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.

• Early childhood investments honored

  Foundation recognized for helping build statewide infrastructure for early childhood education

• New Hampshire residents to get job training for high-demand fields thanks to $250,000 grant from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

  New Hampshire Charitable Foundation will award workforce-training scholarships over three years

• On the road to a degree and a career

  Matt Faucher of Berlin is earning an associate degree in IT with help from a Foundation scholarship. New Hampshire's "dual admission" program means all of his credits will transfer toward a bachelor's degree at one of the state's public universities

Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund

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

• Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowships Awarded to Four North Country Teachers

  Since 2007, the Louise Tillotson Fellowship has awarded $372,500 to North Country public school educators

• Taking the Hard Cases

  New Hampshire Legal Assistance’s North Country staff provides civil legal services to those most in need

• On the road to a degree and a career

  Matt Faucher of Berlin is earning an associate degree in IT with help from a Foundation scholarship. New Hampshire's "dual admission" program means all of his credits will transfer toward a bachelor's degree at one of the state's public universities

Substance Use Disorders Portfolio

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

• Meet Traci Fowler

  New Foundation senior program officer talks about addressing complex social issues, timber framing, and loving the 'feisty, live-free-or-die-ness' of New Hampshire

• Beyond the Stigma: “Meeting people where they’re at”

  Lawmakers last year made it legal for health centers, public health networks and community organizations to operate what some call "needle exchange" programs

• Beyond the Stigma: Hope on Haven Hill

  Kerry Norton, R.N., a Hope founder and its program director, said the women who live here are “the bravest people” she knows

Entrepreneurs’ Fund of New Hampshire

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

• 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

• uSafeNH will be launched with help from $25,000 grant

  New smartphone app gives college students resources to help survivors of sexual assault

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.

• 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

• Once in a blue supermoon

  A blue supermoon will rise on January 31 — a rare occurrence indeed. The latest installment of The Outside Story, sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, explores the science...and encourages you to go out and take a look

• Bears make their beds for winter

  The Outside Story, sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund, explains how black bears 'go to bed fat and strong and wake up skinny and strong'