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Compiled by Angelique Molina-Mangaroo

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Funding community groups to help them create meaningful change

In New York City and throughout the state, when legislation is finally passed, it can often be traced back to a handful of scrappy community groups – sometimes even just one that did the slow, hard work of knocking on doors, rallying on the steps of City Hall or in front of the Capitol in Albany and getting lawmakers to sign on to their agenda. But that methodical work takes money, for everything from printing posters and leaflets to hiring a few key staffers to keeping a campaign moving day-to-day. 

That's where North Star Fund comes in. According to its website, as of June 2023, the organization, founded in 1979, has awarded over $117 million in grants to over 2,800 organizations, via donor-advised funds and philanthropic partnerships. “We fund work that is led and enacted by people directly affected by an issue,” reads its website. "If you see a group of New Yorkers on the steps of the state Capitol or in the streets demanding their rights, we probably fund them now or have funded them in the past."

Read more here. 

– Tim Murphy

Jennifer Ching, executive director of North Star Fund GERARD GASKIN/NORTH STAR FUND

FROM NYN

The 2024 Nonprofit Power 100

TODAY'S BUZZ

City Harvest, New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization, kicks off its annual Hunger Action Month campaign with the release of alarming new data revealing that average monthly visits to New York City food pantries and soup kitchens this year remain up more than 82% compared to 2019. Hunger Action Month aims to raise awareness of food insecurity and invites the public to take action to feed those in need. 

Westchester Nonprofit OpCon: October 30th at Westchester County Center

For the third year, NYN Media is headed to Westchester to host our Nonprofit OpCon event! Find out how to make things easier & more pleasant for executive leadership, operations, IT, risk, finance, HR & more, and learn about new industry standards and guidelines to improve your nonprofit’s impact!

The event will feature speakers from: Office of the Westchester County, Westchester Institute for Human Development, Community Housing Innovations, Inc., Westchester Jewish Community Services, Association of Development Officers, Yonkers Partners in Education, Graham Windham, The Children’s Village, Pro Bono Net, Westchester Community Health Center, an more!

Early-bird ticket rates are available for a limited time… Register today! 

Sponsored by: Nonprofit Westchester, T-Mobile for Government, Charles Newman Co., Citrin Cooperman; Denham Wolf; JMT Consulting; Madison Approach Staffing; Roberta Katz Consulting; Roundtable Technology; Thompson & Bender; TriNet; USI; Your Part-Time Controller; and Your Part-Time Controller.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Homeless Services: The department awarded $138,233,348 to Children's Rescue Fund - Icahn House for commercial hotel and sanctuary sites.

TOP NEWS

More than 900,000 New York City public school students will return to classes without a citywide smartphone ban after Mayor Eric Adams' last-minute announcement to delay its rollout, leaving some educators scrambling to craft their own policies for their classrooms (Gothamist) … The city Department of Homeless Services has quietly provided 150 migrant families with up to $4,000 each to exit the city shelter system and move into permanent housing, agency officials confirmed to Gothamist (Gothamist) … With 64,000 migrants shuttling through a warren of shelters in New York City, one of the city’s more difficult challenges is among the more unheralded: delivering the mail (The New York Times) … A nearly 30-year-old family supportive housing development in Clinton Hill will be completely rebuilt and expanded after a Council Member Crystal Hudson allocated $1.5 million to the project (Brooklyn Paper) 

ANALYSIS

How New York City is getting screwed out of $4.2 billion in state green bonds (The City)

OPINION

America’s luck on unemployment may soon run out (The New York Times)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To DeNora Getachew,  CEO of DoSomething.org

MOVING ON: Socheatta Meng joins Mekong NYC as executive director

Have a birthday, career change, birth or death to announce? Email Angelique Molina-Mangaroo at amolina@nynmedia.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

In person

Sept. 10 – NewYorkBIO’s Innovation Summit (Quorum by Convene, Manhattan) 

