Caring for our Communities

• 3S Contemporary Art Space
• 603 United
• Abenaki Outing Club
• Advice to the Players
• AHEAD (Affordable Housing Education & Development)
• Alton 5k
• Alton Business Association
• Alton Centennial Rotary Club
• Alton Community Services Food Pantry
• Alton Parks & Recreation Department
• Alton Youth League
• Altrusa International of Carroll County
• American Cancer Society
• American Legion Post #72
• American Red Cross New Hampshire/Vermont Region
• America’s Youth Teenage Unemployment Reduction Network
• Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund
• Articine
• Artistic Roots
• Arts in Motion Theater Company
• Arts In Reach – Encouraging Growth Through the Arts
• Ashland 4th of July Committee
• Ashland Community Food Pantry
• Ashland Firefighters Auxiliary
• Ashland Halloween Parade
• Ashland School District
• Ashland School Parent Teacher Association
• Assistance Canine Training Services
• Audubon Society of New Hampshire
• Back Bay Hockey Association Inc
• Barbershop Harmony Society – Northeastern District
• Barnstead Thrift Shop & Food Pantry
• Barnstormers
• Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community
• Behavioral Health and Development Services of Strafford County
• Believe in Books Literacy Foundation
• Belknap House
• Belknap Mill Society
• Belknap Special Operations Group Relief Association
• BelknapEDC
• Belmont-Gilford Ice Hockey Booster Association
• Betsy’s Park
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire
• Black Heritage Trail New Hampshire
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
• Bolduc Park Association
• Boulder Point
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Country
• Brewster Academy
• Bridge House
• Brigid’s House of Hope
• Bristol Police Department
• Bristol Recreation Advisory Council
• Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire (BIA-NH)
• Business Alliance for People of Color
• Campton Historical Society
• Caring Beyond
• Castle Preservation Society
• Celebrate Laconia
• Center Harbor Soup Kitchen
• Central New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
• Central New Hampshire Foster & Adoptive Parent Support Group
• Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth
• Chase Home
• Child Advocacy Center of Carroll County
• Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County
• Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
• Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade
• Christmas Night in Ashland
• Circle Program
• COAST
• Communities for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth (CADY)
• Community Action Partnership of Strafford County
• Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties
• Community Food Center
• Community Wellness Center
• Concord Hospital Trust
• Conway Area Humane Society
• Conway Festival of Trees
• Conway Parks & Recreation Department
• Copper Cannon Camp
• Cornerstone Visiting Nurse Association
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Crotched Mountain Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• East Alton Meeting House
• Easter Seals New Hampshire
• Eastern Slope Ski Club
• End 68 Hours of Hunger Alton
• End 68 Hours of Hunger Conway
• End 68 Hours of Hunger Portsmouth
• End 68 Hours of Hunger Rochester
• End 68 Hours of Hunger Wolfeboro Area
• Exeter Area Charitable Foundation
• Explore Moose Mountains Committee
• Families in Transition (FIT)
• Farmington 500 Boys and Girls Soccer Club
• Farmington Fish and Game Club
• Farmsteads of New England, Inc
• First Star Tonight
• First United Methodist Soup Kitchen
• Flight4CF
• Foster & Adoptive Resource Exchange (FARE NH)
• Francoeur/Babcock Memorial Basketball Tournament
• Franklin Whitewater Park
• Friends of Belmont Football
• Friends of Cats Hockey
• Friends of Farmington
• Friends of Kingswood Hockey
• Friends of Lafayette House
• Friends of Meredith Parks & Recreation
• Friends of Moultonborough Public Library
• Friends of Pop Whalen
• Friends of the Libby Museum
• Friends of the Meredith Library
• Friends of the Music Hall
• Friends Program
• Funds 4 Paws
• Future In Sight
