when it comes to infrastructure development? Faith In New York has engaged a diverse and powerful network of spiritual leaders and laypeople to ask the tough questions about how we can build back together, stronger.

Faith In New York received the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award

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PM2:00Training Organizations to WinThe Movement Leadership Program asks a lot of the organizations who receive grants. Grantees consistently rise to the occasion, and embrace the extra effort that goes with these grants because of the potential for their organization to grow in three ways:

Transform the organization’s leadership through consistent participation in the peer-learning program over two years;

Allow the organization to hone their strategies with the support of coaches (like Zahida Pirani, pictured on this page) so that they can create change on the issues they address; and

Expand their coalitions to include new ally organizations and related communities.

Organizations can then increase their impact and win bigger with sustained commitment from their new allies.

Movement Leadership Program grantee partners have won big victories in the last year, including the victory for nail salon

workers that took years of organizing to come to fruition.

Victory for Nail Salon WorkersA series of front page articles in the New York Times in May 2015 exposed unbearable working conditions for nail salon workers in New York, including inhumanely long hours, wage theft, and exposure to carcinogenic chemicals.

But the series wasn’t the beginning of the story, it was the middle. With the support of North Star Fund donors, Adhikaar had been organizing South Asian women and nail salon workers for close to a decade prior.

Since 2007, Adhikaar has received multiple North Star Fund grants for their organizing, including a Movement Leadership grant in 2014. The training and support that they received through this program enabled them to forge an effective relationship with Public Advocate Letitia James, conduct a participatory research survey of nail salon workers, help form the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition, and win a seat on Governor Cuomo’s Nail Salon Industry Enforcement Task Force.

With the sustained philanthropy that came from the North Star Fund community of donors, Adhikaar’s work catalyzed victories in both legislation and policies affecting nail salon workers.

“North Star Fund was one of our first supporters. They funded our nail salon worker survey when no other funders would.”

—Luna Ranjit, Executive Director, Adhikaar

Zahida Pirani leading a Movement Leader-ship Retreat training session (left); Grantee leaders at the training session (right)

Adhikaar activists at City Hall

MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP

TRAINING

North Star Fund’s $50,000 Movement Leadership grants

are awarded annually to five organizations with a record

that demonstrates their capacity to win. The initial

Movement Leadership grant lasts for two years, and groups can receive renewal grants for

up to six years. The program includes a peer-training

and learning program that meets five times a year for strategy and skill-building retreats. Training topics

include campaign planning, increasing membership, and

leadership development.

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DIGNIT Y IN SCHOOLS

The national Dignity in Schools campaign has a strong network of local organizing entities in New York City. The campaign is tackling the “school-to-prison pipeline,” systems of discipline that relegate some youth to constant suspension, preparing them better for jail and prison than for college and society. They’re replacing harsh and discriminatory discipline with restorative practices that make for safer and more just school environments.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

AFTER SCHOOL?

The Education Justice Fund is among three initiatives

that represent a new path for North Star Fund in recent

years: fiscal sponsorship and large-scale support for

grassroots-led coalitions. We partnered with the

Annenberg Institute for School Reform to provide

large scale grants to Urban Youth Collaborative and the

Coalition for Educational Justice. These key coalitions

unite students and parents across all five boroughs to

address long-term inequities facing public schools.

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Get Us to CollegeNew York public school students face two distinct but related issues on a massive scale:

Harsh discipline that tends to fall disproportionately on Black, disabled, and gender nonconforming youth; and

A poor track record of getting Black and Latina/o public school students into college.

The Urban Youth Collaborative’s Get Us to College campaign has focused on the lack of personnel and resources to ensure that all students are on track to graduate and go to college. Students pressed for the signing of a law requiring New York City’s Department of Education to assess and report the number of guidance counselors in schools and their ability to help low-income and first generation college-bound students to apply to and enroll in college.

Urban Youth Collaborative also secured an early warning system for students who are not on track to graduate, so that they can course-correct before it’s too late.

Students Win Fair DisciplineThe Urban Youth Collaborative and other grantee partners that are part of the Dignity in Schools campaign also advanced alternatives to suspensions, a national campaign that is gaining momentum. North Star Fund grantee Teachers Unite, whose members work in New York City schools, conducted research, wrote op-eds, gave public testimonies, and rallied at City Hall.

Meanwhile, two other groups that North Star Fund has long supported, Global Action Project (GAP) and DRUM South Asian Organizing Center, collaborated on a video called #Suspended4What, featuring young activists who are working to end bullying. In the video, student leaders explain the ineffectiveness of “zero tolerance” policies that can lead to indiscriminate suspensions in bullying situations.

Thanks to the organizers of the Dignity In Schools campaign, in June 2015 the City Council approved $2.4 million in funding for pilot restorative justice projects in over a dozen New York City schools for the start of the fall 2015 school year. With this launch, New York joins the growing number of school districts across the nation taking thoughtful steps toward safer schools for all youth.

DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center activist at Department of Education hearing on discipline codes

Student activists with Urban Youth Collaborative

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FINANCE MEETING

The board and staff of North Star Fund regularly meet and work together to ensure that we’re fiscally sound and that our investments are aligned

with our mission. Our strong financial position translates to more resources for New York

City’s grassroots organizing.

PM4:00Financial ActivitiesThis June, North Star Fund wrapped up our highly successful Activism’s Future campaign, which raised $8.5 million. As a result of this campaign, we’ve doubled our grantmaking, increased our technical assistance to grassroots groups, introduced new opportunities for donors to network and learn, and increased our presence in the media.

Because donors made three-year pledges to the Activism’s Future campaign, we recorded income in prior years and created a surplus of unrestricted funds that we used this year. This year shows a decrease in unrestricted net assets due to spending some of that surplus.

On the heels of the campaign, North Star Fund is implementing a number of post-Activism’s Future fundraising strategies to consolidate our success and growth, which will enable us to maintain our grantmaking and programmatic support at this higher level.

We also received our portion of a previously raised endowment held at another institution that increased permanently restricted assets. This gift will help ensure North Star Fund’s stability as the premier home for donor and grassroots activists across the city.

