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Cheshire Medical Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Keene, NH EIN: 02-0354549 Website

The mission of Cheshire Medical Center is to deliver compassionate and exceptional care to all we serve.

Cheshire Medical Center at a glance

In short: Cheshire Medical Center reported $5K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Grants paid (2025)
$4,773 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
Total assets
$161,014,685
-0.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$432,218,487
Net investment income (2025)
$85,972
Expenses (2025)
$426,258,702
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Who Cheshire Medical Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

19 grants across all recorded years

9<$50K5$50–100K2$100–250K3$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 9 grants of 19 (47%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Cities

KeeneConcordPeterboroughWalpoleNashuaPortlandMerrimack

How Cheshire Medical Center gives

  • Giving fell 68% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K13 grants2020 5 grants2021 7 grants2022 5 grants2023 2 grants2024 Total only2025* Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed)

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2025, 15 months) to $616K (2022). In 2025 it reported $5K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

*2025: Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Foundation for Healthy Communities Concord, NHProgram Support$188,588
Dental Health Works Keene, NHProgram Support$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025*$161,014,685$432,218,487$426,258,702$4,773Total only$85,972
2024$161,863,854$307,906,797$312,590,986$198,5882$261,859
2023$146,820,184$263,584,484$287,817,174$564,3155$209,419
2022$152,302,112$264,934,375$271,130,920$615,9647$309,882
2021$168,346,405$247,398,804$240,795,064$611,5605$264,042
2020$185,465,067$225,659,551$239,728,736$588,88813$1,397,005

*2025: Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed).

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Cheshire Medical Center

Based on IRS filings

Cheshire Medical Center is a public charity focused on Health, based in Keene, NH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $161.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $5K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $86K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cheshire Medical Center is led by Joseph L. Perras MD, Trustee, CEO & President Ex-Officio on every filing since 2024; none of the 19 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Joseph L. Perras MD

    Trustee, CEO & President Ex-Officio

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Serena Shomody

    Trustee & Med Staff President

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Gavin

    Trustee & Chair

    Trustee & Vice Chair → Trustee, Vice Chair & Chair, 2024

    Trustee, Vice Chair & Chair → Trustee & Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew G. Tremblay MD

    Trustee

    Trustee → Trustee & Department Chair, 2022

    Trustee & Department Chair → Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Abert

    Trustee

    Trustee & Vice Chair Chair → Trustee & Chair, 2023

    Trustee & Chair → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Duckett

    Trustee

    Trustee → Trustee & Secretary, 2022

    Trustee & Secretary → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Bodin

    Trustee & Treasurer

    Trustee → Trustee & Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Waters

    Trustee & Dh Treasurer

    Trustee & Treasurer → Trustee & Dh Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Leblanc

    Trustee

    Trustee → Trustee & Chief Strategy Officer, 2022

    Trustee & Chief Strategy Officer → Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Cotter

    Trustee & Secretary

    Trustee → Trustee & Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gina Obrien MD

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Chelstowski

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alan Kintisch

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paige Walker

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sally Malay

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Teresa Malcolm MD

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathryn F. Willbarger

    COO

    Chief Operating Officer → Trustee, COO & Interim CEO, 2023

    COO, Trustee & Interim CEO → COO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $243K (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Anne Tyrol

    Chief Nursing Officer

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $44K (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Todd Roberts