• Makers Mill
• Gather
• Geneva Point Center
• Gilda’s Club New Hampshire
• Gilford Athletic Booster Club
• Gilford Cal Ripken Baseball
• Gilford Got Lunch
• Gilford Middle School
• Gilford Police Relief Association
• Gilford School District
• Gilford Silverhawks Football
• Gilford Youth Center
• Gilmanton Old Home Day Association
• Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
• Girls on the Run New Hampshire
• Got Literacy Laconia
• Got Lunch! Ashland & Holderness
• Got Lunch! Inter-Lakes
• Got Lunch! Laconia
• Got Lunch! Plymouth
• Governor Wentworth Arts Council
• Governor Wentworth Regional School District
• Grafton Regional Development Corporation
• Granite Backcountry Alliance
• Granite State Adaptive
• Granite State Children’s Alliance
• Granite United Way
• Granite Visiting Nurse Association
• GRD Memorial Foundation
• Great Falls Development Corp
• Great Waters Music Festival
• Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Lakes Region Charitable Fund for Children (Auction)
• Greater Meredith Program
• Greater Ossipee Area Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Seacoast Community Health
• Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce
• Hands Across The Table
• Helping Hand Food Pantry
• Holderness Central School Parent Teachers Association
• Holderness Free Library
• Holderness Historical Society
• Holderness School
• Holderness School District School Board
• Homeless Center for Strafford County
• Hope on Haven Hill
• Hospice Help Foundation
• Huggins Hospital
• Humble Grunt Work
• Huntington’s Disease Society of America New Hampshire Affiliate
• ILMA High School Football Club
• Inter-Lakes Children’s Theatre
• Inter-lakes Community Caregivers
• Inter-Lakes Elementary School
• Inter-Lakes High School
• Inter-Lakes Interact Club
• Inter-Lakes Middle & High School Robotics Team
• Inter-Lakes Middle Tier School
• Inter-Lakes Parent Teacher Organization
• Inter-Lakes Scholarship Foundation
• Inter-Lakes Summer Theatre
• Jen’s Friends Cancer Foundation
• John H Fuller Elementary School Parent Teachers Organization
• Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park
• Kidworks Learning Center
• Kingswood Vocational Student Building Trust
• Kingswood Youth Center
• Kingswood Youth Football and Cheer
• Kiwanis Club of Mount Washington Valley
• Kiwanis Laconia
• Knights of Columbus Council #428
• Krempels Center
• L5 Capacity Building Projects
• Laconia Fire Department
• Laconia Little League
• Laconia Middle School
• Laconia Multicultural Festival
• Laconia Parks and Recreation Department
• Laconia Police Relief Association
• Laconia Rod and Gun Club
• Laconia School District
• Laconia Skate Board
• Laconia Youth Soccer League
• Lake Winnipesaukee Association
• Lakes Center For The Arts
• Lakes Region Board of Realtors
• Lakes Region Builders & Remodelers Association
• Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce
• Lakes Region Community Developers
• Lakes Region Community Services
• Lakes Region Conservation Trust
• Lakes Region Food Pantry
• Lakes Region Girls Softball
• Lakes Region Humane Society
• Lakes Region Ice Racing Association
• Lakes Region Mental Health Center
• Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum
• Lakes Region Planning Commission
• Lakes Region Rotary Foundation
• Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation
• Lakes Region Search and Rescue
• Lakes Region Sled Dog Club
• Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
• Lakes Region Tourism Association
• Lakes Region Visiting Nurse Association
• Lakes Region Youth Hockey Association
• Leadership Lakes Region
• Leadership New Hampshire
• Leadership Seacoast
• Leavitt Park Community Club
• Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation of New Hampshire
• Live & Let Live Farm
• Loon Preservation Committee
• Lou Athanas Youth Basketball League
• Magical Yoga Org
• Make-A-Wish New Hampshire
• Mandy’s Angels Diabetic Service Dogs Inc.
• Margret and H.A. Rey Center
• Mayhew Program
• McClelland School Parent Teacher Association
• Meals on Wheels New Hampshire
• Memorial Hospital Foundation at North Conway
