About New Hampshire Women's Foundation
New Hampshire Women's Foundation Inc directs funding toward women, girls, and marginalized genders in New Hampshire through annual competitive grants, rapid-response support, and designated funds for reproductive health and women and girls of color. The foundation's recent grants show a clear preference for program support: Haven in Strafford received $17,500 in 2025, and Reproductive Freedom of Nh in Dover received $13,000 the same year. Its giving also reaches organizations working on health access, leadership, safety, and economic security, with repeated support for groups such as Overcomers Refugee Services in Concord and Turning Points Network in Claremont. The pattern suggests a local funder that uses modest grants to back a mix of special projects, advocacy, general operating needs, and capacity building. Recent awards also include recipients in Laconia, Rochester, Peterborough, Lebanon, Manchester, Greenland, and Dover, showing that the foundation's work is spread across New Hampshire communities rather than limited to one city. Across the recent record, the foundation aligns its grantmaking with its stated mission to advance gender equity and expand opportunity for women and girls.
What New Hampshire Women's Foundation Funds
In reproductive and sexual health, New Hampshire Women's Foundation Inc supported Reproductive Freedom of Nh in Dover with $13,000 in 2025 and Lovering Health Center in Greenland with $10,000 in 2025. The foundation also funded Planned Parenthood of North Ne in Colchester, Vermont, with $10,000 in 2025, showing that this issue area can extend beyond New Hampshire when the recipient serves the foundation's broader purpose. For crisis and safety-related work, Haven in Strafford received $17,500 in 2025 and $7,500 in 2024. The foundation also backed Hope on Haven Hill in Rochester with $7,500 in both 2024 and 2025, and Turning Points Network in Claremont with $7,500 in 2024 and 2025. On education and empowerment, Girls on the Run received $10,000 in 2024, while Claremont Learning Partnership received $7,500 in 2024. The grant record also includes community action and refugee-services organizations tied to economic and civic support.
How New Hampshire Women's Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $6,750, median is $7,500, and p75 is $7,500. Recent awards are mostly in the $7,500 range, with a smaller number of larger grants such as $17,500 and $13,000. The foundation appears to use repeat funding for several recipients across 2024 and 2025, including Overcomers Refugee Services, Cornucopia Project, Feminist Health Center, and Manchester Community Action Coal. It is classified as a regular funder, not a DAF, and it makes no program-related investments. The active programs indicate unsolicited applications are accepted.
