About North Fund
The North Fund identifies and evaluates applications from leaders engaged in missions, educational initiatives, and campaigns that seek to expand equity and improve quality of life across the United States. It fiscally sponsors and supports projects focused on economic opportunity, racial and gender equality, voting rights protection, and advocacy campaigns including ballot initiative campaigns.
Focus Areas
economic opportunitypaid family and medical leaveaffordable educationaffordable housingaffordable health careracial equalitygender equalitycivic engagementvoter protection and voting systemsballot initiative campaignspolicy advocacy
Who They Fund
civil rights organizations
About North Fund
North Fund’s recent giving is dominated by large, repeated grants to advocacy intermediaries and campaign infrastructure. The biggest award in the current list is $5.7 million to Your Community Pac, followed by multiple multimillion-dollar grants to Sixteen Thirty Fund across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern points to a funder that works through fiscal sponsorship and support for mission-driven projects rather than individual giving. The foundation backs efforts tied to civil rights, social action, and advocacy, with support also appearing for technology and innovation work. Recent awards include $4.1 million to Somos Pac in both 2023 and 2024 and $2.4 million to Rewiring America Inc in 2025. Other large grants show a continuing interest in electoral and policy work, including support for groups such as Advance American Democracy Inc and Run for Something Action Fund. North Fund also identifies and evaluates applications from leaders engaged in educational initiatives and campaigns aimed at expanding equity and improving quality of life across the United States.
What North Fund Funds
North Fund’s subject areas cluster around advocacy, civic engagement, and policy change. In civil rights and social action, it gave $2.3 million to Advance American Democracy Inc for advocacy and voting-related work, with additional grants to the same recipient in 2023 and 2025. It also funds organizing tied to electoral participation. Run for Something Action Fund received $1.75 million in 2024 and another $1 million in 2023 for advocacy support. In economic policy, Workmoney Inc was awarded $1.35 million in 2024 and $1 million in 2023 for civil rights, social action, and advocacy. The portfolio extends to energy-related social impact through $2.4 million to Rewiring America Inc in 2025. That grant sits alongside support for technology and innovation work within a broader advocacy-oriented grantmaking pattern.
How North Fund Gives
Typical grants are substantial: the 25th percentile is $75,000, the median is $200,000, and the 75th percentile is $400,000. The recent list also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including Sixteen Thirty Fund, Somos Pac, Advance American Democracy Inc, Run for Something Action Fund, Workmoney Inc, New Left Accelerator, Ohio Progressive Collaborative, Keep Country First Policy Action, and Rewiring America Inc. North Fund is classified as a Pure DAF Provider, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$34M
Total Assets
$50.5M
Total Revenue
$45M
Total Expenses
$53.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $75K and $400K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$75K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$400K
Geographic Reach
National30 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JIM GERSTEIN
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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