From left, MVSB Fund Committee members Michael O’Leary, Marcus Weeks, Carmen Lorentz and Charley Hanson present the 2024 distribution check inside the MVSB Main Office in Meredith (not pictured: Michael Kilfoyle and Scott Weden). The application deadline for the 2025 distribution is Oct. 15.
Local nonprofits who wish to apply for a grant from the MVSB Fund at New Hampshire Charitable Foundation can do so by October 15. The application and instructions are available online at mvsb.com/community-involvement.
“Our local nonprofits are at the heart of positive change in our communities,” said Marcus Weeks, MVSB President and MVSB Fund Committee Member. “Through the fund, we’re proud to provide resources that help organizations expand their programs, address pressing needs and sustain the valuable work they do every day.”
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 over $2.1 million dollars to a wide range of environmental, social, educational and historic projects throughout the Greater Lakes Region, Plymouth, Mount Washington Valley and Seacoast regions.
The MVSB Fund has supported literacy and after-school programs, environmental projects, restoration of historic structures, organizations that provide support for individuals and families in challenging circumstances and equipment that helps save lives. While not focused on a particular category, Fund administrators are mindful of the receiving organization and their contribution to the quality of life in the communities being served.
Grants generally range from $1,000 to $10,000 and are awarded to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and public agencies based in the Lakes Region, Plymouth and Mount Washington Valley and Seacoast communities. Projects supported are of high priority and need for the applicant organization and are related to their mission or development; demonstrate a clear, practical plan with objectives for services, participation and results; leverage other funding and/or voluntary support; offer evidence that project objectives will be accomplished within the grant period and demonstrate cooperation and collaboration with other organizations to provide greater community impact.
Go to mvsb.com/community-involvement to learn more and to apply.