Nonprofits work to meet a deeply challenging moment
November 24, 2025
There are many ways to help. 'Whatever you can do, do it.'
Julie Asher appointed inaugural executive director of the New Hampshire Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
September 9, 2025
NH ECFC is a coalition of New Hampshire funders and other organizations dedicated to improving outcomes for young children in New Hampshire. The Charitable Foundation is a member.
‘In community,’ a message from our board and CEO
June 26, 2025
The challenges of this era are like nothing we have seen before. The Foundation is committed to working shoulder-to-shoulder with you, in community, to help make sure everyone in New Hampshire has the opportunity to thrive.
In community
June 10, 2025
Read the Charitable Foundation's 2024 annual report, which includes stories of people redoubling their work in community, with great clarity of purpose. People turning toward one another instead of away. People doing the next right thing to serve those most in need. People persevering, together, in the face of great uncertainty.
Lawmakers should adopt a common-sense budget that helps people thrive
May 9, 2025
The Foundations urges the Senate to craft, and Governor Ayotte to endorse, a state budget that advances fairness, dignity, and economic prosperity for all the people of New Hampshire.
Together we thrive: In our communities 2025
March 4, 2025
From increased programming for Special Olympics athletes in the North Country to cleanup support for Keene residents recovering from storm damage: A few examples of recent grants making a difference around the Granite State.
‘You don’t have to be a Rockefeller’
January 28, 2025
Community foundations help generous people create meaningful legacies.
With a home and enough to eat, families can thrive
January 13, 2025
Meeting urgent needs while addressing root issues.
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Our shared work now
January 9, 2025
It has never been more important to look outward, to embrace a shared imperative to build communities of care and belonging, to protect the most vulnerable, to try to heal community fractures.
Foundation files ‘friend of the court’ brief in ConVal case
October 1, 2024
Foundation encourages the court to uphold the fundamental right of every child in New Hampshire to receive an adequate education.
‘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.