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Paul and Nancy Amato with a few of their friends at the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

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The Foundation is committed to increasing opportunity for all of New Hampshire's kids.


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The South Branch Gale River in Bethlehem, NH.

$690,000 in grants awarded for river and watershed conservation

Projects will help improve water quality, habitat, biodiversity, and flood resilience in Connecticut River watershed

Lancaster Play & Learn in Lancaster, NH. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Kids Count ranks NH high overall, yet vast inequalities persist

Foundation Senior Strategic Learning and Evaluation Officer Yulya Spantchak analyzes New Hampshire's results in the most recent Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The new data give New Hampshire much to celebrate — and point to areas where we can and should do more

Some of the members of Mainstay Technologies’ ‘charity team,’ who decide what kind of work to support through the company’s donor-advised fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. From left, they are: Erin Mealey, Ryan Barton and Eric Shanley. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Applying ‘conscious capitalism’ to your mission

Mainstay Technologies ‘pays it forward’ through its donor-advised fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Foundation staff help identify giving opportunities, and the Mainstay "charity team" recommends grants — from helping refugee children be able to attend summer camp to contributing to a scholarship to help a student get his associate degree at NHTI

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  • $596 MILLIONGrants and scholarships since 1962
  • $46 MILLIONGrants and scholarships in 2017
  • $57 MILLIONCharitable gifts received in 2017

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation manages a growing collection of nearly 2,000 philanthropic funds created by generous individuals, families and businesses. These donors make it possible for the Foundation to award more than $40 million in grants and scholarships every year.

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