Year Ended June 30, 2015 Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted Total

PUBLIC SUPPORT, REVENUE , AND GAINS

Public Support 711,991 3,854,857 621,541 5,188,389

Revenue and Gains/(Losses) 65,847 13,426 79,273

Net Assets Released from Restrictions 3,381,728 (3,381,728) 0

Total Support, Revenue, and Gains 4,159,566 486,555 621,541 5,267,662

EXPENSES

Program Services 3,489,317 - - 3,489,317

Supporting Services

Management and General 160,272 - - 160,272

Fundraising 646,143 - - 646,143

Total Supporting Services 806,415 - - 806,415

Total Expenses 4,295,732 0 0 4,295,732

(Decrease)/Increase in Net Assets (136,166) 486,555 621,541 971,930

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 2,709,335 2,888,904 1,000,000 6,598,239

Net Assets, End of Year 2,573,169 3,375,459 1,621,541 7,570,169

Year Ended June 30, 2015

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS

Cash and Interest-bearing Deposits 4,650,358

Promises to Give 997,836

Promises to Give (long-term, net) 527,268

Investments 1,607,423

Fixed Assets (net of accumulated depreciation) 108,930

Other Assets 58,175

Total Assets 7,949,990

LIABILITIES

Grants Payable 202,961

Other Liabilities 176,860

Total Liabilities 379,821

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 2,573,169

Temporarily Restricted * 3,375,459

Permanently Restricted ** 1,621,541

Total Net Assets 7,570,169

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 7,949,990

* Temporarily Restricted Net Assets: North Star Fund receives donor-advised contributions that are held until donors recommend which organizations will receive grants. At June 30, 2015, the temporarily restricted net asset balance of $2,753,918 represents the amount of donor contributions still held by North Star Fund, as well as gifts restricted by the donor by purpose or time.

** Permanently Restricted Net Assets: During a prior fiscal year, a donor made a $1,000,000 irrevocable pledge to establish the Betty Kapetanakis Memorial Endowment Fund. The purpose of the fund is to generate unrestricted income. The principal cannot, under any circumstances, be drawn upon. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, North Star Fund received its share in the amount of $621,541 of the permanently restricted portion of a jointly raised endowment held at another institution, which will be managed according to New York state law regarding endowments.

Individual Donors $3,387,864

Foundation Partners 118,500

Donor Advised Partners 459,654

Fiscal Sponsorship Income 614,782

Fees and Investments 65,321

Endowment 621,541

Total $5,267,662

Grants and Programs $2,985,545

Donor Advised Grants $503,772

Development $646,143

Management and General $160,272

Total $4,295,732

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Total Grants and Programs: 81% $3,489,317

Total Supporting Services: 19% $806,415

INCOME

EXPENSES

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SELF-CARE

Since our early years, North Star Fund has supported

grantee partners drawn from the LGBTQ community,

many of whom had to fight for equal access to quality

medical care. As long as there are community-based

organizations developing leaders to take on these

battles, North Star Fund will step up in support.

PM4:30Medicare Equity for Trans New Yorkers For transgender people who want gender reassignment surgery, there are few options beyond paying for it out of pocket. Gender reassignment medical care in New York was still treated as “cosmetic surgery” for Medicaid purposes, leaving many people to fundraise for it on their own.

But a multi-year campaign led by North Star Fund grantees including Sylvia Rivera Law Project and Audre Lorde Project exercised legal strategies, community organizing, and meetings with policymakers. Bringing people directly affected by the issue to sit at the table with policymakers generated some breakthrough moments. In spring 2015, Medicaid officials agreed that transgender New Yorkers can access hormone treatments and gender-affirming surgeries.

This victory took years of persistent organizing by people faced with second-class healthcare based on their gender identity.

Grassroots Action Grants: seed grants to new and emerging groups that expand opportunity for communities to fight injustice.

$10,000

African Communities TogetherBlack Alliance for Just ImmigrationBrooklyn Movement CenterCentro Hispano CuzcatlanCommon LawFlushing Workers CenterJews for Racial and Economic JusticeLaundry Workers CenterMekongMilk Not JailsMovimiento por Justicia del BarrioNew York State Youth Leadership

CouncilNY/NJ Teamsters for a Democratic

UnionNYC Community Land InitiativeRed Hook InitiativeRockaway WildfireStaten Island Community Job CenterStreetwise and SafeUgnayan Youth for Justice and Social

ChangeUnited Neighbors OrganizationUrban Youth CollaborativeWomen Organizing Neighborhoods

(WON)

$5,000

Adelante AllianceBanana Kelly Community Improvement

AssociationBlack Urban Growers

Black Women’s BlueprintCabrini Immigrant Services of NYCCenter for Frontline RetailFlatbush Tenant Coalition/Flatbush

Development CorporationFoster Parent Advocacy FoundationFUREEIndo-Caribbean AllianceMasa-MexEdNeighbors Helping NeighborsNeighbors TogetherNew York Campaign for Alternatives to

Isolated ConfinementParents in Action

Persist Health ProjectQueer Detainee Empowerment ProjectRaza Youth CollectiveRelease Aging People in Prison (RAPP)

CampaignResilience Advocacy ProjectStreet Vendor ProjectSylvia Rivera Law ProjectTeachers Unite The Black InstituteYoung Women of Color Health

Advocacy Coalition

ACTIVIST-LED GRANTMAKING

Sylvia Rivera Law Project activists at the Department of Health

Millions March, New York City, December 2014

GRASSROOTS ACTION GRANTS

GRASSROOTS ACTION GRANTS

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HOP ON THE SUBWAY

Public transit is the lifeblood of any city, providing an

economic benefit to everyone who commutes or conducts

business in the city. New York City’s transit system

suffers from decades of under-investment in capital

improvements, leaving the system too reliant on

maintaining its physical structure by raising money

from fares instead of making smart long-term investments.

PM5:00

Saving Public TransitOne of the biggest struggles facing Riders Alliance, a Movement Leadership grantee, is that too few New Yorkers understand the outsize role that the Governor and the legislature play in budgeting for our mass transit system.

Through successful organizing and the engagement of their members, Riders Alliance won three key victories for public transit in 2015: $1 million in funding for bus stop countdown clocks, protection for bus-only lanes, and service changes to increase Select Bus Service.

But they didn’t win on broader issues of funding the subway system, and needed to bring on greater pressure. Their member leaders devised a disarming way to engage ordinary transit riders: even though real-life Governor Cuomo does not ride the 7 train at rush hour, a life-size cardboard cut-out version of the governor could. These photos got significant media play in the summer right after the legislative session.

Riders Alliance is continuing to build on their 2015 bus victories to press the Governor to take action for a reliable transit system.

INNOVATIVE ACTIVISM GRANTS

Grants of $10,000 to organizations combining arts and activism, providing resources to grassroots groups, and developing leaders in marginalized communities.

Audre Lorde ProjectGlobal Action ProjectMayday Community SpaceNYS Civic Engagement TableRiseSapna NYCSure We CanThe BLK ProjeKTheatre of the Oppressed NYCWorking World

MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP

Two-year grants of $50,000 to social justice organizations that demonstrate a strong record of community organizing and a commitment to a peer-learning program.

