Press Releases
Charitable Foundation grants nearly $3.3 million in operating support to nonprofits
January 10, 2019
Funding from Foundation's Community Grants program is now focused entirely on providing multi-year operating support to nonprofits working all over New Hampshire
Young grantmakers take the lead
December 13, 2018
The Empower Coös Youth Grantmaking Program of the Charitable Foundation's Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund is giving young people the opportunity to make some grantmaking decisions, learn about local needs and trends, develop leadership skills and deepen connections to community
Applicants sought for Community Practitioners Network: a leadership program for the North Country
September 14, 2018
Program of Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund helps build and strengthen network of local leaders and enhance community and economic development
Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld, Pawn Nitichan and Dianne Mercier join Foundation Board
July 30, 2018
Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, Executive Director of City Year New Hampshire and President of People’s United Bank in New Hampshire join 13-member governing board
$600k in grants will support river and watershed conservation projects
July 16, 2018
Projects will help improve water quality, habitat, biodiversity, flood resilience in Connecticut River watershed
Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund announces $1.5 million in grants to support efforts in the North Country
July 5, 2018
Kids will get backpacks filled with nutritious food to keep their bellies full for the weekend. Residents will stay informed with more in-depth news coverage. And more
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation announces five scholarship recipients for the Bill and Esther Levy Scholarship Fund
June 25, 2018
The Bill and Esther Levy Scholarships support students from A. Crosby Kennett High School in Conway — awarding $65,500 for scholarships in 2018
Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowships awarded to four North Country teachers
June 14, 2018
Since 2007, the Louise Tillotson Fellowship has awarded $372,500 to North Country public school educators
James Vara awarded Caroline and Martin Gross Fellowship
June 13, 2018
Vara, chief of staff and associate attorney general at the NH Department of Justice, will take part in a three-week seminar for senior executives in state and local government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Justin Ballou Awarded 2018 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical
May 24, 2018
Campbell High School social sciences teacher will use "Socracademy" approach to teach American history through the lens of hip hop
New Hampshire residents to get job training for high-demand fields thanks to $250,000 grant from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
May 10, 2018
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation will award workforce-training scholarships over three years
New fund to support conservation projects in northern New Hampshire
April 30, 2018
Land and water conservation projects in New Hampshire’s North Country will get a boost from a new donor-advised fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation