Building an environmental justice movement in New Hampshire
October 10, 2023
Many individuals in low-income and marginalized communities are burdened with environmental issues they did not create. Furthermore, they are being denied the environmental benefits that they deserve.
NH Gives raises $3.3 million for more than 600 NH nonprofits
June 8, 2023
Nearly 14,000 people donated to local nonprofits during the state’s largest single day of giving
Free screenings of Anxious Nation coming to New Hampshire communities
April 14, 2023
New documentary will be screened statewide, accompanied by panel discussions and access to mental health and suicide prevention resources.
Equitable access through homegrown career pathways
September 13, 2022
‘I didn’t know these doors were open to me.’ Partner post from Reaching Higher NH about how schools are promoting equitable access through homegrown career pathways.
Evelyn Aissa, Sarah Mattson Dustin, Kristin Girald and Ritu Ullal join New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Board of Directors
August 17, 2022
The 11-member governing board oversees grantmaking, finances, stewardship of philanthropic resources and strategic initiatives for New Hampshire’s statewide community foundation.
We want New Hampshire to foster an environment that lifts the human spirit
April 1, 2021
If HB 544 passes — aimed ban to anti-racism, implicit bias and gender bias training in state-funded agencies, schools, and business — it would be severely problematic for our economy, our children, and our image to the rest of the nation
Teacher Kristin Lizotte reflects on her McAuliffe Sabbatical year
November 6, 2020
Each year, the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical awards a year-long leave of absence to an exceptional New Hampshire public school teacher. The sabbatical provides the teacher with the time, space, and funding to explore, through a self-designed project, new ideas and ways to enhance classroom teaching. Here, Kearsarge Elementary School teacher Kristin Lizotte, who was awarded the McAuliffe Sabbatical in 2019, reflects on her experience.
Remembering Harold Janeway
August 27, 2020
Few people have given greater service to — or had a greater impact on — the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation than Harold Janeway. He was a beloved member of the Foundation community who will be profoundly missed. "When I think about Harold, I will always think of his ability to gently ask hard questions, his humor, his vision, his patience when it was appropriate and impatience when it was not,” said Foundation President and CEO Richard Ober. “I think there are two words that tie all that together — wisdom and love.”
Here for New Hampshire
July 24, 2020
Read the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's 2019 annual report.
Remembering Anne Zachos
July 16, 2020
Zachos, who passed away earlier this month, chaired the Foundation’s board from 1994 to 1996 and served as a member from 1990-1998. Former Foundation President Lew Feldstein remembers the combination of "strength, confidence and humor" she brought to everything she did.
Remembering Charlie DeGrandpre
March 4, 2020
Longtime Charitable Foundation board member and regional advisor helped to structure charitable gift that has made a significant difference for people struggling with substance use disorder in New Hampshire.