LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
Dear Friend,
On behalf of the NH Civics board of trustees and staff, we are pleased to share our 2024 Impact Report, highlighting programs and events from the last fiscal year. Thanks to your generous support, NH Civics has seen the highest return in individual giving in our organization’s history!
Your contribution has enabled us to expand our reach to classrooms across the state, providing New Hampshire’s K-12 students with no-cost, meaningful, and experiential civics programming. We are also poised to continue our support of educators with free professional development and resources as they meet the requirements of NH Senate Bill 216, the “More Time on Civics” bill that went into effect last July 1, ensuring increased civics instruction in the elementary and middle grades.
Though pleased with our growth, we know our work doesn't stop here. Your commitment ensures that civics education remains a vital part of our communities, helping to prepare every New Hampshire student to become an informed, engaged, and active participant in our democracy.
We are inspired by your belief in our work and honored to have you as partners in this important journey Together, we are cultivating the next generation of leaders
With sincere appreciation,
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NH Civics Board of Trustees Executive Director
Board of Trustees
Mary Susan Leahy, Chair
Marjorie Chiafery, Vice Chair
Karen Carew, Treasurer
Dr. Matthew S. Hicks, Secretary
Dr. Roger C. Brooks
Anna Brown
Steven Camerino
The Hon. Stephen Duprey
David Hills
Jewel Mackenzie Hurt
The Hon Jay Kahn
Mark Laliberte
The Hon Melanie Levesque
Dr Betty Tamposi
Susan Wolowitz
Staff
Allyson M. Ryder Executive Director
Heather MacNeill Operations Director
Claudette Knieriem Communications Coordinator
Jo Ann Robichaud Coordinator, NH’s Kid Governor
Key Partners
Amanda Maguire Partner Site Director, Mikva Challenge
Attorney Dina Michael Chaitowitz Instructor, Civics 603!
As the champion for K-12 civics education, our mission is to develop, nurture, and maintain an informed, engaged, and civil New Hampshire citizenry.
The National Youth Voice Summit was life-changing. I met people with similar passions, but with different perspectives
Molly Donahue Littleton High School senior 2024 National YVS attendee
Jade Adams of Harrisville was elected NH’s 2025 Kid Governor by over 1,700 of her fifth-grade peers across 116 NH classrooms. Her platform is to make NH the 13 state th to ban animal testing.
Our Civics 603! program engaged hundreds of NH students in grades 6-12 in this hands-on exploration of our court system, which includes performing mock appellate oral arguments and mock trials under the supervision of NH Supreme Court volunteer staff
Dozens of NH middle and high schoolers participated in the Mikva Challenge NH Youth Summit and Project Soapbox, learning to use their voices for change
Six students traveled to Washington, DC in May to attend the National Youth Voice Summit, collaborating with over 100 of their peers from across the country
New Hampshire’s Kid Governor®
FEBRUARY
The William W. Treat Lecture, “The Ten Habits of Good Citizens” with author and former US Ambassador Richard Haass, was broadcast live online with NH high schoolers and livestreamed to hundr
MAY
SEPTEMBER
We joined key partners NHPR and NHPBS for their inaugural “Civics 101 Summit,” a live podcast at Southern NH University, hosted by Nick Capodice and
OCTOBER
We engaged K-12 teachers across the state in free online professional development with instructors from iCivics, the NH Department of Education, Discovery Education, the Council on Foreign Relations, and
NH Civics welcomed Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig who discussed the impact of social media on American democracy with moderator Jim Schachter, President and CEO of NHPBS.
In celebration of Constitution Day, we collaborated with the Rudman Center at the UNH School of Law for “Constitutional Dynamics,” an exploration of the NH Constitution and its relationship with the US Constitution.
RWe raised the most money in organizational history last year from individual donors Jake Harriman, President & CEO of More Perfect Union, was featured at a private fall fundraiser.