Community Food AdvocatesDRUM - South Asian Organizing CenterFaith in New YorkRiders AllianceWorker’s Justice Project

SECOND YEAR MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP GRANTEES

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Arab American Association of New YorkBrooklyn Food CoalitionJustice CommitteeMetropolitan Council on Housing/

MCREF

MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP RENEWALS

One-year grants of up to $20,000 to grassroots organizations that successfully completed the initial movement leadership training and are poised to continue building on their previous victories.

BrandworkersCAAAV Organizing Asian CommunitiesChild Welfare Organizing ProjectDamayan Migrant Workers AssociationFIERCEMirabal Sisters Cultural and Community

CenterNew Immigrant Community

Empowerment (NICE)Picture the HomelessTenants & NeighborsVAMOS UnidosVOCAL-NY

ACTIVIST-LED GRANTMAKING

New York commuter with “cut-out” Cuomo on the subway

CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities

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Across the country, organizing by formerly incarcerated people is building momentum. We’re seeing progress on the rights of people with previous felony convictions and the beginning of a sea change on the long-term nature of punishments for even the most minor felony convictions. In 2015, New York became part of the growing number of cities moving in the right direction on this issue.

GRANTEE SITE VISIT

At North Star Fund, we practice activist-led

grantmaking, which empowers local activists and donor

activists to be our decision makers. We select grantee

organizations after an open, honest dialogue about their

ability to advance their goals and make an impact.

Our Community Funding Committee members

visit potential grantees face-to-face. This way,

the organization’s work can shine in ways an application

can’t always uncover.

PM6:00A Unique Grantmaking ModelWhen donor activists founded North Star Fund, they recognized that they didn’t have all the expertise needed to make the most strategic investments in grassroots organizing. But they knew that the information was out there. So they set up a Community Funding Committee, where grassroots activists teamed up with donors to thoughtfully select where to make the most effective grants.

This model means that North Star Fund can provide grants to emerging organizations and address issues under the radar. In other cases, it means North Star Fund has on-the-ground insight about which groups are connected to communities affected by an issue. It means that North Star Fund donors can count on their dollars being turned into strategic grants that result in deeper impact and lasting social change.

Longtime housing activist Rob Robinson is on the Community Funding Committee and brings considerable knowledge and relationships to grantmaking deliberations. Collectively, our current Community Funding Committee members bring decades of activist experience and relationships with dozens of grassroots organizations in New York City.

Winning a Fair Chance Most people don’t notice it, but hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers do: the box on job applications that asks, “Do you have a previous felony conviction?” Checking that box often stops the screening process before it can even get started. For people rebuilding their lives following incarceration, a single previous felony conviction can make it nearly impossible to get their foot in the door for a decent job.

VOCAL-NY, a long-time grantee, has advanced this issue with City Council for years. “Ban the Box” campaigns, like the one that led to the passage of the Fair Chance Act here in New York City last summer, simply allow that applicants be considered based on their qualifications before having to disclose a previous felony conviction. It also offers the chance to explain their current circumstances in the application process. It’s about fairness, and it’s about time that New York has addressed this glaring issue of discrimination.

North Star Fund program officer Jennifer Arieta conferring with grantmaker Rob Robinson as part of the grantmaking process VOCAL-NY activists at City Hall

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DONOR EVENT

Young people with access to wealth beyond their

immediate needs founded North Star Fund. They

wanted to build a community of donor activists to invest

in grassroots leaders who knew about how to tackle

injustice and inequality. Now, 37 years later, North

Star Fund continues to bring together a community of people who want to learn, engage, and act with their resources for a just future.

At North Star Fund, we organize donors. We provide them with networking, information sharing, and learning opportunities. Our programs inspire and motivate donors to advance the mission of North Star Fund by supporting our fundraising efforts and by advocating for our philanthropic approach.

PM7:00

Meet New Yorkers Who Invest in JusticeNorth Star Fund hosts a variety of events to build a community of donors who want to be:

Well-informed about options for values-based investing;

Aware of the impact and challenges related to grassroots organizing in New York City; and

Connected to other donors who share their progressive values and share a vision for what a just future for New York City looks like.

Highlights of this year’s events include a Young Professionals for Social Justice Happy Hour attended by more than 150 people, and a panel on Women and Climate Change anchored by Amy Goodman with noted climate justice activists from Manhattan’s Chinatown and the coast of Papua New Guinea. Additionally, the Let Us Breathe Forum brought together more than 500 activists and leaders to learn about strategies to address structural racism and disinvestment in Black communities in New York.

A Donor Steps UpAs support for Black-led activism to address police violence escalated in 2014, Lena Solow was one of many New Yorkers who wanted to step up. So she participated in North Star Fund’s now three-year-old giving circle for next generation leaders, the Springboard Giving Circle.

“I wanted to engage in the moment beyond sharing articles about police violence and racism,” says Lena “and as a white, wealthy person I wanted to ensure that money was moving in an accountable way directed by people of color, which I trust North Star Fund to do.”

Lena recognized that the thousands of New Yorkers taking to the streets meant that this was a time to think big. But to act more boldly, organizations need money to demonstrate, build an increased web presence, and enlist activists, policy experts and other resources.

Through the Springboard Giving Circle, Lena had already participated in trainings on how to fundraise for a cause she believed in. She was also connected to a community of donors through North Star Fund’s longtime partner Resource Generation.

Lena and other Springboard donors raised $30,000 that was quickly disbursed to the community as Let Us Breathe Fund grants.

Springboard Circle members (l-r): Sarah Frank, Lena Solow, Clemmy Brown, and Katherine Wolf at the 2015 Community Gala

Keynote presenter from the Let Us Breathe Forum, Rashad Robinson, Executive Director, ColorOfChange.org

Panelists from Women and Climate Justice event (l-r): Amy Goodman, Helena Wong, Ursula Rakova, Regan Pritzker

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DONOR FOLLOW-UP

MEETING

In recent months, we’ve been meeting with our

longtime friends and biggest supporters to share with

them the incredible victories that came out of the

Activism’s Future campaign.

The campaign wrapped up in 2015 and raised more than

$8.5 million for the long-term success of grassroots

organizing in New York City. Through Activism’s

Future, we’ve doubled our grantmaking from 2011 levels, and today we’re

boldly sustaining it. Thank you to the donors who have

made a deep commitment to the future of our city.

