Awarded Grants

To improve understanding of issues relating to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease among seniors and their families, social service workers, and the medical community by offering a series of writing workshops, dramatic performances, and lectures.

To assist in efforts to create a high-quality cost-effective health system in New Hampshire by conducting planning and feasibility of a dynamic and comprehensive web-based catalog of health systems improvement efforts and a vehicle for public dialogue.

To provide nonprofit advocacy capacity in NH including access to advocacy education for nonprofits by developing nonprofit advocacy capacity with the NH Center for Nonprofits.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by sustaining the general operations of key NH nonprofits.

To promote collaboration of community stakeholders in development of transportation coordination in the Grafton County region.

To integrate better evaluation and more effective treatment for high risk young children into the NH family court and child welfare systems by planning to pilot a research based intervention within two family courts.

To help assure the sustainability of the Coos County health care system by identifying how the three Coos County hospitals can most effectively collaborate to provide reasonable access to health care for Coos County residents, quality that meets appropriate benchmarks, and costs that are sustainable by businesses and individuals in the economically challenged county.

To hold a GSIL Retreat that will update the Strategic Plan to incorporate emerging opportunities and challenges.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by sustaining the general operations of key NH nonprofits.

To increase transportation options and lower costs for North Country health care employees /employers by identifying effective rideshare program opportunities.

To educate and inform the health grantmaking community as well as selected policymakers and members of the media; highlight best practices in grantmaking; expose a broad cross-section of staff from other foundations to the work of leading grantmakers working on issues of rural health; and stimulate interest among health foundations in this area of work.

To transform the Autism Society of NH from a grassroots organization that provides autism awareness and education to one that consistently advocates within community, medical, legislative, and educational settings and on behalf of families and individuals by developing an organizational capacity building plan.