Meet Andres Mejia
August 27, 2024
Andres Mejia joined the Foundation in June as Director of Organizational Learning and Talent Development. He talked to the Foundation’s Lois Shea about the importance of making sure communities work for everyone.
Making voter registration a rite of passage
August 1, 2024
New Hampshire students organize to bring voter registration to school.
‘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.
Here for Good
July 25, 2024
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's 2023 annual report, "Here for Good," tells stories of how people around the state are addressing some of today's critical issues — from climate change to voting access, from health care to child care. The report is available online, and printed copies will be mailed soon. Please join us to continue the conversation at events in September.
Together we thrive: In our community
July 10, 2024
Grants are supporting efforts to help people thrive in every part of the New Hampshire community.
Gate city news gets a boost
July 2, 2024
A new source for local news and information is live in Nashua.
‘Be sure to give back’
June 18, 2024
Indrika Arnold is a senior wealth advisor and principal at the Colony Group. She helps people give with purpose.
Jennifer Horgan receives 2024 Caroline and Martin Gross Fellowship
June 11, 2024
The fellowship, now in its 30th year, was established in memory of the late New Hampshire House Majority Leader Caroline Gross and the late Concord Mayor Martin Gross to honor dedication to public service. Horgan will attend an intensive, three-week program with public servants from around the world.
Attempts to erode LGBTQ rights undermine the NH community
February 27, 2024
Our LGBTQ families, friends, neighbors and allies deserve to live in a New Hampshire community where they are safe, where they are respected, where they belong. As the legislature and governor have correctly recognized in the past — and as they should again — that kind of New Hampshire community is better for us all.
Report: Registration is key to encouraging young people to vote
February 22, 2024
A new report published by The Civics Center in partnership with the Coalition for Open Democracy shows that local voter registration drives can kickstart a commitment to voting – and that when our youngest eligible voters are registered, they do show up to cast their ballots. But New Hampshire has plenty of room to improve when it comes to encouraging young voters to register.
Boosting community vitality
February 14, 2024
Since 1993, the nonprofit Vital Communities has been bringing people together across sectors to tackle among the most complex challenges facing the region.
Together We Thrive: In Our Community
January 25, 2024
Nonprofits are improving the quality of life in every corner of New Hampshire