Remembering Jennifer Mitchell Perkins
August 25, 2025
Jen was a longtime Charitable Foundation staff member and a devoted mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend and colleague. Family and friends have established a charitable fund in her memory.
‘You don’t have to be a Rockefeller’
January 28, 2025
Community foundations help generous people create meaningful legacies.
Scholarship created for Nashua students studying for trade credentials
December 30, 2024
Nashua Class of 1963 Vocational Education Scholarship Fund will help young people who are studying for an industry certificate or credential in trades from advanced manufacturing to HVAC to electrical technology to health sciences.
![Oluwakemi Olokunboyo of Dover received a McNabb scholarship to study nursing at Great Bay Community College [Photo by Cheryl Senter]](https://www.nhcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Scholarship-Hero-800x548.jpg)
A scholarship for neighbors by neighbors
June 25, 2024
Diana and Mark McNabb started a scholarship fund. Jacob Naimark pitched in. New Hampshire students benefit.
A generous act heard round the world
January 3, 2024
Geoffrey Holt left a surprise gift in his will, to benefit his adopted hometown of Hinsdale, NH. His story has been shared worldwide.
![Charitable Foundation President Dick Ober [Photo by Cheryl Senter]](https://www.nhcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dick-ober-purpose-fall-winter-2023-800x548.jpg)
A transformative gift
December 19, 2023
Oliver Hubbard left $43.5 million to the Foundation to address substance use disorders and related mental and physical health issues.
Business giving tips for businesses of all sizes
December 7, 2023
Placing giving and volunteering at the center of your organizational culture and identity is not only great for communities and the people in them — it also helps recruit, engage and retain great employees.
‘Love thy neighbor’
July 20, 2023
Through their donor-advised fund, Rev. Nancy Talbott and husband Steve Cole have helped clothe, house and feed families; helped children further their education or attend summer camp; enabled families to pay soaring utility bills; welcomed immigrants and refugees; sheltered families in crisis; provided Covid-19 relief; supported hurricane rebuilding; and provided for numerous childcare, youth and senior programs.
An American story
June 22, 2023
Elizabeth Bickel’s parents were immigrants who found ways to help other immigrants. Now, a scholarship in her name continues that legacy.
Scholarship honors a New Hampshire legend
March 27, 2023
The John Harrigan Memorial Scholarship Fund will help New Hampshire students who are studying Journalism and/or Environmental Science or Policy.
A camp converted into a forever source of support for Nashua-area children
August 24, 2022
Camp Doucet was enjoyed by thousands of Nashua children for decades. When it fell out of use, the nonprofit association that managed it decided to create two funds to benefit children and families in the Nashua region forever.
Believing in the power of education
June 6, 2022
David C. Prescott saved for years to create a scholarship that will help New Hampshire students for generations.