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Kristin Lizotte, a teacher at Kearsarge Regional Elementary School, has been awarded the 2019 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

The Power of Many: giving and working together for NH

May 29, 2019

A few examples of recent grants making a difference in communities around the Granite State: Portsmouth Music and Arts Center builds community through the arts; Christa McAuliffe's legacy continues; Kids in Chichester get new playground equipment; Empower Coös Youth Grant Committee makes its first round of grants; Veterans get support and services; History is preserved in Manchester; The largest remaining dairy farm in the Monadnock region is conserved

Some of the members of Mainstay Technologies’ ‘charity team,’ who decide what kind of work to support through the company’s donor-advised fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. From left, they are: Erin Mealey, Ryan Barton and Eric Shanley. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Applying ‘conscious capitalism’ to your mission

May 24, 2019

Mainstay Technologies ‘pays it forward’ through its donor-advised fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Foundation staff help identify giving opportunities, and the Mainstay "charity team" recommends grants — from helping refugee children be able to attend summer camp to contributing to a scholarship to help a student get his associate degree at NHTI

The Mayhew Program residential summer program helps at-risk boys believe in themselves, work well with others and strive to reach their potential. (Courtesy photo.)

The power of a very generous crowd

January 4, 2019

Here are just a few examples of what happens in New Hampshire communities when people give, and work, together

Ben Amsden, senior program officer for the Lakes and North Country regions.

Meet Ben Amsden

September 26, 2018

New Charitable Foundation senior program officer on rural sociology, the perfect New Hampshire day, and a hobby that helps keep stuff out of landfills

Kayson and Aidan participate in circle time at Laconia Early Learning Center, a program of Lakes Region Child Care Services. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

On a mission to help our kids thrive

July 19, 2018

Lakes Region Child Care provides high-quality early education to 424 infants and children from 28 towns

Dr. Kelley White of Mid-State Health Center uses a customized screening, intervention and referral protocol to speak with young patients about substance use. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

How screening breaks the cycle

March 8, 2018

Dr. Kelley White talks about the profound effect of the state's drug crisis on her young patients, and how the "screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment" protocol is helping

The "great heath" in Beaver Brook Forest.

A forest stays a forest — and generates money to give

January 18, 2018

A generous family donated the 2,086-acre Beaver Brook Forest to the Charitable Foundation. Now, the land is in process of being conserved forever, and charitable resources generated by the sale are already at work in New Hampshire communities

Jim Curvey. (Courtesy photo.)

From a hardscrabble start, Jim Curvey built on education to succeed

January 18, 2018

Now, the Curvey family's philanthropy is helping others get the education they need, and helping struggling families in Carroll County

Meredith Peck of Plymouth, NH, Foundation scholarship recipient. (Courtesy photo.)

An aspiring doctor says ‘thank you’

August 1, 2017

The Foundation awards about $5.5 million each year in scholarships. Meredith Peck of Plymouth wrote recently to let us know how she is doing

Nancy Stearns, Lake Region Advisory Board member, at the annual Charitable Foundation Leadership Summit

Rooted in community, inspired to do more

February 14, 2017

Nancy Stearns on how regional advisors help connect the Foundation with every corner of the state, and how her experience reaffirmed her pride in New Hampshire

Katie Merrow, vice president of community impact at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and Dr. Cheryl Wilkie, Farnum Center senior vice president, 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award recipient. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Farnum Center recognized for management excellence

September 27, 2016

Recovery center receives the Foundation's 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award

The Weeks Family: John, Matt, Gail, Pat, Jack, Andrew and Tim. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Giving back is in the Weeks family DNA

August 23, 2016

Like the generations before them, Jack and Pat Weeks have passed on their philanthropic values to their children and grandchildren

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