Apply for a scholarship
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is the largest provider of publicly available scholarships in New Hampshire, awarding more than $7 million to more than 1,600 promising students each year.
Because people cared
The 429 scholarship funds at the Foundation were created by generous donors who wanted to help the next generation of New Hampshire students reach their full potential.
Promise + need = scholarship
We are committed to finding and funding the most promising students with the greatest financial need. Scholarships are awarded to students for professional certificate programs, licensure, two- and four-year undergraduate degrees and graduate school.
Explore scholarship opportunities
Please see below for types of programs covered, and apply using ScholarshipSource, our single, online application. Students are matched automatically with all scholarship opportunities for which they qualify. Many awards are renewable for each year that a student is in school.
Before you get started
Step 1
Prepare your application materials.
You will need to have the following on hand to apply:
- Prepared answers for one or more essay questions
- An electronic copy of your confirmation page of your FAFSA report to upload
- The names and emails of people who will submit a letter of recommendation
- An electronic copy of the most recent cumulative transcript to upload (unofficial is okay)
Step 2
Log in or create a new profile on ScholarshipSource.
Simply go to ScholarshipSource and sign in or click on “First time users create an account” to create an account. (View step-by-step instructions on how to create a ScholarshipSource account.)
For additional ScholarshipSource account assistance, please review our instructions on how to reset your ScholarshipSource password, and how to retrieve your ScholarshipSource username.
Step 3
Complete and submit the online application.
It should take you about an hour to complete the online application. Once you start the application, you can save your work and come back to it later. Please submit your completed application by the due dates listed above.
Step 4
Write a note of thanks.
We encourage you to write a letter thanking the donor for your scholarship. Please send your thank-you note to the Foundation and we’ll make sure that it is forwarded along to the donor.
Our students
A scholar, a worker – and a welcoming presence for refugees
As a youngster in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hussain Amiri collected and sold firewood and made carpets to help support his family, then studied at night. After enduring war and trauma, his family arrived in Concord with only what they carried and very little idea of what to expect. Now, he is studying at Plymouth State University for a career in computer science and working as a case manager at Building Community in NH, helping refugees as they build new lives in New Hampshire.
A future NH firefighter is achieving her dreams
Kaylee Downs of Rochester is earning a degree in fire science from Lakes Region Community College with help from Charitable Foundation Scholarships.
“I would like to do something extraordinary in my field”
A partnership with the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation means that students who had faced barriers to opportunity are getting degrees, technical training and certificates to help them succeed in NH's workforce.
We're here to help

- Hannah Robinson
- Community Impact Associate
603-225-6641 ext 201
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- Hilary Miskoe
- Senior Student Aid Officer and Grant Systems Analyst
603-225-6641 ext 235
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- Jessica Kierstead
- Student Aid Officer
603-225-6641 ext 226
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