PM8:00Activism’s Future Leadership DonorsAnonymous (3)Susan Adelman and Claudio LlanosNisha Atre and Art RichardsonCorinna BordenPeter BrestOliver CannellOona Chatterjee and Angel VeraTom Cramer and Michele Burger Darma FundAnne DelaneyMaddy deLone and Bobby CohenAbigail E. Disney and Pierre N. HauserEdward W. Hazen FoundationMarjorie FineJason Franklin, Franklin Weinberg FundRachel GelmanElizabeth GilmoreElspeth GilmoreAndrew Goldberg and Karen PuttermanJeffrey and Paula GuralChris Heavener and Michelle RiderKimberly Hendler and Sigurd BaarkAnne H. Hess and Craig KaplanLiz Hirsch and Karen PrattHugh Hogan and Patrick MoffittAlexandra Jacobus Jerome L. Greene FoundationAsa JohnsonJohnson Family FoundationTom Johnson, Jr.Isabelle H. Leighton and Timothy J.

Cavaretta

Harris Lirtzman and Ralph Wilson Sarah LudwigJune Makela and Mark FischweicherLloyd V. MartinezMonica MelamidGonzalo MercadoNancy Meyer and Marc WeissSolangel and Alberto Minotta Ragnar NaessRobert Nixoncori schmanke parrish and Sierra

SpingarnZahida PiraniKaren PittelmanSusan B. PlumMichael Ratner and Karen RanucciArva RiceJames SchafferKatrina SchafferHenry SerranoAlvarez SymonetteTani Takagi and Toby D’Oench (In

Memoriam)Monica TaraziMerry TuckerKatrina vanden HeuvelMichael Waterman

and Yuka HagiwaraMaggie WilliamsBarbara WinslowSharon Wyse and

David Satz

North Star Fund 2015 Community Gala Honorees (l-r): Julissa Reynoso, Keith Mestrich, Mike Muse

2015 Community Gala (l-r): Carol Kolmerten, Chris McInerney

2015 Community Gala (l-r): Craig Kaplan, Eric Schneiderman, Lisa Steglich

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COMING HOME

Nearly 60,000 New Yorkers do not have a place they can call “home.”

2015 became the “Year of the Tenant,” with at least a dozen powerful grassroots grantee organizations coming together in powerful coalitions to mobilize and engage over 100,000 New Yorkers with a stake in affordable housing. They’re keeping the pressure on policymakers to push for real affordability in new construction—not just on luxury condos and profits—and to keep existing public and privately owned buildings affordable.

9:00 PM

Momentum on HousingThis past year saw a mix of victories and challenges in the struggle to retain affordable housing in New York City. Developers and banks continue to hold too much sway with policymakers and receive multi-million dollar tax breaks to build luxury condos, even as the overall number of affordable housing units is declining along with the condition of existing public housing.

When the Rent Control Board held hearings in June 2015, tenant organizers demanded the end to false parity, where as many landlords as tenants offered public testimony. By getting more hearings, media coverage, and public events, tenants won the first rent freeze for rent-stabilized apartments in New York City’s history.

New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants organizing with grantee partners CASA, Community Voices Heard, FUREE and VOCAL-NY as well as through the Real Affordability for All (RAFA) coalition, won commitments of $100 million from city government for much overdue repairs. This includes simple fixes needed for years including unlit stairwells, mold removal, and roof repair. New York City can’t continue to be one of the city’s most neglectful landlords.

In June 2015, North Star Fund launched the Housing Now Fund to better resource the affordable housing movement, and to support the community visioning and planning that will be required to create truly sustainable neighborhoods. We want to bring more resources to grassroots-led efforts to drive the reforms and policy changes needed to put this city on a stronger path to real affordability—with infrastructure, facilities, businesses, and services that serve every constituency.

The Housing Now Fund is intended to be a partnership of donors, foundations, labor unions, businesses, housing and community developers, and all others who believe we must get on track to deeper reform and real housing affordability.

North Star Fund is seeding the Housing Now Fund with a challenge match of $100,000. The main grant recipients will be the Real Affordability for All campaign and Homes for Every New Yorker. These coalitions bring together more than 50 organizations from five boroughs.

GOLES member at a Real Affordability for All (RAFA) protest at City Hall

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PM10:00GIVING

THANKS

Many New Yorkers share a vision for a city that is

more equitable, safe and just. But not all of them

stand on the frontlines of this work each and every

day. We are thankful to grassroots activists who are

on the ground organizing communities, leading with

courage and working toward real change. Thank you for

loving the city enough to help make it a better place

for all people to live.

North Star Fund uses unique models to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional grants to support timely and innovative grantmaking. These are additional grants that we are proud to have made in 2014-15.

SPRINGBOARD GRANTS

Springboard Giving Circle members worked alongside North Star Fund’s Community Funding Committee during the North Star Fund grantmaking cycle and fundraised in order to make additional grants to these organizations.

Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYCCentro Hispano CuzcatlanChild Welfare Organizing ProjectCommon LawLaundry Workers CenterMasa-MexEdMovimiento por Justicia del BarrioPicture the HomelessQueer Detainee Empowerment ProjectUgnayan Youth for Justice and Social

Change

RAPID RESPONSE GRANTS

Expedited grants that enable groups to respond quickly to late-breaking events and organizing opportunities.


ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York

CAAAV Organizing Asian CommunitiesCASA: Community Action for Safe

Apartments, A Project of New Settlement Apartments

Center for Popular DemocracyCommunity Food Advocates

Community Voices HeardConsortium for Worker EducationFaith in New YorkJustice CommitteeMake the Road New YorkMillions March NYCMovement for Black Lives ConveningNever 21New Immigrant Community

Empowerment (NICE)Picture the HomelessStaten Island Community Job CenterYeah, That’s What She Said (YTWSS)/

Babycastles

POWER TOGETHER

Large matching grants of $100,000 to $200,000 to support major city-wide coalitions.

Communities United for Police Reform (CPR)

Education Justice FundHousing Now Fund

POWER TOGETHER: EDUCATION JUSTICE FUND

Matching grants that leverage labor and private donations so that every child in New York City can receive quality public education.

NYC Coalition for Educational JusticeUrban Youth Collaborative

LET US BREATHE FUND

Grants to Black-led and allied organizing of communities directly impacted by “broken windows” policing, poverty, and injustice in New York City.

Black Alliance for Just ImmigrationBrooklyn Movement Center

CAAAV Organizing Asian CommunitiesCommunity Voices HeardJustice CommitteePicture the HomelessStreetwise and SafeVOCAL-NY

GIVE OUT DAY

A crowdsourcing initiative to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities that have historically been underfunded.

Audre Lorde ProjectBolder GivingStonewall ChoraleSylvia Rivera Law Project

SPECIAL INITIATIVE

These grants helped Movement Leadership grantees to upgrade their technological capacity or build their organizational capacity.


Arab American Association of New YorkBrooklyn Food CoalitionCommunities United for Police Reform

(CPR)New Immigrant Community

Empowerment (NICE)

GRANTS

DONOR ADVISED

North Star Fund partners with individual donors, foundations and businesses to support cutting-edge work in line with their giving priorities.

