Five Nashua Nonprofits Receive Grants From The Merrimack

NASHUA, NH — Five Nashua nonprofits were among 21 local organizations that recently received grants from Merrimack County Savings Bank Foundation, the bank announced last week.

The Merrimack, as the Concord-based bank is known, awarded a total of $65,485 in grants to assist the organizations in their community efforts.

"As a mutual savings bank, it's important that we give back to the communities that have supported us for the past 155 years, " said Linda Lorden, president of The Merrimack. "Through economic highs and lows, the Foundation finds a way to make these grants possible."

The Nashua nonprofits that received grants were:

• The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua received $3,850 to purchase LEGO Education Spike Prime sets to be used for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) programming for Grades 4-6.
• Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire received $3,150 to purchase supplies for families who are temporarily displaced and entering the residential program.
• Marguerite's Place received $2,569 to create family empowerment programming for families experiencing homelessness.
• The Front Door Agency was awarded $5,000 to provide affordable housing, education, job training and supportive services for single mothers and their children who are experiencing homelessness.
• YMCA of Greater Nashua received $2,300 for its Y's Power Scholars Academy, which will help 400 under-resourced Nashua children who are behind in their grade level.

The other nonprofits receiving grants from The Merrimack were:

• Boys & Girls Club Central New Hampshire, Sutton
• Brigid's House of Hope, Concord
• Catholic Charities New Hampshire, Manchester
• Circle Program, Plymouth
• Concord Dental Sealant Coalition, Concord
• Concord Hospital Trust, Concord
• Family Promise of Greater Concord, Concord
• Friends of New Hampshire Drug Courts, Concord
• Girls Inc. of New Hampshire, Manchester
• Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) of New Hampshire, Concord
• Overcomers Refugee Services, Concord
• The Pittsfield Youth Workshop, Pittsfield
• SEE Science Center (SEE), Manchester
• Step Up Parents, Portsmouth
• Waypoint, Concord
• Webster House Children's Home, Manchester

More information about the Foundation's application process is available on the Merrimack County Savings Bank website.