North Star Fund’s Let Us Breathe Fund supports Black-led organizations building collective power through grassroots organizing in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
Donor Name: North Star Fund
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grassroots organizing seeks not only the transformation of individual lives, but the undoing of systemic racism, including specific laws and institutional policies that create inequities.
Funding Information
Let Us Breathe Fund grants are currently $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Let Us Breathe Fund prioritizes support for Black-led organizations in New York City and the Hudson Valley, meaning: 1) the composition of staff, board, or volunteer leaders reflect the community being organized; and 2) the organization has a collective leadership model where staff, board, volunteer or member-leaders share decision-making and stewardship.
- Multi-racial organizations applying for support will be asked to explain how they support Black leadership and confront anti-Blackness within their organization. White ally organizations, while not prioritized by this Fund, may still apply and will be expected to explain how proposed solidarity work reflects meaningful partnership with Black community organizations.
- The Let Us Breathe Fund also prioritizes Black organizations that bring a strong intersectional lens to their organizing approach and organize and uplift members of Black communities facing multiple oppressions, including women, immigrants, queer and transgender people, and disabled people.
For more information, visit North Star Fund.
