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Check out the latest posts from the Foundation and our partners, read about great grants and the generous people who make them possible, and learn about the Foundation's work to help make New Hampshire a community where everyone can thrive.

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Foundation welcomes five new board members

George Bald, Peter Bergh, Jada Keye Hebra, Dottie Morris and Jenny Williams have joined the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s 16-member board of directors.



Aris Moore awarded 2024 Artist Advancement Grant

Portsmouth artist is recipient of grant that helps cultivate the Piscataqua Region’s arts community, boost artists’ careers and helps keep them living and working in the area.



Foundation files ‘friend of the court’ brief in ConVal case

Foundation encourages the court to uphold the fundamental right of every child in New Hampshire to receive an adequate education.



Nurturing the next generation of leaders

Gregory Williams of ADAPT, on how that organization is helping young people to develop confidence and resilience.



Here for the good of communities and people — since 1901

Anne Truslow of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests on how that organization is protecting and managing land for climate resilience as well as recreation, advocating for policy and funding, and engaging people in the outdoors.



Creating a new center of community

Jason Tors of The Loading Dock in Littleton, which has created space for the community to connect around a shared appreciation of the arts.



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New Hampshire Tomorrow

The Foundation is investing to increase opportunity for New Hampshire’s kids — from cradle to career.

  • Bringing it Home

    The Monadnock Economic Development Corporation is working to increase child care availability in the region through the “Bringing it Home” program, which is supporting in-home child care providers.

  • An evolution

    An integrated response to mental health and substance use disorders is key to promoting health and well-being — and to saving lives. As the science in the field has evolved, so has our work.

  • From chaos to thriving

    CASA volunteers bring stability and consistency to children who need it most. Judges refer a child to CASA when the state opens a child protection case. A volunteer CASA advocate is a child’s representative through court proceedings, developing a trusting relationship and offering extensive information to help judges decide what is best for the child.


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Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund

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


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Substance Use Disorders/Behavioral Health Portfolio

An integrated response to mental health and substance use disorders is key to promoting health and well-being — and to saving lives.


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Wellborn Ecology Fund

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

  • Helping schools pivot to outdoor learning

    As schools began to close this past spring, educators across the state scrambled to figure out how to keep teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs supported by the Wellborn Ecology Fund have been helping schools move to more outdoor instruction for years, and more schools are now making "outdoor classrooms" a regular part of the school day.

  • Chipmunk Game Theory 101

    The latest installment of "The Outside Story," sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, explains how eastern chipmunks have evolved to be energy maximizers, seeking to strike the optimal balance between energy gain per cheek-pouch load of food and number of trips back to the burrow.

  • Nearly $300,000 in grants will support place-based ecology education

    The Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation supports place-based ecology education in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont


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