ASIAN AMERICAN IMPACT FUND


Sakhi for South Asian Women

CALVIN MILES FUND

Make the Road New YorkWe Learn

CARIBOU FUND

New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)

Worker’s Justice Project

DINNER GUYS GIVING CIRCLE

Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of NY (GAPIMNY)

SAGE

INTERNATIONAL DREAMERS SCHOL ARSHIP FUND

Elisa CoradoCarolina HernandezRoberto Morales

JP FUND

Justice Committee

Clayola Brown, President, A Philip Randolph Institute at 2015 Community Gala

FREDERICK DOUGL ASS AWARDS

Grants of $2,500 in recognition of outstanding work, presented at the 2015 Community Gala.

Faith in New YorkJustice Committee

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CORNERSTONE GIFTS

Anne DelaneyJerome L. Greene

FoundationAsa JohnsonJohnson Family FoundationTom Johnson, Jr.

$50,000 AND OVER

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

Brown UniversityTom Cramer and Michele

BurgerAbigail E. Disney and Pierre

N. HauserFund for Fair and Just

Policing in New York City at Tides Foundation

Funding Exchange Network Endowment

Elizabeth GilmoreElspeth GilmoreNoVo FoundationKaren PittelmanRobert Sterling Clark

FoundationBarbara Winslow

$25,000 - $49,999

AnonymousArcus Foundation

Clementine BrownConant Family FundDarma FundLiz Hirsch and Karen PrattHarris Lirtzman and Ralph

WilsonNew World FoundationRichman Housing

ResourcesChristen SchafferTani TakagiKatrina vanden Heuvel Maggie Williams

$15,000 - $24,999

Amalgamated BankDoris Duke Charitable

FoundationJeffrey and Paula GuralJessie Smith Noyes

FoundationMonica MelamidNancy Meyer and Marc

WeissRose and Sherle Wagner

FoundationSurdna Foundation

$10,000 - $14,999

Amalgamated Life Insurance Company

Holly FetterSarah FrankGisela GamperGrant & EisenhoferChris Heavener and

Michelle RiderThe Laurie M. Tisch

Illumination FundVincent McGeeMerck Family FundMertz-Gilmore FoundationSusan B. Plum

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous (1)1199 SEIU United

Healthcare Workers EastNisha Atre and Art

RichardsonOliver CannellMarcy CarseyCITGO Petroleum

CorporationCorners FundEnTrust CapitalNick FreudenbergIan FullerAndrew Goldberg and

Karen PuttermanAnne H. Hess and Craig

KaplanLola Lloyd Horwitz

Alexandra JacobusJLLJoyce and Irving Goldman

Family Foundation Deborah Slaner LarkinLazardLevitt FoundationNancy LewisLillian & Ira N. Langsan

FoundationLucius and Eva Eastman

FundLucy & Isadore B. Adelman

FoundationNew York FoundationSusan PenickAnn RobertsSchulte Roth & Zabel LLPSEIU General FundCarolyn SilveiraJean SimonsNaomi SobelMerry TuckerFlo Wiener and Rick

Hobish

$1,000 - $4,999

Anonymous (6)1199 SEIU/Employer Child

Care Corporation21st Century ILGWU

Heritage Fund

JOANNE LUKOMNIK FUND FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM

Physicians for a National Health Program/NY Chapter (PNHP)

KINDLING FUND

Advancement ProjectEqual Justice Initiativegenerative somaticsHand in Hand: the Domestic Employers

AssociationJews for Racial and Economic JusticeMake the Road New YorkNational Day Laborer Organizing

NetworkNew American Leaders ProjectNew Georgia ProjectNYS Civic Engagement TablePrison Policy InitiativeProject SouthResource GenerationSentencing ProjectSouthern Center for Human RightsUltravioletUnited Workers Congress Project

ANONYMOUS DONOR ADVISED FUND

Center for Constitutional RightsDemocracy Now!The Horns ProjectMADRE

NYC VENTURE PHIL ANTHROPY FUND

Corona Youth Music Project

PALINDROME FUND

Community Voices Heard

REN FUND FOR JUSTICE

Faith in New YorkFood Chain Workers AllianceGlobal Greengrants FundIn These TimesSolar OneUnited for a Fair Economy

TOM AND MICHELE SOLIDARIT Y FUND

American Jewish World ServiceCommunity Voices HeardDoctors Without BordersNYC Coalition Against HungerPicture the HomelessPublic Policy and Education

Fund of New YorkSafety Net Project

UNFETTERED FUND

Astraea FoundationAudre Lorde ProjectMovement Strategy CenterResource GenerationSan Francisco Organizing ProjectThird Wave Fund

ROSE AND SHERLE WAGNER FUND

Ya-Ya Network

BARBARA ADLER ZELUCK FUND

Association for Union DemocracyCenter for Changes (Solidarity)Center for Constitutional RightsLabor NotesTeamster Rank and File Education and

Legal Defense Foundation

THANK YOU

This list reflects gifts received July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. We make every effort to accurately list all contributions. We extend our heartfelt apologies for any mistakes or omissions. For corrections, please contact Development Officer Kofo Anifalaje at [email protected].

GRANTS [CON’D]

Kesi Foster, Maria Bautista and Lawrence Booker at 2015 Community Gala

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Gerry WallmanEdward WightAmy WolfSharon Wyse and David

SatzHeding YangLuna Yasui

$500 - $999

Katherine AceyRachel AlexanderAmerican Working CapitalRobert ApodacaArctic FoxThe Batir FoundationBauman FoundationMitra BehrooziBerlinRosenThe Bogdahn GroupLorna BrettEllen BrooksRichard BurnsPatricia Campos-MedinaThomas CannellGabe CaprioGene CarrollOona Chatterjee and Angel

VeraEmily ChepioaMona ChunColumbia Partners

Investment ManagementColumbia School Of Public

Health And Social WorkLinda Cronin-Gross

Joseph DiNorciaMike DiYanniStephen A. DunwoodyElizabeth ElstonJohn Ericson and Jainee

McCarrollRonald and Frayda FeldmanFinProFord FoundationNelson FraimanAlexandra FreidusDr. Gail FurmanPaula GellmanMeredith GeorgeNancy GruberLeith HarmonRachel Erickson HeeLaurel HesterSara HorowitzJoseph Huser, Esq.Rafiq Kalam Id-DinJames JasperRussell G. & Elz Cuya JonesMadeleine JosephPico Kassell and Andrew

