Foundation for Healthy Communities
The Foundation for Healthy Communities is a public charity based in Concord, New Hampshire. It collaborates with hospitals, community partners, state departments, and insurers on statewide initiatives to improve health and health care for New Hampshire residents and their families.
Foundation for Healthy Communities at a glance
In short: Foundation for Healthy Communities gave $713K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $89K), mostly in New Hampshire. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $713,149
- -83.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- -66.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $89,144
- -49.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $45,265
- Total assets
- $3,372,440
- -20.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New Hampshire (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Foundation for Healthy Communities
- Contact
Mailing address: 125 Airport Road, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-0900
Website: https://healthynh.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Foundation for Healthy Communities funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency Inc ($305K). Together the top 8 received $713K.
Grant Size Distribution
85 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 26 grants of 85 (31%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation describes its work as statewide and focused on the health and health care of New Hampshire residents. All grants reported for filing year 2025 went to New Hampshire recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Foundation for Healthy Communities gives
- Giving fell 96% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $713K (2025) to $16.2M (2022). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $713K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency Inc Littleton, NH | Support for general Operations. | $304,949 |
| Concord Hospital Concord, NH | Support for general Operations. | $142,136 |
| Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH | Support for general Operations. | $97,771 |
| Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover, NH | Support for general Operations. | $58,600 |
| Core Physicians LLC Exeter, NH | Support for general Operations. | $31,930 |
| Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Nashua, NH | Support for general Operations. | $29,600 |
| Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook, NH | Support for general Operations. | $29,600 |
| Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH | Support for general Operations. | $18,563 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,372,440 | $4,632,799 | $4,980,623 | $713,149 | 8 | $119,525 |
| 2024 | $4,248,381 | $8,846,523 | $8,921,182 | $4,210,582 | 24 | $55,861 |
| 2023 | $4,362,037 | $18,806,609 | $17,601,276 | $12,968,327 | 26 | $79,238 |
| 2022 | $2,784,513 | $24,683,113 | $24,223,668 | $16,227,746 | 26 | $17,681 |
| 2021 | $1,947,762 | $12,126,255 | $12,294,224 | $9,839,105 | 1 | $61,854 |
| 2020 | $1,981,638 | $13,135,402 | $13,000,303 | $8,502,887 | 26 | $172,688 |
| 2019 | $1,949,181 | $11,219,439 | $11,503,017 | $8,600,000 | 1 | $23,052 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation’s mission is to build healthier communities for all by leading partnerships, fostering collaboration, and creating innovative solutions to advance health and health care. Its 2025–2027 strategic plan emphasizes collaboration with partners and building connections into New Hampshire communities.
The Foundation’s listed initiatives include advanced care planning, behavioral health, community benefit and health improvement, health care quality and patient safety, health insurance assistance, health care workforce development, population health, rural health quality improvement, substance use disorder treatment, and patient and family engagement.
The 2025 filing lists grants for general operations to New Hampshire health care organizations. Among the grantees, North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency says its mission is to provide home health and hospice care in collaboration with community resources; Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital says it works to improve rural communities’ well-being and access to quality care; and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital says its mission is to improve its community’s health and well-being.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Foundation reported eight grants totaling $713,149. Grants ranged from $18,563 to $304,949, with a median of $45,265. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in New Hampshire. The largest awards were $304,949 to North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, $142,136 to Concord Hospital, $97,771 to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and $58,600 to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Each was listed for general operations.
The Foundation’s filing states that it executed letters of agreement with all grantees, setting out the grant purpose, scope of services, budget, requirements for use of grant funds, and reporting requirements.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Peter Ames as Executive Director; Andrew Watt, MD, as Chair; Stephen Ahnen as Secretary/Treasurer; and Betsey Rhynhart as Immediate Past Chair. Directors listed are Mark Bonica, Rob Dapis, Annette Escalante, Eileen Groll Liponis, Cherie Holmes, MD, and Fuad Khan, MD, MBA.
