What We’re Up To

New Hampshire Tomorrow

The Foundation is investing in four proven focus areas to increase opportunity for New Hampshire’s kids — from cradle to career.

• Today’s opportunity, tomorrow’s workforce

  Giving hard-working New Hampshire kids a roadmap to success

• A deep and steadfast commitment

  The Sundman family's quiet generosity has helped dozens of young people from Littleton to go to college. Now, David Sundman is expanding the scholarship fund created in his mother's honor by giving through an IRA charitable rollover. Foundation senior philanthropy advisor Linda Gray explains that the fund will help Littleton students for generations to come

• Survey data show reasons to celebrate prevention

  Youth Risk Behavior Survey is critical in understanding young people's risk factors for addiction — and in tailoring efforts to help them stay healthy

Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund

One of the largest permanent rural philanthropies in the U.S. is strengthening communities and spreading economic opportunity.

• Young grantmakers take the lead

  The Empower Coös Youth Grantmaking Program of the Charitable Foundation's Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund is giving young people the opportunity to make some grantmaking decisions, learn about local needs and trends, develop leadership skills and deepen connections to community

• 2018 Northern Forest Regional Symposium focuses on outdoor recreation industry

  Initiative of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund brings leaders together every year to focus on opportunities and strategies to help North Country communities thrive

• Applicants sought for Community Practitioners Network: a leadership program for the North Country

  Program of Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund helps build and strengthen network of local leaders and enhance community and economic development
  

Substance Use Disorders Portfolio

The Foundation has made a long-term commitment to reduce substance use among New Hampshire youth.

• Survey data show reasons to celebrate prevention

  Youth Risk Behavior Survey is critical in understanding young people's risk factors for addiction — and in tailoring efforts to help them stay healthy

• Beyond the stigma: helping kids deal with trauma, suicide danger signs, more professionals entering recovery field and more

  "Solutions journalism" series looks at behavioral health and issues related to substance use in New Hampshire

• Exploring solutions: help for kids, new hubs planned for care, suicide prevention and more

  "Beyond the Stigma" series in the New Hampshire Union Leader takes a "solutions journalism" approach to reporting on addiction and behavioral health

Entrepreneurs’ Fund of New Hampshire

EFNH makes philanthropy part of how business is done in New Hampshire.

• Do Good and Do Well

  Experts weigh in on why philanthropic planning is an important part of business planning, particularly when planning for transition

• The Power of Many: Making a Difference for the Granite State

  Here are just a few examples of what happens in New Hampshire communities when people give, and work, together

• Without FIRST, ‘I wouldn’t be an engineer’

  Elizabeth Heath on how a nonprofit organization changed the course of her life, and how she is paying it forward

Smarter Pathways

We’re bringing state leaders together to prepare New Hampshire students for the workforce of tomorrow.

• Building economic opportunity

  Foundation VP of Community Impact Katie Merrow outlines how the Foundation is working to increase opportunities for our kids – and help businesses to thrive – in this "Business Monadnock" article

• A promising future

  Foundation scholarships help Paige Libbey prepare for a STEM career in New Hampshire

• Building a STEM workforce

  Foundation initiative is helping kids pursue STEM studies and careers

Wellborn Ecology Fund

The Wellborn Ecology Fund is dedicated to increasing environmental and ecological science knowledge in the Upper Valley.

• “The soul of a dead woodsman”

  The latest installment of "The Outside Story," sponsored by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Wellborn Ecology Fund, explores the folklore and natural history of the gray jay

• Cutest moth ever?

  The latest installment of The Outside Story, sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, solves the mystery of the fuzzy, pastel-hued Rosy Maple Moth.

• Ice-out data adds to knowledge about climate change

  The latest installment of The Outside Story, sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, explores local data showing ice-out coming earlier, lilacs blooming sooner and predictions of shorter sugaring seasons