StromDeborah KingGayle KirshenbaumSusan KupferLocal 338Leslie LoweLuse, Gorman, Pomerenk

and Schick P.C.Geraldine MannionBeatrix and Gregor

Medinger

Sarah AbelowA is ForAmalgamated Transit UnionEugenia and David AmesFrank and Kathy BaxterAdam BlumenthalPeter BrestCorinna BordenLetitia BrownAnna BurgerMichael CampanileDonald CapocciaCenter for Economic

OrganizingAna Cepin and Ricardo

CamiloChadbourne & Parke LLPCharitable Development

ConsultingHelen S. Cohen and Mark

A. LipmanCohnReznickMark ColonThe Community

Preservation CorporationAlison ConantTheo Yang CopleyFrank CreamerJennifer CunninghamCWA Local 1180Thomas DavisMaddy deLone and Bobby

CohenDifede Ramsdell Bender

PLLCAndrea Douglas

Thomas A. DubbsTodd DumasMartha Easter-WellsLuke and Christine Elliott-

NegriMelissa and Trevor FetterMarjorie FineJennifer FlynnFoley Family FoundationStephen A. FosterAndy FrankCourtney FrantzFuoco GroupF.Y. EyePeter GatesRachel GelmanSally GottesmanLaura A. GrantAllan GuggenheimIan HendersonGreg Hoffman and Brad

JonesHugh Hogan and Patrick

MoffittHorizon Actuarial ServicesIAFF Financial CorporationInternational Association of

MachinistsInternational Union of

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

Mahnaz Ispahani and Adam Bartos

Babbie JacobsMark JurishMarion Kaplan

Donna Katzin and Alan Altschuler

L BrandsGara LamarcheRichard LefkowitzIsabelle H. Leighton and

Timothy J. CavarettaShelley LevineLochlin PartnersThe Marco Consulting

GroupLloyd V. MartinezLynne MayocoleRuth MessingerRosemary MooreMountco Construction and

DevelopmentRagnar NaessMonroe NewmanNewmark Knight FrankLoida Nicolas-LewisNixon Peabody, LLPChristine ParkerDavid PerrinLisa PhilpZahida PiraniPosner-Wallace FoundationBonnie PotterMike PrattPrincipal Building Services,

LLCProfessional Staff CongressProspect Hill FoundationDavid ProutyPrudential Fixed IncomeQMA

R. Rubin Family FoundationMichael Ratner and Karen

RanucciLianna Levine Reisner and

Elnatan ReisnerMichael ReynnellsArva RiceRashad RobinsonJonathan RodkinLynda RodolitzDawnella Rose-JohnsonThe Russell Family

FoundationJay M. SackmanJohn Sayles and Maggie

RenziPeter SchafferBarbara Schatz And

Frederick SchafferScherman FoundationJonathan SchorrArline SegalThe Segal GroupMichael Seltzer and Ralph

TachukSteve SeltzerBeth and Bob SheehanKate SolowLena SolowJessie SpectorAndrew SternHelen StillmanHal StrelnickSam TabetChris TerrioUllico Inc.

SALAMAT GRACIAS

Mega ContractingJim MetzingerAmy MillerCheryl MillsSolangel and Alberto

MinottaNational Consumers

LeagueNew PartnersPA Joint Board, Workers

United, SEIUPaula ParrishPentagramProject HospitalityJennifer QueenanLeonard RodbergRoosevelt InstituteIvan RosalesDavid RosenmillerRothstein FoundationSteve Safyer and Paula

MarcusSandler O’Neill and

PartnersRabbi Regina Sandler-

PhillipsLaura ScheuerAndrea Batista Schlesinger

and Ana Maria ArchillaMichael SchmaleRob SchneidermanHoward SheerDavid SmilowSSEU Local 371Andrew Starr-BochicchioRoger and Jennifer Tjong

Tjin Tai

Tannia TalentoMonica TaraziAmelia Tuminaro and

Michael BerlinLiz VladeckThe Ways of Peace FundLaura WernickSamantha WinslowKatherine Wolf

$100 - $499

Anonymous (5)Lynn and Elizabeth

AdelmanDavid AlexanderHenry AllenConstina Alston-HowleyAlexa AvilesJacoby BallardKatie BarnettJavier Ramirez BaronAnne BatchelderDagan BaylissWilliam BeineckeSarah BenditIngrid BenedictPaul BenjaminSamantha BergTamiko BeyerBenjamin BlackshearSusan Blickstein and

Kathryn StewartKimberley BoboElise Boddie and Maitland

Stewart

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Opal TometiJames TraubT’ruah: The Rabbinic Call

for Human RightsMardi and Dom TuminaroKatie UngerNisha VariaMolly and David VauxLise VogelTeresa von FuchsLarry WartelsSusan WefaldAdam WeinstockJoshua WesslerLeonora WienerDoug WingoAlex WolfJohn WonWorkers United Mid-

Atlantic RegionKatherine YagleEyal YerushalmiJoyce YuStella Zahn

$1 - $99

Anonymous (5)Sarah AbbottThomas AbernethyJohn Adler and Sherri

LevineRuss AgdernOrren AlpersteinTokunbo Anifalaje and

Charlene Phillips

Arab Women Active in the Arts and Media (AWAAM)

Emily AtwoodEleanor BaderSarah BakerRebecca BalmerSara BeinertCristina BenavidesMolly BennetKeith BlechmanSusan Bowers-JohnsonTodd BreitbartDeirdre BrillKaren BroderickMatthew BrownNaomi BrusselMelanie BushNathan BynumAnthony CaccavoMegan CampbJesse ChanNusrat ChoudhuryJean CochraneWarren CohenAllison CorbettCatherine CreagerCathy DangPierce DelahuntKatie DiamondEmily DumaBetsy EdaseryKirklyn EscondoChristopher EversJamie Favaro and Jonathan

Goldman

Danielle FerisMark FernkasAndrew FirestoneMiriam FogelsonElisa FrankLindsey FugettMolly GalvinMonica GeorgeCarrie GleasonSara GoldEileen Golberg and Rose

CoppolaNadia GomesBarbara GoodmanRika GornSamuel Graham-FelsenMeredith GrayAbner GreeneSophie HagenJasmine HallLauren Hall-LewJill HambergKate HammonDaniel HarrisEllen HermanTaryn HigashiMarleigh HigginsMadelyn HjertmannBenjamin HolzmanElissa HolzmanJane HorowitzMark HurvitzAvigail Hurvitz-PrinzGordon IfillInternational Women’s

Health Coalition

Marisa JahnMadeline JanisKjerstin JohnsonAmelia JonesJohnny JonesEmily KesslerHelen KimSusan and Michael KlonskyLeah KoenigBex KolinsDavid KotelchuckTamar Kraft-StolarJessica LeberSu-Jung LeeNicolette LennertTom Leonard and Chris

