The Lyme Foundation Inc

Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby

Lyme, NH

The foundation funds education, conservation, community organizations, churches, and civil-rights organizations, with recent grants concentrated in New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Vermont. Its 2025 grants ranged from $50 to $50,000, with a median of $5,000. It accepts unsolicited requests by written letter; no deadline is listed.

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Concord, NH

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation funds nonprofits and students, with grants supporting areas such as health, education, housing, the environment, arts, and economic security, primarily benefiting New Hampshire communities. Its 2024 median itemized grant was $25,000, and its Responsive Grants program offers eligible nonprofits up to $10,000; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Birdseye Foundation

Lebanon, NH

The Birdseye Foundation supports preselected charitable organizations working in areas including education, food access, housing, mental health, conservation, and literacy, primarily in Vermont and also in New Hampshire. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $40,000, with a median of $5,000. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

New Hampshire Electric Co-Op Foundation

Plymouth, NH

To provide financial aid to local non-profits and communities.

The Help for People Foundation

Norwich, VT

The Help for People Foundation supports education, cancer research, homelessness services, food access, public broadcasting, arts, and other community needs, with 2025 grants ranging from $5,000 to $40,000 and a median of $10,000. It funded organizations in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Virginia. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation

Bridgewater, CT

Flora R and Isidor M Stettenheim

Norwich, VT

This foundation supports preselected charitable organizations across areas including arts and media, food assistance, civil liberties, farmworker organizing, and community services, with most recent grants concentrated in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Virginia. Its 2025 grants ranged from $100 to $7,500, with a median of $1,000; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

McCollom Family Foundation

Dallas, TX

The McCollom Family Foundation’s grants support organizations in areas such as recreation, media, land conservation, education, food assistance, health care, and community services, primarily in Vermont, with some funding in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Its 2026 grants ranged from $1,000 to $12,000, with a median of $3,000. The 2025 filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and lists no required application materials or deadline.

The Rosenfeld Foundation

New York, NY

The Rosenfeld Foundation supports charitable organizations working in areas such as combating hate and misinformation, Israel-related education and advocacy, reproductive rights, humanitarian aid, and arts education. Its 2025 grants ranged from $180 to $85,405, with a median of $2,500, and primarily went to organizations in Vermont, New York, and Washington, DC. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Couch Family Foundation

Hanover, NH

The Couch Family Foundation funds early care and education statewide in New Hampshire, and work benefiting children, families, and communities in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont and on Martha’s Vineyard. Its 2024 grants had a median award of $20,000; first-time grantees generally receive $10,000 or less. It states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, though its website invites applications for Cherished Communities; Statewide Early Care and Education is by invitation only.

Firehole Foundation

Miami, FL

The foundation supports a broad range of organizations, including schools, universities, animal welfare, food assistance, and health-related causes; its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $50,000, with a median of $2,000. It is based in Florida, with recent grants concentrated in Missouri, New Hampshire, California, and Florida, and the profile says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and lists application materials, but does not explicitly state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn

Norwich, VT

The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Foundation supports a broad range of causes, including arts and music education, health care, animal welfare, conservation, public media, and social justice, with most recent grant dollars going to New Hampshire and Vermont and others to organizations in New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC. Its 2026 grants ranged from $25 to $55,000, with a median of $5,000. The 2025 filing says to apply by written letter and does not list a deadline or award restrictions.