• Meredith Altrusa Club
• Meredith Area Chamber Of Commerce
• Meredith Food Pantry
• Meredith Historical Society
• Meredith Library Fund
• Meredith Police Association
• Meredith Troop 55
• Merrill Fay Arena
• Merrimack Valley YMCA Camp Lawrence
• Mid-State Health Center
• Milligan Memorial Golf Tournament
• Miss Amazing
• Monadnock Understands Childhood Hunger
• Monadnock United Way
• Monarch School of New England
• Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
• Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association of New Hampshire
• Moultonborough Academy
• Moultonborough Lions Club
• Moultonborough Recreation Department
• Moultonborough Snowmobile Club
• Moultonborough Women’s Club
• Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center
• Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition
• Mountain to Shore Board of Realtors – Western Maine Council
• Mountain Village Charter School
• Museum of New Art (MONA)
• MVSB Culinary Arts Center Scholarship
• Nancy Clement Beck Memorial Fund
• National Marine Lenders Association
• Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund
• NeighborWorks Southern NH
• New Beginnings
• New Durham Elementary Parent Teachers Organization
• New England Coffee Festival
• New Hampshire Bankers Association
• New Hampshire BASS Nation (New Hampshire Junior Bassmasters)
• New Hampshire Boat Museum
• New Hampshire Businesses For Social Responsibility
• New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
• New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
• New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA)
• New Hampshire Food Bank
• New Hampshire Historical Society
• New Hampshire Home Builders Association
• New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority
• New Hampshire Humane Society
• New Hampshire Humanities
• New Hampshire Jobs for America’s Graduates
• New Hampshire JumpStart Coalition
• New Hampshire LAKES
• New Hampshire Lakes Region Pickleball Club
• New Hampshire Master Chorale
• New Hampshire Nonprofit Emergency Relief Fund
• New Hampshire Opticians Society
• New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
• New Hampshire Recreation & Park Association
• New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
• New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants (NHSCPA)
• New Hampshire Veterans Home
• New Hampshire Women’s Foundation
• New Hampton Firefighters Association
• New Hampton School
• New Horizons Musical Organization of the Lakes Region
• Newfound Area Nursing Association
• Newfound Regional High School FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team #7913
• Nor’Easter Softball Club
• North Conway Community Center
• Northern Human Services
• One Sky Community Services
• Opechee Garden Club
• Ossipee Concerned Citizens
• Ossipee Mountain Habitat for Humanity
• Overcomers Refugee Services
• Parents Music Club of Portsmouth
• Partnership for Public Health
• Patriot Resilient Leader Institute (Camp Resilience)
• Peabody Place
• Pease Public Library
• Pemi Youth Center
• Pemi-Baker Cooperative School District
• Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health
• Pemi-Baker Literacy
• Pemigewasset Choral Society
• Pemi-Valley Habitat for Humanity
• Pequawket Foundation
• Players’ Ring Theatre
• Plymouth Area Community Closet
• Plymouth Area Recovery Connection
• Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI)
• Plymouth Beautification Committee
• Plymouth Downtown Committee
• Plymouth Regional High School
• Plymouth Regional High School Booster Club
• Plymouth Regional High School Hockey Boosters
• Plymouth Regional Senior Center
• Plymouth Regional Youth Softball
• Plymouth State University
• Portsmouth New Hampshire 400th
• Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative
• Prescott Park Arts Festival
• Pro Portsmouth Inc
• Prospect Mountain High School Team 319 Boosters
• Ramblin’ Vewe Farm
• Raven Gael Blaisdell Foundation at Hall Memorial Library
• Regional Economic Development Center
• Responder Strong
• Rochester Child Care Center
• Rochester Girls Softball League