    CFO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (46)
  • Former: Cherie Holmes MD (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Quigley (2020–2024) — Former Key & Vice President - Clinical Operations
  • Former: Don Caruso MD (2020–2024) — Former CEO & President
  • Former: Erli Chen (2020–2024) — Physicist
  • Former: Jennifer L. Dinubila DO (2020–2024) — Former Med Staff President
  • Former: Maria Padin MD (2020–2024) — Trustee & Cgp Chief Medical Officer
  • Former: Michael Ormont MD (2020–2024) — Former Medical Staff President
  • Former: Daniel Gross (2021–2024) — Chief Financial Officer
  • Former: Michael Farhm (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sandra M. Phipps (2022–2024) — Vice President Philanthropy & Committee Relations
  • Former: Susan Howard (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Daniel Smith (2023–2024) — Trustee & Vice Chair
  • Former: Kevin Forrest (2023–2024) — Vice President Facilities & Support Services
  • Former: Les Pitts MD (2023–2024) — Trustee & Ex-Officio Med. Staff President
  • Former: Tim Ruehr (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: AnnMarie Coppo (2024) — Interim CFO
  • Former: Lisa Hanamoto (2024) — Rn Baylor-Wn-Ip & Prcd
  • Former: Matthew Borden (2024) — Pharmacist
  • Former: Robert Palmer (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Amy Matthews (2020–2023) — Chief Nursing Officer
  • Former: Michael Kapiloff (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Nathalie Houder (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Mitchell (2020–2023) — Trustee & Treasurer
  • Former: Claire Fabian MD (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Shawn V Lafrance (2021–2023) — Vice President Population Health
  • Former: Jacquelyn Ethier (2023) — Associate Chief Nursing Officer
  • Former: Ashok Bahl (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: H. Roger Hansen (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Rachel Lovins MD (2020–2022) — Trustee & Medical Director
  • Former: Richard Crowe Jr. (2021–2022) — Pharmacy Manager
  • Former: Melissa Siciliano (2022) — Pharmacy Director
  • Former: Geof Molina (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Gregg Tewksbury CPA (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Katherine Snow (2020–2021) — Trustee & Secretary
  • Former: Latasha Heape (2020–2021) — Chief Crna
  • Former: Michael W. Frank (2020–2021) — Nurse Anesthetist Crna
  • Former: Betsy Cotter (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Christine Schon MPA (2021) — COO
  • Former: Brad Dershem (2020) — Nurse Anesthetist
  • Former: Cindi Coughlin (2020) — Former Cno
  • Former: John Round (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Leslie Pitts MD (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Martha Landry (2020) — Trustee & Treasurer
  • Former: Paul Pezone (2020) — Vice President Facilities & Support Srvcs
  • Former: Steven A Paris MD (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Wendy Fielding MBA (2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Kathryn F Willbarger — COO /Trustee and Interim CEO (through 8/6/23): $380KKathryn F WillbargerCOO /Trustee and Interim CEO…$380KDaniel Gross — Chief Financial Officer (through 5/2/24): $290KDaniel GrossChief Financial Officer…$290KErli Chen — PHYSICiST: $260KErli ChenPHYSICiST$260KAnne Tyrol — Chief Nursing Officer: $224KAnne TyrolChief Nursing Officer$224KMatthew Borden — Pharmacist: $179KMatthew BordenPharmacist$179KKevin Forrest — VP Facilities & Support Services: $170KKevin ForrestVP Facilities & Support Services$170KSandra M Phipps — VP Philanthropy/Comm Relations: $166KSandra M PhippsVP Philanthropy/Comm Relations$166KLisa Hanamoto — RN Baylor-WN-IP/PRCD: $163KLisa HanamotoRN Baylor-WN-IP/PRCD$163KAnnMarie Coppo — Interim CFO (as of 5/3/24): $133KAnnMarie CoppoInterim CFO (as of 5/3/24)$133K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $380K, to Kathryn F Willbarger (COO /Trustee and Interim CEO (through 8/6/23)). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Cheshire Medical Center

How much does Cheshire Medical Center give each year?

Cheshire Medical Center reported $5K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. The 2025 filing year covers 15 months because its fiscal year-end changed. In 2024 it gave $199K across 2 grants.

How large is Cheshire Medical Center?

Cheshire Medical Center reported $161.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $432.2M.

What is Cheshire Medical Center?

Cheshire Medical Center is a public charity focused on Health, based in Keene, NH. It holds $161.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Cheshire Medical Center operate?

Cheshire Medical Center has awarded grants in Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon.

What is Cheshire Medical Center's EIN?

Cheshire Medical Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 02-0354549. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 12, 2026)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 9, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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