Development Director Kofo Anifalaje interviews North Star Fund donor-advised fund holder Sarah Frank. Sarah has had a donor-advised fund (DAF) through North Star Fund for several years.  Sarah made some donations during the pandemic that are unique to her situation, but has great insight to share for any donors interested in supporting community organizing.

Kofo and Sarah talk about ways to be a responsible and accountable donor in these demanding times. Their conversation talks about how to move money with intention, including when to use a DAF and balancing it out with other forms of giving. 

In this episode, our deputy director Elz Cuya Jones talks with Nat Chioke Williams about our long shared history of challenging philanthropy to move money—in particular to Black-led movements. Elz and Nat talk frankly about the challenges we face working within the philanthropy system, and as leaders of institutions calling for a different type of commitment.

Our Hudson Valley Program Coordinator Gabriela Quintanilla interviews the Underground Center, one of our grantees doing some less conventional organizing. The Underground Center empowers people to create economic and social power through mutual aid efforts and interconnectedness with the land. And they do it with an awareness of the long, unsustainable relationship between New York City and the Hudson Valley.