Donor Stories

Oliver Hubbard, a chicken farmer in Walpole, invested an original total of $35 million with the Foundation to help prevent substance use disorders. Courtesy photo.

The chicken farmer who changed the curve

June 1, 2012

Oliver Hubbard of Walpole invested $43.5 million with the Foundation to battle the disease of addiction in New Hampshire

For all her fondness of international travel, Louise Tillotson loved the North Country, and it quickly became her home. Courtesy photo.

A renaissance woman at home in the North Country

June 1, 2012

Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship boosts the communities she loved the most

Neil Tillotson left home at 15 and went on to become one of the great entrepreneurs and venture capitalists of the 20th century. Courtesy photo.

The legacy of the ‘Mayor of Dixville Notch’

June 1, 2012

In the colorful history of New Hampshire’s North Country, few characters stand above Neil Tillotson, whose philanthropy continues to shape the region

Marguerite Wellborn and her husband sit on the porch of their cabin in Bradford, VT. Photo courtesy of Sally Wellborn.

A simple bequest, an enduring impact

April 18, 2012

Marguerite Wellborn's ecology fund shapes environmental education in the Upper Valley

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