LioneFrances D. LevineStephen LichtySuzanne LipkinJoseph LipofskyHannah LupienCarol Lynch and Lon RisleyAaron MarcusStan MarkYotam MaromMaryland Working FamiliesMary McCorryMarie McGwierJohn MedinaSarah MichelsonMartha MillerJoseph Miller-GambleDenise MirandaRuth Misheloff

Mili BonillaPeter and Amanda BooneCarol BouskaJohn BreitbartGay BrookesHayden BrownLetitia BrownRolando BrownTani BrownJoan BuddElizabeth BuschCalibre CPA Group, PLLCPeggy ChanRebecca Chase-chenInslee CoddingtonYaniv CohenDiana Cohn and Craig

MerrileesHoward ConantEvelyn Copeland Leon DayanLule Demmissie and

Carmelyn MalalisKenneth DiamondstoneEstela DiazTaylor DigbySally K. Donaldson, Ph.D.Sarah EisensteinMary ElstonRahna EptingAna EspinaPatricia EvertLaura FergusonMeg FidlerSamantha FranklinAnne and Alan Friedman

Rosalie Friend, Ph.D.Tonya GayleFrances Geteles-ShapiroKathy GoldmanMegan GoldmanSusan GoodmanPamela GovernaleFrancis GreenburgerJohn HammondWanda HoathT.J. HoulihanDavid HsiaDuncan HuylerAaron JacksonJill Jacobs and Guy AustrianJames & HoffmanJews for Racial & Economic

JusticeAlison KaraszMaura KeaneySandra KillettCarol KolmertenCarol Korn-Bursztyn and

Alberto BursztynAhovi KponouBarry KrostichJason KwongLynn LaneBill LeavittSusan LeeIan and Lisa LevinLinda LilienfeldTony Lopez and Elaine Ruiz

LopezSarah LudwigJoanne Lyman

Ying-ying MaAnna MakanjuJune Makela and Mark

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CantyMargaret RauchDarcy ReberLilly RivlinKen RollingFrank and Jinx RooseveltRosenberg Fund for

ChildrenLeonard RubinDavid RuderStephan Russo

Rafael SamanezKarla SanchezJohn SaskoElizabeth ScheinesGary and Elisabeth

SchonfeldAndrew SchorrRachel SchragisMark SchultzKeith SchumannAllan and Sallejane SeifHenry SerranoJeanine ShamaBob ShullAlison SilveiraThe Simple Way Jubilee

FundJulie Sissman and Phil

RichterMarjorie SmithMichael and Debby SmithJames SoberOlan SoremekunRusty StahlBurke Stansbury and Krista

HansonLisa SteglichEllen StieflerCharles StillmanMary Ellen StittLee and Byron StookeyAndrea SwensonMilan TaylorThomas & Associates CPARachel ThornLinda Thibodeau

ASANTE

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Rachel SchragisMindy SchultheisKeith SchumannSonja ShieldIsaac SilverThe Simple Way Jubilee

FundSonny SinghJulie Sissman and Phil

RichterAylesse SordilloBo SvenssonPriscilla SwanTeresa von FuchsLarry WartelsThe Ways of Peace FundAlex WolfJohn WonHeding YangLuna Yasui

COMMUNIT Y FOOD FUNDERS

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation

The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Levitt FoundationLucius and Eva Eastman

FundMerck Family FundNew World FoundationNorth Star Fund

Surdna Foundation

DINNER GUYS

AnonymousAsian Americans/Pacific

Islanders in PhilanthropyMatthew BernsteinEdward BowserJames CantrellChristopher CappielloCarlos GarayPeter Tadao Gee and

Jeffrey A. HelfgottNoelle ItoAaron JacksonJonathan KatzKung KoFrank LiuJ.P. MaherJames MooreheadWilliam ReillyStephen Hilton Charitable

FundJames TanLinda ThibodeauSylvia VogelmanJarret Yoshida

EDUCATION JUSTICE FUND

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

Ellen BrooksBrown UniversityTani BrownMarjorie Fine

Alexandra FreidusProfessional Staff CongressDarcy ReberKate S.Heding Yang

INTERNATIONAL DREAMERS FUND

Anonymous (5)Samantha AlcalaMiguel AntunesNancy AuLindsay BaerFatoumata BahArnold BronfieldEllen BrooksMichael BrusoAlejandro BuenoYanet BuenoMegan C.Hector CalderonAimee CastroKeith CatoneJulie CavanaghFiona CheungPingling CheungJenny ChiuDmitri ChristopherCasey ClineRachel ColeSam ColemanAnnette DiefenthalerBrian and Scott Donnelly-

RamseyJill DowlingEcomukti

Kristen EuretigThe Fair Share FoundationVadim FeyderErica FoldyNancy GannonLibby GarlandGregory HalzenAlexander HeilKathy HonLynn HuangImentorReva Jaffe-WalterAudrey KasindorfTasha KellettJamie KesslerLeigh KlonskySusan and Michael KlonskyManni LeeRachel LeeAnneke LucasJessica ManDr. Norma MandelJustin MannHarold MontillaMinerva MoyaNisa NuonsySarah O.Laura OhmMaria PendolinoChris PojunasAshley PutnamArthur and Jay RichardsonMaribel RiveraDan RoboffNicole Rothwell

Philip MolloyMichael MullaleyShino Tanikawa OglesbyAlexis OrtizElisabeth Parkercori schmanke parrish and

Sierra SpingarnKathryn PartridgeLymarie PerezYasmeen PerezMeaghan PerkinsJeff PinzinoAmy Sutnick PlotchMartha PolkMitali PurkayasthaColin RaffelNitika RajRobert RobinsonMartha RoseAriela RothsteinKevin RyanKate S.Rafi SantoAudrey SassonAlexandra SchlossMindy SchultheisLisa SegalLinn ShapiroSonja ShieldMarissa SilapaswanIsaac SilverRichard SimonsSonny SinghAylesse SordilloEmerson Soto

Anna StaabSylvie SteinMeredith SuttlesBo SvenssonPriscilla SwanAlvarez SymonetteSarah TanseyErika TeutschDonato ViscoSylvia VogelmanJudith P. Ward and Bernard

TuchmanRachel WeinsteinLisa WhelanCarine WilliamsJennifer Weiss WolfJoanne WrightAlice YakerJarret YoshidaRachael YoungScott Zeller

ASIAN AMERICAN IMPACT FUND

Anonymous (2)Jill AguadoAsian Americans/Pacific

Islanders in PhilanthropyDaniel CahirDaniel and Jen ChiouEric and Elizabeth ChiuAmy ChouPatricia EngFelix HuangMaya IwataJessica Kawamura

