Mission

The purpose of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. The Foundation achieves its purpose by: encouraging donor partnerships to accomplish charitable purposes of all kinds; making grants and loans from funds contributed by individuals, organizations and corporations, to meet changing needs; and exercising leadership in the efforts of residents and public and private institutions to address emerging issues. Established in 1962, The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is one of the country's largest community foundations with a collection of nearly 1,500 funds established by donors for individualized charitable purposes; and grants to nonprofit organizations and scholarship funds to students totaling $30 million each year.