Stories and insights
Siblings getting ready for the careers of their dreams
February 14, 2020
Charitable Foundation scholarships are helping Marissa and Dalton Courtemarche of Lyndeborough finish their degrees and embark on careers in veterinary medicine and environmental conservation.
Grants map shows where NH generosity is making a difference
February 11, 2020
New interactive tool allows users to explore Foundation grantmaking by region, interest area, initiative and more.
Rooted in community
February 6, 2020
Taproot Farm & Environmental Education Center makes communities stronger by connecting people with healthy, local food.
Building on the North Country’s strengths
February 4, 2020
The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation made $3.4 million in grants to 58 nonprofits in Coös County and surrounding communities in 2019.
Meet Rosalind Erwin
January 30, 2020
The Foundation's new senior program officer for the Piscataqua Region and environmental grantmaking on the delight of learning new places, the coolest-ever internship (jellyfish husbandry!), her current favorite nature writing — and more.
‘Like a warm blanket wrapped around me’
January 28, 2020
Lakes Region Family Resource Center is one of 18 in New Hampshire that provide wraparound services to help families thrive.
A future NH firefighter is achieving her dreams
January 23, 2020
Kaylee Downs of Rochester is earning a degree in fire science from Lakes Region Community College with help from Charitable Foundation Scholarships.
Learning at the edge of the comfort zone
January 22, 2020
Elizabeth A. Dragon, Keene City Manager and 2019 recipient of the Caroline and Martin Gross Fellowship, reflects on how the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard pushes attendees to the edge of their comfort zone – the best place to learn.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation grants nearly $3.2 million in operating support to nonprofits
January 16, 2020
Funding from Foundation's Community Grants program is focused on providing multiyear operating support to nonprofits working all over New Hampshire.
Australia’s bush fires: Here’s what you can do to help
January 15, 2020
Australian Communities Foundation shares information on how to best help their country recover in the months and years ahead.
From a Lego robotics kit to ocean engineering
January 14, 2020
Matthias Page of Claremont, an ocean engineering and mathematics major at the University of New Hampshire, is working his way through school with help from a Charitable Foundation scholarship.
Chipmunk Game Theory 101
January 10, 2020
The latest installment of "The Outside Story," sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, explains how eastern chipmunks have evolved to be energy maximizers, seeking to strike the optimal balance between energy gain per cheek-pouch load of food and number of trips back to the burrow.