• Rochester Main Street
• Rochester Museum of Fine Arts
• Rochester Opera House
• Rochester Recreation & Arena
• Rochester Rotary Charities
• Rochester School Department
• Rockshow
• Roger Alan Rockets Baseball
• Rotary Club of Gilford
• Rotary Club of Hampton Charitable Foundation
• Rotary Club of Laconia
• Rotary Club of Meredith
• Rotary Club of Plymouth
• Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation
• Rotary Club of Portsmouth
• Rotary International District 7870
• Rye Historical Society
• Rye Lions Club
• S.C.A.R.E. (Secondhand Costume Annual Redistribution Effort)
• Saint Vincent de Paul Community Assistance Center
• Saint Vincent De Paul Society
• Salvation Army Laconia
• Sandwich Business Group
• Sandwich Children’s Center
• Sandwich Community School
• Sandwich Fair Association (Tractor Pull)
• Sandwich Home Industries
• Sandwich Woman’s Club
• Santa Fund of the Greater Lakes Region
• Save for America
• Save Our Gale School
• SCORE
• Seacoast African American Cultural Center
• Seacoast Board of Realtors
• Seacoast Child Advocacy Center
• Seacoast Mental Health Center
• Seacoast Outright
• Seacoast Science Center
• Seacoast Soul Models
• Seacoast Task Force on Family Violence
• Seacoast Trail Riders
• Shaker Regional School District
• SHARE Fund Inc
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
• Somersworth Festival Association
• SOS Recovery Community Organization
• Southeast Land Trust (SELT)
• Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity
• Southern New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
• Spaulding Academy & Family Services
• Speare Memorial Hospital
• Special Olympics New Hampshire
• Squam Lakes Association
• Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
• Squam Trail Busters
• Starting Point: Services For Victims Of Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Step Up Parents
• Stinson Lake Association
• Strafford County Board of Realtors
• Strafford County Family Justice Center
• Strawbery Banke Museum
• Tamworth Community Nurse Association
• Tamworth History Center
• Tamworth Outing Club
• Tapply Thompson Community Center
• Teen Master Tennis Academy
• The American Legion Harriman-Hale Post 18
• The Children’s Center
• The Falls Chamber of Commerce
• The Hikers
• The James E. Nichols Memorial Library
• The Salem Pantry
• Tilton-Northfield Rotary
• Town of Ashland
• Town of Center Harbor
• Town of Gilford
• Town of Holderness
• Town of Meredith
• Town of Moultonborough
• Town of New Durham
• Town of New Durham – Parks & Recreation Department
• Town of Sandwich
• Town of Tuftonboro
• Town of Wolfeboro
• Transport Central
• Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens (TASC)
• Trick or Treat in Holderness
• Tuftonboro Historical Society
• University System of New Hampshire
• Vaughan Community Services
• Vet’s Rest Stop
• Village Players
• Voices Against Violence
• Vouchers for Veterans
• Warner House Association
• Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports
• Waterville Valley Foundation
• Waukewan & Winona Watershed Protection Association
• Way Station
• Wentworth Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO)
• White Horse Recovery Center
• White Mountain Board of Realtors
• White Mountain Independents
• White Mountain Milers
• WinnAero
• Winnipesaukee Muskrats
• Winnipesaukee Playhouse
• Winnipesaukee Wellness Center
• Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce
• Wolfeboro Area Children’s Center
• Wolfeboro Area Creative Art Center
• Wolfeboro Area Meals On Wheels
• Wolfeboro Area Recreation Center (The Nick)
• Wolfeboro Cooperative Nursery School
• Wolfeboro Friends of Music
• Wolfeboro Holiday Festival of Trees
• Wolfeboro Lions Club
• Wolfeboro Nursery School
• Wolfeboro Public Library Foundation
• Wolfeboro Rotary Club Charities
• Wolfeboro Senior Center & Meals
• Wolfeboro She-Wolves Hockey
• Women’s Business League
• Woodland Heights Elementary School
• WOW Trail
• Wright Museum of World War II
• YMCA of Greater Boston
• YMCA of the Seacoast
• Young Ladies Library Association
• Young Ladies Library Association
• Zebra Crossings

