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The Mayhew Program residential summer program helps at-risk boys believe in themselves, work well with others and strive to reach their potential. (Courtesy photo.)

The power of a very generous crowd

January 4, 2019

Here are just a few examples of what happens in New Hampshire communities when people give, and work, together

Ben Amsden, senior program officer for the Lakes and North Country regions.

Meet Ben Amsden

September 26, 2018

New Charitable Foundation senior program officer on rural sociology, the perfect New Hampshire day, and a hobby that helps keep stuff out of landfills

Kayson and Aidan participate in circle time at Laconia Early Learning Center, a program of Lakes Region Child Care Services. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

On a mission to help our kids thrive

July 19, 2018

Lakes Region Child Care provides high-quality early education to 424 infants and children from 28 towns

Dr. Kelley White of Mid-State Health Center uses a customized screening, intervention and referral protocol to speak with young patients about substance use. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

How screening breaks the cycle

March 8, 2018

Dr. Kelley White talks about the profound effect of the state's drug crisis on her young patients, and how the "screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment" protocol is helping

The "great heath" in Beaver Brook Forest.

A forest stays a forest — and generates money to give

January 18, 2018

A generous family donated the 2,086-acre Beaver Brook Forest to the Charitable Foundation. Now, the land is in process of being conserved forever, and charitable resources generated by the sale are already at work in New Hampshire communities

Jim Curvey. (Courtesy photo.)

From a hardscrabble start, Jim Curvey built on education to succeed

January 18, 2018

Now, the Curvey family's philanthropy is helping others get the education they need, and helping struggling families in Carroll County

Meredith Peck of Plymouth, NH, Foundation scholarship recipient. (Courtesy photo.)

An aspiring doctor says ‘thank you’

August 1, 2017

The Foundation awards about $5.5 million each year in scholarships. Meredith Peck of Plymouth wrote recently to let us know how she is doing

Nancy Stearns, Lake Region Advisory Board member, at the annual Charitable Foundation Leadership Summit

Rooted in community, inspired to do more

February 14, 2017

Nancy Stearns on how regional advisors help connect the Foundation with every corner of the state, and how her experience reaffirmed her pride in New Hampshire

Katie Merrow, vice president of community impact at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and Dr. Cheryl Wilkie, Farnum Center senior vice president, 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award recipient. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Farnum Center recognized for management excellence

September 27, 2016

Recovery center receives the Foundation's 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award

The Weeks Family: John, Matt, Gail, Pat, Jack, Andrew and Tim. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Giving back is in the Weeks family DNA

August 23, 2016

Like the generations before them, Jack and Pat Weeks have passed on their philanthropic values to their children and grandchildren

Nonprofits recognized for exceptional management

November 13, 2015

Lakes Region Child Care Services and New Hampshire Children’s Trust receive
Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award

Brandon Bisson. Photo by Cheryl Senter.

Students head to campus with $5.24 million in scholarships

September 14, 2015

Foundation awards scholarships to promising students from 222 New Hampshire communities

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