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Get Involved!
How to make a donation 
There are many ways to help keep children safe, and families strong in New Hampshire! For anyone interested in supporting our work with a gift of cash, appreciated stock (or other property), or some other financial gift, there are several important advantages to giving to the NHCT that you should review and consider. Some giving options may involve meeting with us and/or your financial advisor. We are happy to do so!
Keeping children safe...
Since 1986 the New Hampshire Children’s Trust fund has been supporting community-based programs that prevent child abuse and neglect. We have learned that the most effective way to keep children safe is to facilitate the development of strong, healthy families, with confident and capable parents, caregivers and other adults who impact the lives of children.
Research shows that programs that support families can make a significant difference in the overall health of a community. The NHCT invests in positive outcomes for children and families through financial and programmatic support. Communities where we have provided long-term support have seen:
- Fewer teenage pregnancies
- Less juvenile delinquency
- Improved behavior and performance of children at school
- Fewer incidents of child abuse and neglect
- More families moving from welfare to work that pays adequate wages
- Increased self-confidence, knowledge of child development, and parenting skills among parents
- Greater educational attainment among parents
You can make a difference Your gift to the New Hampshire Children’s Trust can help us address the critical needs facing some of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable citizens, and prevent child abuse and neglect before it happens.
The advantages of making a gift
Greater Impact. The New Hampshire Children’s Trust enables you to pool your contribution(s) and/or proceeds from your named fund with others, and help support a range of community projects throughout the state that help prevent child abuse and neglect. Your charitable giving, even if targeted to a specific community or program, will help support community organizations and programs statewide that address child abuse, neglect, and family support issues.
Flexibility. The Fund can work directly with you and your financial advisors to structure your gift in a way that is most advantageous to you financially, while also meeting your philanthropic goals.
Informed Giving. The New Hampshire Children’s Trust is continually evaluating ideas and projects that address child abuse and neglect prevention, as well as the emerging needs of communities throughout the state. We monitor all our grantees to ensure accountability, and continually track community indicators to ensure that funds are being invested in areas of greatest need. This expertise in available to you.
Tax Advantages. The New Hampshire Children’s Trust has public charity status. Our donors receive the maximum tax deduction allowed by law.
Leadership. The New Hampshire Children’s Trust is the primary voice in the state concerning the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect, and the programs and projects that prevent it. The NHCT works throughout the year to bring together public, private, and nonprofit sectors to address this critical issue.
What to Give
Gifts of cash are the simplest forms of contribution. All your donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Checks may be made payable to: New Hampshire Children’s Trust, and mailed to:
New Hampshire Children’s Trust
10 Ferry Street, Suite 315
Concord, NH 03301
Depending on your circumstances, it may be advantageous to make your donation in the form of appreciated securities such as stocks or bonds. In most cases, this type of donation brings the same tax-deductibility as cash gifts, which eliminates capital gains taxes.
Gifts of real estate and other appreciated properties can offer advantages similar to contributions of stocks and bonds. Be sure to call us to discuss any potential gifts of property.
You can remember the New Hampshire Children’s Trust in your will either by a specific dollar amount or percentage, or as the residual beneficiary of your estate. A bequest can serve as an enduring memorial, in your name, or in the name of someone you wish to honor.
You can name the New Hampshire Children’s Trust as owner and irrevocable beneficiary of a life insurance policy a way of making a contribution, as well as receiving a generous tax deduction.
NHCT has also worked with a number of individuals and families who have generously named the New Hampshire Children’s Trust as the recipient of memorial gifts, or have made one-time gifts to honor someone on a birthday or other special occasion. These gifts help us build our general fund.
Other Ways of Giving
There are several other ways to make a gift to the New Hampshire Children’s Trust and also receive income from the gift through your lifetime, enjoy potential tax advantages, while meeting your philanthropic goals. We can meet with you and/or your financial advisor at your convenience to discuss these “life income” options.
Please contact our office via phone (603-224-1279) or e-mail us at info@nhchildrentrust.org if you wish to explore any of the giving options described above in more detail.
In-Kind Giving Opportunities
Most family resource centers and family support programs operate on a shoestring! If you have professional expertise or equipment that you would like to donate, contact your local family support program through the information provided on our Map of Family Support Programs. A staff person will help you find the most appropriate match for the in-kind contribution you have in mind.
For every dollar you invest,
the NH Children’s Trust is able to leverage additional federal dollars to further our work in New Hampshire
Preventing child abuse and neglect is more than the avoidance of tragedy. Investing in the development of strong, stable and nurturing families is a cost-effective down payment in the life of a child.
For some families, the stresses in their lives are simply too much to handle without help. This year, with families under increased stress in a struggling economy, we need to support families and protect children. Please help by sending a donation right now.
Each of us plays a crucial role in supporting families. Family stress often increases with single parenting, poverty, loss of a job, having a child with special physical or behavioral challenges, and social isolation. You can help support families through these deeply troubling times. A gift to the Children’s Trust Fund is carefully invested in family support programs and prevention activities across the state.
Family support programs provide parenting support and knowledge of child development, and they provide buffers against the daily stress and challenges of parenting, by building the resilience of parents. Perhaps their most important gifts are the acknowledgement that parenting can be difficult and stressful, even in the best of times, and the sense of relief that someone can help. Will you?
The cost of failure is severe and life-altering, in the case of child abuse prevention.
100% of your gift stays in NH to strengthen families and keep children safe.
Give online by clicking the DONATE button at the top or send a check by mail: NHCT, 10 Ferry Street, Suite 315, Concord, NH 03301
Remittance envelope (Click to open)
Give in memory or in honor of a loved one, we’ll send out a card to whomever you would like informing them of the donation.
Your contribution to the NH Children’s Trust
will Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect:
- By supporting New Hampshire community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs through funding, training, technical assistance and evaluation
- By helping New Hampshire parents advocate for their children's and family’s needs through trainings and workshops
- By providing parenting skill-building materials and resources in over one hundred libraries in New Hampshire
- By educating, informing and advocating on behalf of New Hampshire’s children, and
- By helping to keep children safe and families strong in New Hampshire!
What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
- Physical Abuse is harm to a child caused intentionally or from excessive or inappropriate discipline methods.
- Common signs are: bruises, welts, human bite marks, bald spots, cigarette burns, immersion burns, fractures, lacerations, abrasions and may include shaking or punching an infant, child or youth.
- Emotional Abuse is the maltreatment of a child that may involve criticizing, insulting, yelling, swearing, manipulating, humiliating, rejecting or withholding love.
- Sexual Abuse is any sexual contact with a child including exhibitionism, photographs or films, pornography, prostitution, rape or fondling or any type of sexual exploitation of a child or youth.
- Neglect is the failure to provide for a child’s basic physical, emotional, medical or educational needs. It may involve abandonment or parental alcohol or drug abuse, and/or exposure to domestic violence.
Who Abuses Children? Usually someone the child knows: a parent, relative, neighbor or family friend.
Where Does Abuse Happen? Wherever children are: where they live, sleep, learn or play.
What are the Lifelong Consequences of Abuse? We know that victims of abuse are at an increased risk for alcoholism, depression, sexually transmitted infections, intimate partner violence and suicide attempts.