The Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter (NSKS), which provides food and shelter to thousands of local residents in need, is set to become the first solar-powered nonprofit organization in Nashua. The NSKS Board recently contracted with ReVision Energy for the installation and operation of a 39.3-kilowatt solar array, augmenting its longstanding commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability while saving thousands of dollars in electricity costs per year.
WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that Volunteer New Hampshire (VNH) has received a grant through the Volunteer Generation Fund of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency for volunteering and service programs. Volunteer NH will use the Volunteer Generation Fund grant to increase volunteer engagement statewide in New Hampshire, expand volunteer opportunities, and build the capacity of nonprofits to work with volunteers to achieve high-impact results.
Nineteen new graduates completed the Hoffman-Haas Fellowship, a nonprofit board leadership program of the NH Center for Nonprofits. Each of the graduating Hoffman-Haas Fellows received mentoring from an experienced board member and attended workshops with nationally recognized experts on topics of fiscal strategy, sustainability, fundraising, and governance.
The NH Center for Nonprofits announced the completion of the first cohort of the Nonprofit Sustainability Institute. Ten organizations participated in the six-month program which is based on the theories and teachings of The Sustainability Mindset.
The NH Center for Nonprofits has announced that Joseph DiBrigida, Attorney and shareholder of Sheehan Phinney, and Lyn Gelinas, CTP, Senior Vice President, Government Banking Division of Citizens Bank, were recently elected to the Board of Directors.
NH Gives officially kicked off June 6, at 6PM and wrapped up 24 hours later with more than $310,681 donated by 3,163 individuals to 292 nonprofits serving New Hampshire communities.
The 2017 Nonprofit Impact Awards were presented by the NH Center for Nonprofits to two individuals and two organizations on April 4th at the annual Nonprofit Impact Celebration held to recognize the impact of the nonprofit sector in New Hampshire. The awards are presented each year to honor remarkable people and nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to their communities.
The NH Center for Nonprofits is seeking nominations for the Nonprofit Impact Awards to be presented on April 4th at the Nonprofit Impact Celebration in Concord.