Samuel P Hunt Foundation
Manchester, NH · EIN 02-6004471. Reported 138 grants totalling $2,457,440 to 96 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Samuel P Hunt Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,867 and $25,000; the smallest was $870 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite YMCA - Manchester | Manchester, NH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Canterbury Shaker Village | Canterbury, NH | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Nh | Manchester, NH | $81,521 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society for the Protection of Nh Forests | Concord, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Greater Nashua | Nashua, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Manchester-Derryfield School | Mancehster, NH | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Webster House | Mancehster, NH | $58,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Future in Sight | Concord, NH | $58,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Manchester | Manchester, NH | $50,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harbor Homesharbor Care | Nashua, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborworks of Southern Nh | Manchester, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Star Island Corporation | Portsmouth, NH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc | Manchester, NH | $49,790 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Independence Museum | Exeter, NH | $46,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Front Door Agency | Nashua, NH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crotched Mountain Foundation | Mancehster, NH | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Waypoint | Mancehster, NH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mayhew Program | Bristol, NH | $34,744 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Symphony Nh | Nashua, NH | $33,119 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Andover Community Hub | Andover, NH | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester | Manchester, NH | $27,970 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manchester Boys and Girls Club | Manchester, NH | $27,604 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nashua Center | Nashua, NH | $27,270 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Families in Transition | Mancehster, NH | $25,055 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amoskeag Health | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music | Sullivan, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barrington Library Foundation | Barrington, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the North Country | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Castle Preservation Society | Moultonborough, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Derryfield School | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Colonial | Bethlehem, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harbor Homes Inc | Nashua, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hundred Nights Inc | Keene, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manchester Historic Association | Mancehster, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manchester Police Athletic League | Mancehster, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcdonough Scholarship Foundation | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter | Nashua, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newfound Lake Region Assn | Bristol, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| See Science Center | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Starting Point | Conway, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Childrens Museum of Nh | Dover, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land | Montpelier, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity | White River Junction, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center | Goffstown, NH | $24,510 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tappley Thompson Community Center | Bristol, NH | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Belknap House | Laconia, NH | $23,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kismet Rock Foundation | North Conway, NH | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nh Children's Trust | Concord, NH | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridges | Nashua, NH | $21,868 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Central Behavioral Health | Lebanon, NH | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Museum of Nh | Dover, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copper Cannon Camp | Franconia, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merrimack River Watershed Council | Lawrence, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moffat-Ladd House & Garden | Portsmouth, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mont Vernon Library Charitable Fdtn | Mont Vernon, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Hampshire Boat Museum | Wolfboro Falls, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nh Public Radio | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squam Lakes Natural Science Center | Holdernes, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haverhill Library Association | Haverhill, NH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Palace Theater Trust | Manchester, NH | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birchtree Center | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hubbard Brook Research Foundation | Thornton, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum | Wolfboro, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mill Hollow Heritage Assn | Alstead, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount St Mary Academy | Manchester, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mwv Habitat for Humanities | Conway, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Portsmouth Historical Society | Portsmouth, NH | $13,076 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bridges Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services | Nashua, NH | $12,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cover Home Repair | White River Junction, VT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Home Healthcare Hospice & Community Svcs | Keene, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley | Milford, NH | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seacoast Family Promise | Exeter, NH | $11,158 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berlin & Coos City Historical Society | Berlin, NH | $10,870 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Kieran Community Center for the Arts | Berlin, NH | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bedford Historical Society | Bedford, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Northern Woodlands Education | Lyme, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Francestown Land Trust | Francestown, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Piscataquog Land Conservancy | New Boston, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seeds of Faith | Somersworth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Way Home | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Room Family Resource Center | Derry, NH | $8,867 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Caregivers of Greater Derry | Derry, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of the Green & White Mountains | Bedford, NH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farmsteads of Ne Inc | Hillsborough, NH | $6,882 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse Assn of Franklin | Franklin, NH | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Audobon Society of Nh | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Southern Nh | Nashua, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends Program | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keene Housing Kids Collaborative | Keene, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isaiah 58 Nh | Hampstead, NH | $2,786 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Valley Choral Society | North Conway, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upbeat Nh | Nashua, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home Health & Hospice Care | Merrimack, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 96 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- YMCA of Greater Nashua
RENOVATION PROJECT AT MERRIMACK YMCA - Society for the Protection of Nh Forests
INST. OF GEOTHERMAL WELLS AT THE ROCKS - CASA of Nh
LEADERSHIP COACHING & SENIOR STAFF RETREAT - Boys & Girls Club of Manchester
RENOVATION OF UNION ST GYM - Granite YMCA - Manchester
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE OUTDOOR POOL - Mayhew Program
PURCHASE & EQUIP A PONTOON BOAT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 74 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $602,525 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $526,004 | $21,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $546,165 | $14,527 |
| 2024 | 46 | $782,746 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Samuel P Hunt Foundation has 2 of them, worth $30,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hundred Nights Inc | Keene, NH | $25,000 |
| Bedford Historical Society | Bedford, NH | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Hampshire.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Samuel P Hunt Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 555 Canal Street 710, Manchester, NH, 03101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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