If you are interested in having MVSB support your non-profit organization, please contact your local office. For a listing, click here.

We are always happy to help local non-profits share information about their organizations and special events whenever possible. Please reach out to mvsbmarketing@mvsb.com for assistance with the following:

• Presence on our digital signs outside our branches in Meredith’s main office, Rochester and Laconia. Per local regulation, Rochester and Laconia can have graphic messages with color and pictures. Meredith can only be text with no color.
• Inclusion on our digital signs in all of our branch offices. Nonprofits can select the locations where they would like their message to run. Many regular users simply send us a PowerPoint slide – it’s the exact right size for the screens and software.
• Distribution of dollar bill sized cash-envelope stuffers with the money & receipts for each customer in the lobby or drive-up. Again, this is available at the location(s) of the nonprofits’ choice.
• Inclusion on the magnetic community board available at each branch office.
• Re-sharing of your posts on social media. We are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Please Note: that we cannot promote lotteries or religious or political messages.  Other restrictions may apply.

Learn about our checking account designed with nonprofits in mind. Click here or contact your nearest branch office to learn more about this account and the benefits available to you.

MVSB James D. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating senior from each of the following public high schools:

• Exeter High School
• Gilford High School
• Inter-Lakes High School
• Kennett High School
• Kingswood Regional High School
• Laconia High School
• Moultonborough Academy
• Plymouth Regional High School
• Portsmouth High School
• Prospect Mountain High School
• Spaulding High School

Information and applications for this scholarship are available at guidance offices at the schools listed above. You can also access the application here.

The MVSB Culinary Arts Center Scholarship
The MVSB Culinary Arts Center is part of The Huot Technical Center, a regional program for students at Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Inter-Lakes, Franklin and Winnisquam Regional High Schools. The Center provides students the opportunity to begin to develop skills that are essential to employment in all facets of the food service trade.

Information and applications for this scholarship are available at Huot Technical Center Administrative Offices.

The IOLTA program was created in 1982 when a NH Supreme Court ruling began requiring attorneys to maintain a pooled interest-bearing trust account for clients’ funds which were nominal in amount or to be held for a short period of time. Under Supreme Court Rule 50, the interest generated in those accounts was required to be transferred to the New Hampshire Bar Foundation for charitable purposes. Since its inception, the IOLTA program has raised more than $28 million to help provide legal services to New Hampshire citizens who are struggling to overcome poverty.

To be designated as a Leadership Bank by the NH Bar Foundation, MVSB must pay 2% or higher interest on IOLTAs, exceed the bank’s standard NOW account rate, and waive routine service charges.

The MVSB Fund makes grants every year to local nonprofits that make a significant impact upon the lives of people in the communities we serve. The grants are in addition to MVSB’s contributions throughout the year in the form of donations, sponsorships, scholarships and volunteer efforts by employees.

Since 1997, the MVSB Fund has awarded annual grant-based contributions to nonprofit organizations that enrich and improve the quality of lives of residents in the Bank’s service areas. In that time, the program has awarded 568 grants totaling $2,118,681 to a wide range of environmental, social, educational and historic projects throughout the Greater Lakes Region, Plymouth, Mount Washington Valley and Seacoast regions.

Visit the MVSB Fund Application to learn more and apply. The deadline is October 15 each year.

The most recent MVSB Fund recipients include:

Camp Resilience, Gilford
Awarded $5,383 to fund a four-day mental and physical wellness retreat for first responders. Camp Resilience offers retreats in the Lakes Region to improve the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being of military service members, military veterans, first responders and their families.

Central NH Medical Reserve Corps & Community Emergency Response Team, Plymouth
Awarded $5,000 to help cover maintenance expenses for its emergency response vehicle. This program is an initiative of the Central New Hampshire Health Partnership and has a mission to improve the health and safety of communities within the Central NH Public Health Region by organizing and utilizing volunteers during major emergencies.

Children Unlimited, Conway
Awarded $5,000 to support the move to an Electronic Health Record system and electronic billing. Children Unlimited specializes in early intervention and inclusive childcare in the Mount Washington Valley.

Connor’s Climb Foundation, Exeter
Awarded $2,500 to expand mental health and suicide prevention efforts. Connor’s Climb Foundation offers positive mental health awareness and youth suicide prevention across New Hampshire.

Eastern Slope Aviation Academy, North Conway
Awarded $2,500 to support a scholarship for a student for flight lessons. Eastern Slope Aviation Academy offers focused, affordable education and guidance in aviation.

Gibson Center for Senior Services, North Conway
Awarded $2,500 to support the non-food essentials pantry program, which benefits recipients of Meals on Wheels. The Gibson Center offers a variety of programs and services to senior citizens in Northern Carroll County.

Got Lunch! Laconia, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to support the summer lunch program for Laconia’s school children. Got Lunch! Laconia is a community-based effort that supports children in need by delivering healthy groceries to their home during the summer.

Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center, Laconia
Awarded $4,300 to add an enhanced security system to enhance staff and visitor safety, deter criminal activity and ensure preparedness for crisis response. The Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center, an accredited member of the Granite State Children’s Alliance, coordinates child abuse investigations with local law enforcement and the Division of Children Youth and Families.

The Home Possible Project, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to help fund the development of their first community residence in Gilford. The Home Possible Project works to create supportive housing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities in the Lakes Region.

I Got Bridged, Portsmouth
Awarded $5,000 for vehicle maintenance and fuel expenses. I Got Bridged focuses on helping local residents who struggle with local transportation, food insecurity, homelessness and substance abuse or addiction.