222 TOTAL GIFTS
53 FIRST-TIME DONORS
74 CONSECUTIVE YEAR DONORS
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents $239,601.14
Total Fixed Assets $9,281 06
TOTAL ASSETS $251,397.20
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Unrestricted Net Assets $108,197.55
Total Restricted Assets $44,448.18
Net Income Without Amortization: -$27,451 06
Total Equity $245,194.67 TOTAL LIABILITY AND EQUITY $251,397.20
Expenses $391,403.11 Revenue $363,952.05
Net Income -$27,451.06
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024
I N D I V I D U A L D O N O R S
Gwen Adams
Ron & Karen Adams
Timothy Allison
Anonymous
Ben Auger
Cheri Bach
Tracy Banks
Karin & Stephen Barndollar
Joe Baroni
Sandra Belknap
Marek Bennett
Chris & Carolyn Boldt
Steve & Linda Borofsky
William Boudreau
Peter Bowman
Roger Brooks
Anna Brown-Leone
Kimberlee Burgess
Bobbi Burns
Miriam Cahill-Yeaton
Susan Carbon
Karen Carew
Julie Casagrande
Robert Casassa
Neal Cass & Alexandra Heatly
David Cawley
Anne & Robert Chehade
Marjorie & Jim Chiafery
Eric & Jennifer Chinburg
Martha Clark
Patricia Cohen
Bradford & Kathleen Cook
Barbara R. Cooper
Gregory Danas & Heidi McLellan-Danas
Gregory Davis
Ben Daviss
Hilda de Moya
Dawn DeAngelis
Andy DeMeo
Todd & Terri DeMitchell
Denise Desrosiers Solomon
The Honorable Charles G. Douglas, III
Leo & Marna Ducharme
The Honorable Stephen Duprey
Christine Dwyer & Michael Huxtable
Caroline & Tom Ewing
Liz Fowler
Barbara & Ivor Freeman
Jameson French & Priscilla Stevens French
Jessica Geiben Lynn
Rachel Goldwasser
Andrew Goodearl
Joan Goshgarian
Brian Graf
Allison Grappone
Nathan Greenberg
Michele Grennon
Larry Guevarra
Susan Haig
Jerry & Benette Hanauer
Susan Hatem
Eric Herr
The Honorable Matthew Hicks
David Hills
Carolyn & Philip Hollman
Christopher Hormel
Henry Huntington
Jewel Hurt
Janet Insolia & Peter Pastor
The Honorable Jay & Cheryl Kahn
Julie Kalish
Evan Karatzas
Sandra Keans
Claudette & Jeff Knieriem
William Larkins
John Lassey
Brandon Latham
Mary Susan Leahy
The Honorable Melanie Levesque
Jesse Lipson
Martha Lovejoy
Dick Ludders
Ginnie Lupi
Heather MacNeill & Mike Ramsey
Judith & Richard MacNeill
Maria Manus Painchaud
& Steven Painchaud
Gene Martin
Sarah Martin
Jason Mayeu
Christine McCall
Jack McGee
Amy McGregor-Radin
Ann Meng Hadwen
Andrew Merton
Raymond Miller
James Milliken
Amy Mills Oliva
Jonathan & Vicky Mishcon
Elizabeth Mooney
John & Michelle Morris
Charleen Nelthropp
Jane Nilles
Elizabeth Nolan
Clare O'Brien & Charlie Doane
Anthony & Angela Ocone
Kristen Oliveri
Fredrick Orkin
James Owers
Suellen Peluso
Adam Pignatelli & Jessica Forest
Michael Pilot & Tina Sawtelle
Gaynelle & Chris Pratt
Thomas & Ellen Raffio
Linda Rhodes
Peter Richard
Anne Romney & Tim Hayes
Allyson Ryder
Mark Ryder
Eleonore Sanderson
Mark & Kim Schifrin
Cheryl Schlenker
Schuyler Scribner
Paige Smith
Victoria Sol
Wendy Stevens
Scott W. Stucky
Lynda Sullivan
Barbara Sweet
Lorraine Tacconi-Moore
Betty Tamposi
Mary Taylor & Kenneth Guentner
Liz Tentarelli
Gregory & Kathryn Thesing
Kathleen Thomas
Katy Thompson
Phyllis Tilson-Piotrow
Vincent Tulley
Yusi Turell
William Vanca
Peter & Lee Vandermark
Debra Wasser Kaplan
Rick Weber
Roger & Sandy Wells
Shawne Wickham
Holly Wilson
Susan & David Wolowitz
Claudia Wu
Our work would not be possible without the commitment of these corporate partners and foundations.
Geoffrey E. Clark and Martha Fuller Clark Fund
The Lippy and Bette De Rocher Charitable Trust
Delta Dental
Dobles Foundation
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Eversource
Fidelity Foundation
iCivics
McLane Middleton, PA
National Education Association - New Hampshire
NH Charitable Foundation
The Oleonda Jameson Trust
Orr & Reno
REL Corporation
St. Anselm College - NHIOP
William W. Treat Foundation
Madelaine G. von Weber Trust
In-Kind Gifts
New Hampshire PBS
Justice David Souter US Supreme Court (retired) and incorporator of NH
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