Stories of community resilience - NH Charitable Foundation

People attended a rally in May 2017 for immigrant and refugee justice in Veterans Park in downtown Manchester. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

A message to our nonprofit partners about ‘Together We Thrive’

We launch this plan with understanding of how far we have to go, and excitement about how far we can go, in partnership with New Hampshire’s nonprofits and generous donors.

Members of the Community Listening Group.

A report from community: the barriers people face

As the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation undertook a strategic planning process to set priorities for the coming years, we first set out to listen closely to people who have faced those barriers.

State House, Concord, NH. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Why the Youth Risk Behavior Survey matters for young people’s health

Charitable Foundation opposes bill that would undermine the availability of reliable and valid data that is critical to helping keep New Hampshire’s young people healthy.

Kassie Eafrati of Berlin joins the Tillotson Fund’s advisory committee. To learn more about the #SmallActs campaign to promote neighbors helping neighbors, please visit: smallactsnorth.com. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund 2021 Report to Community

In 2021, the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund made more than $3.7 million in grants to support the North Country and surrounding communities in Quebec and Vermont. Read the stories of how the North Country's nonprofit sector has faced the combined challenges of our times with tenacity, ingenuity and strength.

Volunteer income-tax preparers urgently needed

Volunteering in this effort means helping families with children move out of poverty: Research from Columbia University estimated that the expanded child tax credit alone kept 3.8 million children out of poverty in November 2021 — which translates to a 30 percent dip in the overall child poverty rate in the U.S.

Meet Christina D’Allesandro

Christina joins the Foundation as director of early childhood and family supports. She talks with colleague Lois Shea about promising developments for families and children, her love of her home state of New Hampshire — and why she is optimistic for the future.

November 2, 2020. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Nonprofits help make sure people can vote

In November of 2020, amid very dark days of the pandemic, all New Hampshire voters were allowed to vote by absentee in a general election — for the first time ever. But not everyone knew how. A coalition of New Hampshire nonprofits worked to help ensure that everyone understood how to vote safely and securely.

Foundation urges state leaders to allow remote testimony

Citizen participation has always been a priority for the New Hampshire legislature. The health of our citizen government depends on it. And the health of our people and economy depend on stemming the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation joins many others in urging House and Senate leaders to provide the people of New Hampshire the option to testify remotely during the upcoming legislative session.

Rosine Uwineza, and Bertha Meija. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Building healthy communities

Grants from the Foundation's Community Crisis Action Fund, combined with federal CARES Act funding, made it possible for the cities of Manchester and Nashua to each hire four community health workers to to help people of color access care, testing and other services and resources to improve health outcomes.

Pictured (left to right): Lidia Yen, Maggie Fogarty, Anthony Harris and Grace Kindeke of the American Friends Service Committee. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Showing up on the side of justice

In an era of new complexities, tensions and awareness, the New Hampshire program of the American Friends Service Committee has been unwavering and expansive in its dedication to mission, working on a towering array of issues — from racial equity to immigrants’ rights to economic justice.

Bear-Paw Stewardship Coordinator Rue Teel (left) and Executive Director Katrina Amaral explore the Dearborn Forest in Raymond with Teel’s dog, Tilda. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Keeping open space open

As people took to local trails in record numbers during a global pandemic, they discovered that much of that open space had been conserved and access to it provided by small land trusts like Bear-Paw Regional Greenways.

Director and senior coach Khaleel Shreet at the New Hampshire Duet Program, a nonprofit which helps people enroll in and complete online degrees at Southern New Hampshire University. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Helping people achieve their American dream

Khaleel Shreet is director and senior coach at the New Hampshire Duet Program. “Through my education, I was able to transform my whole life,” he says. “I feel privileged to enjoy the life I have with my wife and daughter and I look forward to helping others reach their potential.”

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