Interlakes Community Caregivers, Center Harbor
Awarded $1,000 to support volunteer services. Interlakes Community Caregivers is a volunteer-based nonprofit that helps clients meet basic needs by providing rides to local adults who need assistance for appointments and other errands

Karlee’s Home Team, Rochester
Awarded $5,000 to support winter outreach efforts and initiate a new sober living home for couples. Karlee’s Home Team is dedicated to supporting unhoused residents in Strafford County.

The KEY Collective, Exeter
Awarded $2,500 to expand program outreach. The KEY Collective provides K-12 youth from low-income families within the Seacoast region access to sports and other youth activities for free or reduced cost with no red tape and no social stigma attached.

Lakes Region Santa Fund, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to support the organization’s annual winter clothing distribution and scholarship program, which helps local children attend outdoor activities such as summer camp and ski programs. The Lakes Region Santa Fund provides year-round assistance to children while also offering new cold-weather outer wear in winter.

Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition, Conway
Awarded $5,000 to support operational expenses and educational programs. The Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition works to ensure residents have access to an adequate supply of affordable rental and sale housing.

My Breast Cancer Support, Portsmouth
Awarded $2,500 to help fund their Patient Financial Assistance Program, which is critical to supporting community members as they navigate through financial challenges during their breast cancer diagnosis and treatment journey. My Breast Cancer provides financial & emotional support to local breast cancer patients.

New Beginnings – Without Violence & Abuse, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to support the organization’s efforts to reduce violence and promote health in Laconia and Belknap County. New Beginnings – Without Violence and Abuse serves throughout Belknap County and is dedicated to ending sexual, domestic and stalking violence through a variety of services, emergency refuge, support and social change.

New Hampshire SPCA, Stratham
Awarded $2,500 to support the organization’s low-cost veterinary care program, which helps animals whose owners face financial hardship and cannot afford necessary treatments. The New Hampshire SPCA provides animal adoption and care services to communities in Greater Seacoast of New Hampshire, southern Maine and Northern Massachusetts.

The Pass Along Project, Effingham
Awarded $1,500 to aid in the hiring of a part-time employee. The Pass Along Project supports children placed in foster care with clothing throughout New Hampshire.

Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, Portsmouth
Awarded $2,500 to support their Community Access Program. Portsmouth Music and Arts Center is a hub for Seacoast community members of all ages and abilities to learn and grow through high-quality music and visual arts opportunities.

Restoration Acres Farm, Meredith
Awarded $2,500 to help purchase a riding lawnmower and pull behind trailer to manage farming and property needs. Restoration Acres Farm offers a free dry goods pantry, ready-to-heat-and-eat meals, as well as frozen and refrigerated items.

Step Up Parents, Portsmouth
Awarded $2,500 to offer financial assistance to kinship families. Step Up Parents supports caregivers in New Hampshire who are raising the children of parents with substance use disorder.

Transport Central, Plymouth
Awarded $2,000 to purchase vinyl decals to identify the organization’s bus as a local nonprofit transportation service. Transport Central provides door-to-door volunteer transportation to residents within 19 towns within Speare Memorial’s service area.

Visiting Nurse Association of Franklin, Franklin
Awarded $5,000 to provide POM (Peace of Mind) handheld safety devices for employees, which allow them to contact first responders instantly in the event of an emergency. Visiting Nurse Association of Franklin (Franklin VNA & Hospice) provides quality home health care, hospice and education to individuals and families.

Way Station, North Conway
Awarded $5,000 to grow its services, outreach and awareness programs. Way Station provides safe, welcoming, non-judgmental space and supportive services for homeless & housing insecure residents of Mt Washington Valley.

WinnAero, Gilford
Awarded $2,500 to assist with the purchase of a wind tunnel. WinnAero promotes an interest in STEM through aviation- and aerospace-based programs and experiences for young people.

Winnipesaukee Skating Club, Laconia
Awarded $2,000 to purchase of an electric ice edger. The Winnipesaukee Skating club owns and operates the Merrill Fay Arena and offers affordable opportunities for skaters of all ages and abilities to enjoy the facility.

$18,750 was distributed to 15 local food pantries to help address food insufficiency in the Bank’s communities.