Sept. 11 – Notes Of Tribute: Viewing The 9/11 Memorial Lights (Manhattan)

Sept. 12 – 2024 Not-For-Profit Summit (St. Francis College, Brooklyn)

Sept. 12 – Advocacy Learning Lab for Nonprofit Professionals (Westchester Library System, Elmsford)

Sep. 14 – Early Education Conference of New York (Apella, Manhattan)

Sep. 14 – 2024 Heroes Against Heroin 5K (Jones Beach State Park, Long Island)

Sep. 15 – The Brooklyn Workers Circle School Open House (95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Sept. 18 – Brooklyn Bridge to Employment Career Fair (North Brooklyn YMCA, Brooklyn)

Sept. 18 – Brooklyn Tech Talks: Funding for Founders (Newlab, Brooklyn)

Sept. 19 - 22 – The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Cycle for the Cause (New York City)

Sept. 25 – Redefining Aging: From the Boardroom to the Bedroom (92nd St. Y, Manhattan)

Sept. 30 – Little Flower Children and Family Services of NY’s 27th Annual Golf Classic (Huntington, New York)

Sept. 30 – The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute Gala (Cipriani South Street, Manhattan)

Oct. 1 – The Children’s Village Hosts Golf and Tennis Classic (Ardsley Country Club, New York)

Oct. 8 – Rising Ground’s Fall Benefit (La Vibra NYC, Manhattan)

Oct. 9 - Samaritan Daytop Foundation's 2024 Annual Gala (409 E 59th Street, Manhattan)

Oct. 9 – Budget Forum with Westchester County Executive George Latimer (Westchester Library, Elmsford)

Oct. 15 – Justice In Action: The Fortune Society's 2024 Annual Gala (Gotham Hall, Manhattan)

Oct. 17 –  Green-Wood Cemetery - Nightfall: Time Flies (500 25th Street, Brooklyn)

Oct. 22 - Osborne Association's 2024 Annual Benefit (The Mandarin Hotel, Manhattan)

Oct. 23 – Budget Forum with Westchester County Board of Legislators (Westchester Library, Elmsford)

Oct. 24 - SCO Family of Services’ Treiber Memorial Golf Outing (The Creek & Meadow Brook Club, Long Island)

Oct. 29 – The Art Show Benefit Preview for Henry Street Settlement (Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan)

Oct. 29 – Union Square Partnership: Harvest 2024 (Civic Hall, Manhattan)

Nov. 1 – The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center’s Women’s Event 2024 (Ziegfeld Ballroom, Manhattan)

Nov. 1 – Radio Bingo™ Spooktacular - Options for Community Living, Inc. (American Legion Post 94, Babylon)

Nov. 7 - Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's annual House Party (58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn)

Nov. 7 – Nonprofit Board Power (Westchester Library, Elmsford)

Nov. 14  – Nonprofit New York 2024 Annual Conference (Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, Manhattan)

Nov. 19 – Generation to Generation Dinner presented by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (36 Battery Pl, Manhattan)

Online 

Sept.  4 – Phone Bank for Voting Rights presented by the Workers Circle

Sept. 5 – Our Abortion Stories: 7 Stories of Heartbreak, Courage and Hope presented by the Workers Circle

Sept. 6 – First Fridays presented by the Workers Circle

Sept. 10 – Help Voters Get the ID They Need to Vote presented by the Workers Circle

Sept. 18 - Talent Is Our Greatest Asset: Talent Trends in Healthy Organizations

Sept. 19 – Nonprofit Matters – AI Implementation: Risks, Precautions, and Protections

Sept. 25 - Sustainable Communities: Managing Change, Innovating for Resilience

Submit your event by sending a short description and a working link to Angelique Molina-Mangaroo via amolina@nynmedia.com.

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TRADE TIPS

Repositioning the revenue department for the content creator wave, part 2 (Nonprofit Pro)

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