The Rapid Response Grants is designed to support organizing, activism, and strategic convening in response to urgent threats or breaking opportunities, especially during critical junctures of a campaign.
Donor Name: North Star Fund
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
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.
In these challenging times, the elected leaders and institutions are not always protecting communities of color and vulnerable populations. Rapid response grants may be used to pressure them to do the right thing. Unfortunately, they do not support replacing lost revenue, providing food or other basic needs to individuals, or educating communities about available services.
Funding Information
$2,500 or $5,000 for immediate actions.
Grant Period
12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- North Star Fund will consider requests from organizations that meet all of the following requirements:
- Organizations developing a response due to an unforeseen shift in political landscape, or organizations at a critical juncture within a campaign
- Can demonstrate some elements of community organizing
- Work is conducted in one of the five boroughs of New York City, or in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia, Greene, Delaware, Rensselaer, Albany and Schoharie counties. Grantees must be located either in NYC or within at least one of these counties, but do not need to work in all the listed locations. Local chapters of statewide or national organizations may apply.
- Due to limited resources, North Star Fund will prioritize:
- Current and former grantees
- Organizations that have an annual budget under $800,000.
For more information, visit North Star Fund.
