Nonprofit Insider July 2010 Archives
Northern Forest Center Named Champion in Action
Manchester, NH - Citizens Bank and WMUR-TV have named the Northern Forest Center as their 2010 third quarter Champion in Action® in the area of environmental impact. As part of the award, the Northern Forest Center will receive a $25,000 grant, media coverage, and extensive promotional and volunteer support for its dedication and commitment to improving the environment.
Read more... Women's Business Center Closes Doors
Reflections on Closing the Doors for Good
by Christine Davis, Executive Director, Women's Business Center
July 26, 2010
After 15 years of serving the community the Women’s Business Center will be closing their doors on August 31st. While I have only been with the organization since January 2009 I have had the good fortune of witnessing the positive impact the WBC has had on countless women entrepreneurs.
I was hired just in time to experience the recession in all its glory and the last year and a half has been a real roller coaster of emotions. I have never worked so intensely to keep an organization financially viable as I did over these past 18 months. I wasn’t alone in my endeavors. No matter what I asked of my staff they did it and gave 100%. I also had a board of directors who were invested in our success and who contributed their time, talent and treasure to the WBC. I felt that if anyone could weather this storm we could. We had the talent and the drive and I believed that would get us through it all. I was wrong.
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St. Mary's Bank Grants $2,500 to Amoskeag Business Incubator
Manchester, NH - St. Mary's Bank today announced it gave $2,500 to Amoskeag Business Incubator (ABI), a non-profit organization which provides professional office space, technical assistance and other resources to small companies to help them grow and prosper.
ABI plans to use the funds to hire an AmeriCorps VISTA member, a volunteer who commits to serve full-time for a year at a nonprofit organization or local government agency and supports the community in various ways. At ABI, the VISTA member will be responsible for expanding services and resources available to the incubator’s businesses.
Read more... Goodwill named sub-grantee of Second Chance Act Funding
Concord – Goodwill Industries of Northern New England has been named a sub-grantee of the Second Chance Act funding awarded to the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General. The federal Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) granted the Attorney General’s office and the NH Department of Corrections (NHDOC) $400,000 to help reduce recidivism by 50% for targeted populations over the next five years, while enhancing public safety.
Read more... The Changing Role of Leadership with John Hoffman
 The 2010 Summit will kick off with what promises to be a fascinating conversation with one of New Hampshire’s most respected nonprofit leaders, John E. Hoffman, Jr.
New Hampshire Public Radio personality Virginia Prescott will interview John about his journey from his days as an international corporate attorney leading our nation’s efforts to negotiate the release of the Iranian hostages in 1981, to his current vocation working with many New Hampshire nonprofits as a catalyst for collaboration and change. John will reflect on how his views on the art of leadership have evolved over his career. Read more... The NH Association for Justice Announces New Board Members and Officers
The New Hampshire Association for Justice, a statewide nonprofit association of trial attorneys committed to equal access to the courts and justice for all, elects new President and Officers for the Board of Governors, together with four new board appointments. Read more... The Music Hall Announces New Board Members
Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall, the landmark Victorian theater located in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, recently held its annual board retreat and strategic planning session, during which it voted in two new board members for the 2010-2011 year. Jay McSharry, local restaurateur and Barbara Henry, former newspaper publisher, have been named to The Music Hall Board of Trustees. They will help to further The Music Hall's mission to build community and support the development of Portsmouth as a major regional arts and cultural force.
Read more... Children's Museum of New Hampshire Awarded $60K Grant from Jane’s Trust
Dover, NH – Thanks to a $60,000 grant from Jane’s Trust, the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire will be able to welcome hundreds more children, families and schools facing challenging circumstances during the coming year. The Jane’s Trust grant will bolster the resources of the museum’s Reach All Initiative, a portfolio of outreach programs developed to serve children, families, and schools with extremely limited resources and those in difficult circumstances.
Read more... St. Mary's Bank Donates $1,500 to Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Nashua
Manchester, NH – St. Mary’s Bank today announced a gift of $1,500 to Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Nashua (NHSGN), which will allow the non-profit HUD-certified housing counseling agency to purchase 100 books titled “Realizing the American Dream” for use in its first-time homebuyer course.
Read more... On Belay Receives Boston Bruins Foundation Grant to Support Families Facing a Cancer Diagnosis
Durham, NH – On Belay received a gift of $2520.00 from The Boston Bruins Foundation to underwrite the development of a Family Day program over the next year. The Family Day program is an opportunity to bring the families we serve together to celebrate their children, their successes and the fight against cancer. Read more... $30,000 grant from Bank of America supports outreach to at-risk youth
Manchester, NH - Child and Family Services recently received a $30,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support its work with runaway, homeless and street youth in the Greater Manchester and Seacoast regions. Read more... PlusTime New Hampshire Wins No Kid Hungry Innovator Award Concord, NH - Share Our Strength has recognized four organizations that take incredible steps to help connect kids to the food they need. Share Our Strength solicited votes from their community of supporters that garnered over 18,000 votes in three weeks. PlusTime New Hampshire was among the 4 organizations chosen to win the title "No Kid Hungry Innovator" and a $25,000 grant courtesy of C&S Wholesale Grocers. They will expand after-school meals and snack sites in New Hampshire with a focus on replication and expansion of effective programs.
"PlusTime New Hampshire is absolutely thrilled with the opportunity this award provides us to bring nutritious snacks and meals to NH's most vulnerable children and youth during after-school and summer programs," said Cynthia Billings, President & CEO, PlusTime New Hampshire.
NH Center for Nonprofits Elects Stephen A. Norton Board President
Concord, NH - Stephen A. Norton, Executive Director of the NH Center for Public Policy, was recently elected President of the Board for the NH Center for Nonprofits.
"I am honored and excited by this opportunity. These are challenging times for all sectors and the NH Center for Nonprofits has an important role to play in uniting the nonprofit community and elevating awareness of the critical importance of the sector," states Norton. Read more... New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Names New President
Concord, NH - The Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation announced today that it has appointed Richard Ober of
Dublin, New Hampshire, to the position of president. Ober will succeed
Lewis M. Feldstein, who retires this summer after 24 years. Ober is
currently the foundation’s Vice President of Civic Leadership and
Communications. Read more... |
