Spotlight on Grants and Foundation Gifts

From humble beginnings as a small, grass-roots organization that began in Manchester over 172 years ago, Waypoint has grown into a thriving statewide agency with 300 professional staff, 24 programs and 14 locations throughout the state. This success is directly attributed to the foundations and families who have supported our work from the beginning.

Without the annual support of foundations and family funds, Waypoint would not be able to serve the 7,000 people we serve on average each year, ranging from ages 0–110.

Whether it’s feeding the hungry, protecting children, lifting families out of poverty or caring for the elderly, Waypoint and New Hampshire’s network of foundations tackle some of the most difficult social problems that confront our communities. And we do it in ways that neither the government nor individual citizens can.

In all these years, not a day has gone by that we haven’t felt humbled and grateful for this support. We are thrilled to shine a light on some of our recent grants and foundation gifts.

• Annette P. Schmitt Foundation supports our advocacy efforts to shape public policies toward best interests of children.

• Bank of America helps youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

• The Burkehaven Family Foundation provides hot dinners to our emergency shelter in Manchester.

• Healthy Beginnings Endowment helps young children through The Children’s Place and its new diaper pantry.

• The Linden Foundation assists families who are caring for a child with a chronic illness.

• M&T Charitable Foundation supports our critical work with youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

• Mascoma Bank Donation Committee helped renovate the Family Resource Center in the Upper Valley to make the space more family friendly, and to accommodate education and support groups and community gatherings.

• Merrimack County Savings Bank Foundation supports our new drop-in center for youth and helps to put boots on the ground through our Street Outreach program in Concord.

• Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund (through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation) supports our Partners in Health program for children in the North Country who have chronic health conditions.

• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation supports our geographic and programmatic expansion of services for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

• Rolfe & Rumford (through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation) provides camperships for children from low-income families to attend summer camp.

• Southern New Hampshire University funds education initiatives for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

• State Farm Insurance funds driver’s education for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

• TD Charitable Foundation supports our work with youth and young adults experiencing homelessness across the state.

• Granite United Way underwrites our provided unrestricted support for our Rochester Youth Resource Center and our Street Outreach program in the Seacoast and Tri-City regions.

• Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau awarded five 3-year grants to support our work with young people experiencing homelessness. Includes Street Outreach, the Transitional Living Program in Concord and Dover, the Transitional Living Program for pregnant and parenting youth in Littleton and Manchester, and outreach and support for youth under 18