New Hampshire · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in New Hampshire

Imperigo has identified 136 funders that made 1,583 grants totaling $105.9M to 200 arts & culture organizations in New Hampshire, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in New Hampshire

Total granted $105.9M
Funders 136
Grants 1,583
Organizations funded 200

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
347 grants to 115 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$19.3M
2. Paula and Jerry Gottesman Family Supporting Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2022 · 4.4% of their giving
$4.0M
3. Swimming with a Mission Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $787K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$997K
4. The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $124K · through 2025 · 13.3% of their giving
$435K
5. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
25 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2025
$11.0M
6. A Caring Community Inc
22 grants to 14 organizations · largest $16K · through 2025 · 10.6% of their giving
$211K
7. Bellwether Community Credit Union
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
8. We Ride So They Fly
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$44K
9. St Mary's Bank Credit Union
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $33K · through 2025 · 3.1% of their giving
$134K
10. The Tamworth Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$61K
11. Keene Downtown Housing Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 22.2% of their giving
$10K
12. Capital Regional Development Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
13. Cars for Charity Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$178K
14. Granite State Economic Development Corp
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$45K
15. Exeter Hospital Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$92K
16. Exeter Health Resources Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$6K
17. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $111K · through 2024
$610K
18. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $418K · through 2025
$1.7M
19. Youthwell New Hampshire
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$15K
20. Car Donation Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2025
$352K
21. United Way of Greater Nashua Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$54K
22. Chocorua Lodge 51
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 13.2% of their giving
$6K
23. The Charitable Division of the Rotary Club of Portsmouth
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2020 · 2.7% of their giving
$25K
24. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$42K
25. Davis Conservation Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$55K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in New Hampshire, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in New Hampshire. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in New Hampshire, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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