Peter Kimand and Jane Eu Kim

Nicole KwohJason KwongJaclyn LeCindy LeeLaura MaOlympia MoyEvalani PandaraoanDaniel ParkSophia TuTong Xiang

BRONX DREAMING SCHOL ARSHIP FUND

AnonymousEmily AtwoodAnthony CaccavoEvelyn CopelandMarie McGwier

COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM

Anonymous (2)Sarah AbelowThomas AbernethyRuss AgdernJacoby BallardKatie BarnettWilliam BeineckeBenjamin BlackshearSusan Blickstein and

Kathryn StewartEllen BrooksMelanie BushNathan Bynum

Oliver CannellJean CochraneInslee CoddingtonColumbia School Of Public

Health And Social WorkSarah EisensteinElizabeth ElstonMary ElstonJamie Favaro and Jonathan

GoldmanDanielle FerisFund for Fair and Just

Policing in New York City at Tides Foundation

Carrie GleasonLaura GrantLauren Hall-LewDaniel HarrisJill Jacobs and Guy AustrianJews for Racial & Economic

JusticeRussell G. & Elz Cuya JonesHelen KimDeborah KingGayle KirshenbaumLeah KoenigJessica LeberTony Lopez and Elaine Ruiz

LopezMary McCorryAmy MillerNoVo FoundationElisabeth ParkerYasmeen PerezDavid RuderRafi Santo

MERCI

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Kathleen RuggerStephen RuszczykFatimah S.Norm ScottRob SerafinTim StoennerEthan StollerEdward TalenttiInes TorresStephanie ValentinDavid Wagner and Elizabeth

CecilSheila Webb-HalpernSteven WisloDaria WittMelinda WongAbbe WrightJoanna Yip

LET US BREATHE FUND

Anonymous (11)Sarah AbbottSarah AbelowRachel AlexanderConstina Alston-HowleyArcus FoundationRebecca BalmerCristina BenavidesPeter and Amanda BooneDeirdre BrillClementine BrownRolando BrownElizabeth BuschMelanie BushMegan Camp

Oliver CannellThomas CannellJesse ChanAlison ConantTheo Yang CopleyAllison CorbettPierce DelahuntKatie DiamondTaylor DigbyEmily DumaMartha Easter-WellsKirklyn EscondoHolly FetterAndrew FirestoneSarah FrankCourtney FrantzIan FullerMeredith GeorgeMonica GeorgeElspeth GilmoreBarbara GoodmanSusan GoodmanSamuel Graham-FelsenLaura A. GrantMeredith GrayJasmine HallTaryn HigashiMarleigh HigginsMadelyn HjertmannBenjamin HolzmanElissa HolzmanT.J. HoulihanMark HurvitzAvigail Hurvitz-PrinzAsa Johnson

Johnson Family FoundationAmelia JonesJohnny JonesRussell G. & Elz Cuya JonesBex KolinsNicolette LennertHannah LupienYing-ying MaJune Makela and Mark

FischweicherAaron MarcusVincent McGeeSarah MichelsonMartha MillerJoseph Miller-GamblePhilip MolloyMichael MullaleyNew York FoundationFelicity Nitzcori schmanke parrish and

Sierra SpingarnMeaghan PerkinsProspect Hill FoundationMitali PurkayasthaJennifer QueenanColin RaffelRobert Sterling Clark

FoundationRobert RobinsonIvan RosalesAriela RothsteinKevin RyanRabbi Regina Sandler-

PhillipsMichael SchmaleKeith Schumann

Marissa SilapaswanJean SimonsRichard SimonsJessie SpectorAnna StaabBurke Stansbury And Krista

HansonSylvie SteinHelen StillmanSurdna FoundationAlvarez SymonetteSam TabetSarah TanseyMilan TaylorMerry TuckerLise VogelRachel WeinsteinJoshua WesslerCarine WilliamsKatherine WolfJoanne WrightKatherine YagleRachael Young

NYC VENTURE PHIL ANTHROPY FUND

Nichole Martini

NYC YOUNG FEMINIST GIVING CIRCLE

Anonymous (2)Mia BrionesCaitlin HoElizabeth HoodyDoris LoNoVo Foundation

JËRËJËF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nisha Atre, ChairAndrea Batista SchlesingerOona ChatterjeeJennifer FlynnAndrew GoldbergPierre HauserHugh Hogan Asa JohnsonLloyd MartinezGonzalo MercadoChristine ParkerZahida PiraniMark ReedLisa SteglichAlvarez SymonetteMichael WatermanMaggie WilliamsIn Memoriam:

Betty Kapetanakis, 1952-2002

NORTH STAR FUND STAFF

Hugh Hogan, Executive Director

Elz Cuya Jones, Deputy Director of Resources and Strategy

cori schmanke parrish, Deputy Director of Programs and Operations

Helen Stillman, Donor Program Director

Kofo Anifalaje, Development Officer

Jennifer Arieta, Program Officer

Adam Liebowitz, Food and Environment Program Officer

Jodi Sh. Doff, Executive Coordinator

Kate Coley, Development Associate

ADVISORY BOARD

Gene CarrollMaria HinojosaCraig KaplanMonami MaulikIris Morales Michael RatnerArva RiceJohn SaylesCornel West, Ph.D.Barbara WinslowIn Memoriam:

David Hunter, 1916-2000Grace Paley, 1922-2007

COMMUNIT Y FUNDING COMMITTEE

Zakiyah AnsariDonald AnthonysonTeresa ArietaSusanna BlankleyAna Liza CaballesBetsy EdaseryFelix EndaraMiriam FogelsonJennifer FlynnSamantha FranklinJaritza GeigelAndrew GoldbergAli IssaAsa JohnsonSam J. MillerZahida PiraniRob RobinsonJah’dae RossHenry Serrano

Michael TikiliSamantha WinslowKatherine Wolf

SENIOR ADVISORS

Progressive Cities, Dan Morris, Media Relations

Kathleen Pequeño, Strategic Communications

Charitable Development Consulting, Planned Giving

Lisa Cowan, Strategic Planning

VENDORS, CONSULTANTS AND VOLUNTEERS

Ahoy StudiosAlana Mitnick BenjaminAligraphicsAlmoradie Media, LLC Ana Espina,

Thomas Associates Andy Collazo, Abrazos Music

& Entertainment Angelica Otero Apple Direct Mail Services,

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Cooperative Carrie Chatterson Studio,

LLC Cynthia Wong Four32cDaniel GrossGerard Gaskin Henry SerranoIdealist ConsultingJeff Thomas Jenny LindstromMargarita Hernandez

OUR COMMUNITY

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RECENT STAFF AND INTERNS

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ANNUAL REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

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