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Nonprofits helping educate about absentee voting
All New Hampshire voters will be allowed to vote absentee in next month’s general election — for the first time ever. A coalition of New Hampshire nonprofits is working to help ensure that people know how to vote safely and securely.
Remembering Harold Janeway
Few people have given greater service to — or had a greater impact on — the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation than Harold Janeway. He was a beloved member of the Foundation community who will be profoundly missed. "When I think about Harold, I will always think of his ability to gently ask hard questions, his humor, his vision, his patience when it was appropriate and impatience when it was not,” said Foundation President and CEO Richard Ober. “I think there are two words that tie all that together — wisdom and love.”
Fresh Start Farms helping to feed our communities
The Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success operates farms that have become an important part of the local food-shed. A mobile market brings fresh, local produce to housing communities in Concord and Manchester, and a Food Hub is now operating in downtown Manchester. And a CSA delivers to homes and businesses.
You Delivered...
- $687 MILLIONGrants and scholarships since 1962
- $47 MILLIONGrants and scholarships in 2019
- $46 MILLIONCharitable gifts received in 2019
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation manages a growing collection of more than 2,000 philanthropic funds created by generous individuals, families and businesses. These donors make it possible for the Foundation to award more than $47 million in grants and scholarships every year.
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