North Star Dividend Fund Class I (NSDVX) is a small-cap value mutual fund that seeks to generate monthly dividend income through a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying securities with market capitalizations under $2.5 billion, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation; the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in such equities, targeting companies with dividend yields of at least 3% annually and a history of maintaining or growing payments. It offers Class I shares with a net expense ratio of 1.40%, no sales load, a minimum initial investment of $5,000, and a 2% redemption fee on shares sold within 30 days; the portfolio typically holds around 51 securities across sectors including consumer cyclical (22%), utilities (19%), financial services (15%), industrials (11%), and real estate (8%), with top holdings such as First American Treasury Obligs X, Oil-Dri Corporation of America, LSI Industries Inc, Sprott Inc, and Postal Realty Trust Inc. The fund operates in the U.S. equity market, primarily targeting small-cap value investors seeking income and modest growth, with assets under management of approximately $88.2 million and a median market cap of $749.6 million as of late 2025. Launched on February 1, 2010, as a successor to a predecessor limited partnership managed in the same style, the fund is managed by North Star Investment Management Corp., with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, and is part of the Northern Lights Fund Trust II domiciled in Wilmington, Delaware. In recent developments, the fund announced short-term capital gain distributions of $0.0771 and long-term capital gain distributions of $0.0326 per share for 2025, ex-dividend on December 8, 2025, alongside monthly income distributions continuing through November 2025; performance as of September 30, 2025, showed YTD returns of 2.55%, 1-year annualized returns of 3.02%, and inception-to-date annualized returns of 8.81% net of fees, underperforming the Morningstar Small Value Index in most periods amid elevated market turnover of 34%.