A letter from Foundation President Dick Ober
September 24, 2025
When I was asked to take on the role of president and CEO of the Foundation, I fully expected this to be the most rewarding and humbling experience of my professional life — and it has been both.
Effecting change at the local level: wisdom from community foundation CEOs
September 18, 2025
Foundation President and CEO Dick Ober joins a discussion about the power of local giving on the Center for Effective Philanthropy's podcast, Giving Done Right.
‘In community,’ a message from our board and CEO
June 26, 2025
The challenges of this era are like nothing we have seen before. The Foundation is committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with you, in community, to help make sure everyone in New Hampshire has the opportunity to thrive.
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Our shared work now
January 9, 2025
It has never been more important to look outward, to embrace a shared imperative to build communities of care and belonging, to protect the most vulnerable, to try to heal community fractures.
Here for Good
September 18, 2024
Charitable Foundation president and CEO Richard Ober's remarks from the Foundation's fall, 2024 community events.
‘Here for good,’ a message from our board and CEO
July 30, 2024
New Hampshire’s statewide community foundation was launched in 1962. The era was one of both challenge and peril — but also of audacious optimism, and belief in what was possible. We again find ourselves again in an era of complex challenges. Challenges in decades to come may be more complex yet. The Charitable Foundation will be here. For good.
Helping New Hampshire families thrive
May 21, 2024
New Hampshire nonprofits are bringing extraordinary dedication and ingenuity to the task of making high-quality, affordable child care available to all families who need it.
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.
Nurturing our Civic Health
December 19, 2022
Civic health undergirds every issue and is a good in and of itself: People are more productive and happy when they are informed, welcomed and respected.
Together We Thrive
May 19, 2022
The Foundation’s new strategic plan is focused on advancing equity and racial justice — to help make New Hampshire a community where we can all thrive, together.
Foundation statement on state budget
June 30, 2021
A state budget is a statement of community values, and we believe that elements of this budget and trailer bill run contrary to the values of free speech, democratic representation and equality of opportunity.
How’s our civic health?
June 24, 2021
The latest NH Civic Health Index from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire shows that the state does well by some measures — and it also raises some critical questions.