Ten Organizations Receive Support in Fall Grant Round

In our 2024 Fall grant round, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation has provided general operating support to ten organizations. Our shift to general operating support demonstrates the demand for resources needed for day to day operations by New Hampshire nonprofit agencies and organizations. Awards were made based on the applicant’s commitment and ability to […]

Trauma Responsive Community Highlight: Capital Region Early Childhood Coalition

Beginning in 2023, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation provided funding for Trauma Responsive Communities (TRC) in four areas of the state. One of these grantees, Capital Region Early Childhood Coalition, had already spent more than five years collaborating with various partners, including schools, police, mental health providers and social service agencies. These cross-sector relationships […]

Building understanding of issues that affect low- and moderate-income NH families

Objective data supports effective public policy / / The nonprofit New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) aims to provide unbiased information for state policymakers. Based in Concord, it has a staff of six, including long-time research director Phil Sletten, senior policy analyst Nicole Heller, and policy analyst Jess Williams. Gene Martin is NHFPI’s executive director. […]

Trauma Responsive Community Highlight

In January 2023, New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation initiated a multi-year project known as Trauma Responsive Communities (TRC) in four New Hampshire locations. This update, the second in our series, highlights the work of Trauma Responsive Monadnock whose service area encompasses the Monadnock Region in southwestern New Hampshire. The core of the Trauma Responsive Monadnock […]

Fall Grant Application Round Open Until 8/22

As announced previously, we have shifted our Responsive grantmaking from project-based to general operating support. Applicants can apply for one year of funding, up to $20,000, to support the day-to-day work of their organization. Grant awards will be determined based on applications that demonstrate the applicant’s commitment and ability to sustain or advance one of […]

Visionary Family Support and Recovery Program Leader Honored with Van Scoyoc Award

Michelle Lennon, president and chief operating officer of Archways, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Sandi Van Scoyoc Legacy Award by the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation. Archways is an integrated family resource center and recovery organization, with locations in Tilton, Franklin, Concord and Plymouth. Lennon’s work has prevented and reduced childhood […]

Nine Organizations Awarded Grants in 2024 Spring Round

In 2024, New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation shifted its responsive grant awards from project-based grants to general operating support. Awards are made based on the applicant’s commitment and ability to sustain or advance one of the Foundation’s responsive funding priorities and strategies. The following organizations received grant awards, totaling $170,000, to support their work in […]

2023 Annual Report Available

Following its strategic priorities to Educate, Invest, and Strengthen, over the last year the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation has moved to increase its role as a convenor, thought leader, advocate, and change agent in addition to our ongoing important work in grantmaking. In 2023 the Foundation’s Board of Directors established an Equity Task Force […]

Lessons From Foundation-Funded Initiative Shared in Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development

A project designed and implemented by the New Hampshire Pediatric Improvement Project and funded by the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation as part of its Childhood Adversity Systems Change Project has been featured in the Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development. The Childhood Adversity Screening in Primary Care Project was designed to […]

New Members Elected to Foundation Board

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its board of directors and election of new officers for 2024. Sabrina Dunlap is the Senior Director of Government Relations at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Manchester. Prior to joining Anthem, she practiced law for nearly a decade in the corporate […]