Foundation for Healthy Communities is led by Peter Ames, Executive Director since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 3 of 25 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Peter Ames
Executive Director
Executive Director & Trustee → Executive Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$139K (2019) → $193K (2025)
Andrew Watt MD
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jon Scott Nichols
Senior Director Health Care Coalition
Senior Director Health Care Coalition → Senior Director & Health Care Coalition, 2024
Senior Director & Health Care Coalition → Senior Director Health Care Coalition, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$100K (2023) → $120K (2025)
Fuad Khan MD MBA
Director
Trustee → Past Trustee, 2021
Past Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sue Mooney MD
Director
Immediate Past Chair → Trustee, 2024
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Walsh
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Roberge CPA
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sally Kraft MD
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cherie Holmes MD
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eileen Groll Liponis
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Holly McCormack DNP RN
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Skevington
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Madden
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Colin McHugh
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Saltzman
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Bonica
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Manion MPA FACHE
Director
Trustee → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Annette Escalante
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Michaleas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Linda Levesque
Senior Director Finance
New on the 2025 filing
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Dapis
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tammy Boucher
Senior Director of Communications
New on the 2025 filing
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristine A Hering
Vice President Quality Improvement
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$171K (2022) → $217K (2025)
Stephen Ahnen
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Betsey Rhynhart
Immediate Past Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (35)
- Former: Lauren Collins-Cline (2019–2024) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Deborah Broadhead RN (2021–2024) — Past Trustee
- Former: Luellyn J Valtin (2022–2024) — Senior Director Rural Qlty Improvement
- Former: Annette Escalante MSW MLADC (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Fuad Kahn MD MBA (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Beth Wheeler (2024) — Senior Director of Population Health
- Former: Kate E Luczko (2024) — Senior Director Healthforce
- Former: Mike Decelle (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James Culhane (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tom Manion (2023) — Trustee
- Former: George Blike MD (2019–2022) — Past Trustee
- Former: Helen Taft (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jay Couture (2019–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Jocelyn Caple MD (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Scott Colby (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Tanya Lord (2019–2022) — Director Patient & Family Engagement
- Former: Edward D Shanshala II (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Mooney MD (2021–2022) — Chair
- Former: Jeff Sciotni (2022) — Past Trustee
- Former: Martin Thomas Manion (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Anne Diefendorf (2019–2021) — Past Associate Executive Director
- Former: Jeff Scionti (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kris Hering RN (2019–2021) — Past Immedate Past Chair & Vice President Quality Improvement
- Former: Mary DeVeau (2019–2021) — Past Trustee
- Former: Keith Weston Jr. MD (2019–2020) — Past Trustee
- Former: Peter Evers (2019–2020) — Past Trustee
- Former: Trinidad Tellez (2019–2020) — Past Trustee
- Former: Gregory Vasse (2020) — Director of Rural Qin
- Former: Jim Culhane (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Arthur Nichols (2019) — Past Trustee
- Former: Arthur O'Leary (2019) — Past Trustee
- Former: Helen Pervanas PharmD (2019) — Past Trustee
- Former: Keith Shute MD (2019) — Past Trustee
- Former: Maria Ryan PhD APRN (2019) — Past Trustee
- Former: William Brewster MD (2019) — Past Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $217K, to Kristine Hering (VP Quality Improvement). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Foundation for Healthy Communities
How much does Foundation for Healthy Communities give each year?
Foundation for Healthy Communities gave $713K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.2M across 24 grants.
What is Foundation for Healthy Communities's typical grant size?
Foundation for Healthy Communities's median grant in 2025 was $45,265, and its average grant was $89,144, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Foundation for Healthy Communities give grants?
Foundation for Healthy Communities gives mostly in New Hampshire: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Lebanon, NH (2 grants).
Does Foundation for Healthy Communities give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Foundation for Healthy Communities's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (8 of 8) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Foundation for Healthy Communities's largest grantees?
Foundation for Healthy Communities's largest 2025 grantees include North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency Inc ($304,949), Concord Hospital ($142,136) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ($97,771), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 76% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Foundation for Healthy Communities?
Foundation for Healthy Communities reported $3.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.6M.
What does Foundation for Healthy Communities fund?
The Foundation’s mission is to build healthier communities for all by leading partnerships, fostering collaboration, and creating innovative solutions to advance health and health care. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Foundation for Healthy Communities?
Foundation for Healthy Communities has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check healthynh.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Foundation for Healthy Communities's EIN?
Foundation for Healthy Communities's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 02-0275078. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 20, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 16, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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