New Hampshire · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in New Hampshire

Imperigo has identified 108 funders that made 407 grants totaling $52.6M to 63 community improvement organizations in New Hampshire, with a median grant of $26K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in New Hampshire

Total granted $52.6M
Funders 108
Grants 407
Organizations funded 63

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Star Island Permanent Trust Fund
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $285K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
2. Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable Trust f/b/o Star Island Corp
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$195K
3. Friends of Rockingham County Aging Adults Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $157K · through 2025 · 62.2% of their giving
$174K
4. Propane Education & Research Council Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2025 · 23.6% of their giving
$160K
5. National Rural Water Association
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $732K · through 2024
$2.4M
6. Dartmouth Regional Technology Center
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2024 · 39.0% of their giving
$83K
7. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
42 grants to 21 organizations · largest $585K · through 2024
$1.7M
8. Imsa Educational Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$60K
9. Isle of Shoals Association Inc Unitarian Universalist
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$46K
10. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$514K
11. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2023
$525K
12. United States Energy Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $450K · through 2024
$1.1M
13. Keene Downtown Housing Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 33.3% of their giving
$5K
14. Manchester Community Resource Center Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$46K
15. Meredith Rotary Club Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2020 · 4.7% of their giving
$15K
16. The Charitable Division of the Rotary Club of Portsmouth
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2021 · 2.3% of their giving
$19K
17. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$2.4M
18. Centro Internacional De Mejoramiento De Maiz Y Trigo
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2022
$97K
19. Greater Washington Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2022
$420K
20. Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2020
$24K
21. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
22. Volunteer NH
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024
$54K
23. Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
24. Boston Foundation Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2024
$280K
25. A Caring Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$12K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 11 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in New Hampshire, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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