Kids Count ranks NH high overall, yet vast inequalities persist
July 16, 2019
Foundation Senior Strategic Learning and Evaluation Officer Yulya Spantchak analyzes New Hampshire's results in the most recent Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The new data give New Hampshire much to celebrate — and point to areas where we can and should do more
$690,000 in grants awarded for river and watershed conservation
July 12, 2019
Projects will help improve water quality, habitat, biodiversity, and flood resilience in Connecticut River watershed
Medicine to treat the whole child
July 11, 2019
Dr. Lisa DiBrigida of Amoskeag Health on a whole-family approach that helps children thrive
Community happens when new neighbors become old friends
July 9, 2019
The Dover Adult Learning Center serves about 1,000 students a year in its core classes — from high school diploma and equivalency classes to English for speakers of other languages, adult literacy, computer skills and career pathways
Welding her way to the career of her dreams
July 2, 2019
Medallion Fund scholarships helped Michelle Porter earn her degree in Welding Technology from Manchester Community College
Something that sticks
June 27, 2019
Steve Reno, director of Leadership New Hampshire, reflects on themes raised at Charitable Foundation's annual meeting: 'How often do we set out to make community, that is, deliberately to commit ourselves to the betterment of something larger than ourselves?'
Cedarcrest Center helps kids and families thrive
June 25, 2019
Center for children with disabilities in Keene has been caring for children with complex needs for more than a half-century
New instruments headed to Laconia, Manchester
June 19, 2019
Grants from the David M. Brooks Music Fund are sending new cellos, trumpets, trombones, flutes, violins and more to children in Manchester public schools; and guitars, keyboards, ukuleles and xylophones to public-school children in Laconia
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation announces three scholarship recipients for the Bill and Esther Levy Scholarship Fund
June 14, 2019
The Bill and Esther Levy Scholarships support students from A. Crosby Kennett High School in Conway — awarding $62,000 in scholarships in 2019
Elizabeth A. Dragon awarded Caroline and Martin Gross Fellowship
June 4, 2019
Gross Fellowship, now in its 25th year, enables a New Hampshire public servant to attend the three-week Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The fellowship honors an extraordinary elected or appointed official in New Hampshire state or local government who demonstrates leadership ability and the highest standards of performance in public service
‘To serve and give and make something better’
May 30, 2019
Tricia and Paul Casey have included the Foundation in their will and want their charitable dollars to be deployed where they are needed most — whatever the future may bring
Estate giving: a legacy for good, forever
May 30, 2019
One generous family kickstarted the greatest charitable legacy that New Hampshire has ever known. The Charitable Foundation's Spaulding-Potter Circle Legacy Society is named in their honor. When generous people include the Foundation in their estate plans, they join the Spauldings and Potters in that legacy for good.