Family resource centers step up for vulnerable families
June 18, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it hit the lives of vulnerable families with an overwhelming tangle of complication and peril. Family resource centers around the state rose to the moment, coming to the aid of people who needed them.
When school closes, breakfast and lunch close with it
June 12, 2020
Many children rely on school breakfast and lunch programs for an important part of their daily nutrition. When schools closed because of the public-health crisis, nonprofits and school districts stepped in to fill the gap, making sure children continued to get those meals. Many are now working on starting or expanding meals programs to cover the summer months.
A global pandemic cannot stop meals-on-wheels
June 8, 2020
Programs around the state have had to adapt, but they have continued to deliver food to elders and people with disabilities, and to provide critical wellness checks.
Coming to the aid of victims of domestic and sexual violence
June 1, 2020
Stay-at-home orders meant many victims were trapped with their abusers. Nonprofits have fast-tracked technology, worked with the courts, communities and police and adapted operations to try to keep people safe.
Charitable Foundation announces latest grants and gifts to support NH during crisis
May 28, 2020
Generous New Hampshire people have rallied to help their neighbors, giving a total of $3,670,836 into the Community Crisis Action Fund since March 20. Nearly $7 million has been granted to community nonprofits since the COVID-19 crisis began to unfold.
Meeting urgent needs of homeless youth and young adults
May 21, 2020
A grant to Waypoint bought phones, phone cards, grocery and gas cards for the young people served through its Runaway and Homeless Youth program — whose lives were made even more perilous by the COVID-19 crisis.
There for Franklin’s children, no matter what
May 14, 2020
Many children who rely on intervention counselors like Amber Roux have had a lifetime’s worth of obstacles and traumas thrown at them before their tenth birthdays. Generous support from Charitable Foundation donors has helped to keep those counselors in Franklin's schools.
Charitable Foundation announces additional grants and gifts in response to COVID-19 crisis
May 11, 2020
The Foundation and its donors are responding to urgent community needs during the current crisis: feeding hungry children and families, sheltering people without homes, delivering meals to elders, caring for the sick, supporting people in recovery and much more. Generous New Hampshire people have rallied to help their neighbors, giving a total of $3,557,828 into the Community Crisis Action Fund since March 20. Since this crisis began to unfold, $6,223,858 in grants have been made in response.
Supporting local media in COVID-related reporting efforts
May 1, 2020
Reliable, accurate information is critical to public health. Grants are helping New Hampshire media outlets deliver that information statewide, including through a new Spanish-language broadcast.
Giving strategies to help NH through the current crisis
April 24, 2020
Foundation director of philanthropy and donor services Laura Rauscher details some ways to give to help our communities during this challenging time — and as we rebuild.
‘Everyday superheroes’ working to help homeless during pandemic
April 20, 2020
Homeless shelters across the state are adapting operations to help keep residents and staff safe while continuing to deliver on their missions. Grants from the Foundation's Community Crisis Action Fund have been deployed quickly to meet a variety of urgent needs — from paying for additional hand-washing sinks and sanitizing supplies to hotel rooms and tents.
Grants, generosity supporting NH communities in response to crisis
April 9, 2020
In the past three weeks, $2.4 million in grants have been made to address critical needs in our communities; generous New Hampshire people have contributed $2.6 million to the Community Crisis Action Fund.