Daphne Foundation

About Daphne Foundation

The Daphne Foundation’s clearest recent signal is a $100,000 grant to North Star Fund Inc. in 2025 for an Anti-White Nationalism Work Group and Pooled Fund. That gift points to a funder that supports coalition infrastructure, rapid-response capacity, and organizing against extremist activity rather than one-off direct service projects. Across the recent grant record, the foundation backs New York City–based community organizations working on community leadership, advocacy, systemic change, and social justice. Its recent support includes general operating grants to groups such as African Communities Together, Vocal-NY, Justice Committee, and Desis Rising Up and Moving, all at the $40,000 level in 2023. Those grants suggest a preference for flexible support to grassroots organizations already embedded in local campaigns. The foundation also funded North Star Fund for the Communities United for Police Reform Project, linking its anti-extremism interest with broader civil-rights and policing work. The Daphne Foundation’s giving aligns with a regional strategy centered on New York City, with repeated support for organizations in neighborhoods including Brooklyn, Jackson Heights, Corona, Long Island City, and Staten Island. The pattern is organization-based and community-focused, with grants aimed at strengthening advocacy networks and capacity within those coalitions.

What Daphne Foundation Funds

In anti-white nationalism work, the foundation gave $100,000 to North Star Fund Inc. for an Anti-White Nationalism Work Group and Pooled Fund. That grant shows support for coordinated response structures, not isolated projects. In police reform and civil-rights organizing, it awarded $40,000 to North Star Fund for the Communities United for Police Reform Project. The same issue area appears in a later $3,000 grant to North Star Fund Inc. for Communities United for Police Reform. Immigrant rights and services also appear in the record. Project Hospitality received $40,000 for El Centro Del Immigrante, and Staten Island Immigrant Center received $3,000 for general support. The foundation also supports community-led organizing by funding African Communities Together, Black Women’s Blueprint, Faith in New York, and Brandworkers International Inc. for general support, indicating a preference for flexible operating support across grassroots networks.

How Daphne Foundation Gives