Caring for our Communities

• 22Q Foundation
• 3S Contemporary Art Space
• Advice to the Players
• Alton 5k
• Alton Business Association
• Alton Centennial Rotary Club
• Alton Parks & Recreations
• American Bankers Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Legion Post #33 – Meredith
• American Legion Post #49 – Tilton/Northfield
• American Legion Post #59 – Hillsborough NH
• American Legion Post #72
• American Red Cross NH/VT Region
• Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund
• Artistic Roots
• Ashland 4th of July Committee
• Ashland Elementary School Wellness Committee
• Ashland Firefighters Auxiliary
• Ashland Halloween Parade
• Ashland School Parent Teacher Association
• Assistance Canine Training Services
• Audubon Society of New Hampshire
• Belknap House
• Belknap Mill Society
• BelknapEDC
• Belmont Rotary Club Charities
• Best Buddies International
• Betsy’s Park
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of NH
• Bill Lamper Youth Basketball
• Bolduc Park Association
• Boulder Point
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Central NH
• Brewster Academy
• Bridge House
• Bristol Police Department
• BSOG Relief Association
• Business & Industry Association of NH
• Campton Historical Society
• Canterbury Shaker Village
• Career Partnership Program
• Castle Preservation Society
• Celebrate Laconia
• Center for Financial Training & Education Alliance (CFTEA)
• Center Harbor Community Development Association
• Center Harbor Skate Fest
• Center Harbor Soup Kitchen
• Central NH Chamber of Commerce
• Central NH VNA & Hospice
• Child Advocacy Center of Carroll County
• Children’s Museum of NH
• Christmas Night in Ashland
• Circle Program
• Coastal Economic Development Corporation
• Colebrook Ski-Bees Snowmobile Club
• Communities for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth (CADY)
• Concord Hospital
• Copper Cannon Camp
• Country Village Way Condo Association
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Daniel Webster Council (Boy Scouts of America)
• David’s House
• District 44N – Lions Clubs International
• Exeter Area Charitable Foundation
• Fall Mountain Regional High School
• Families in Transition
• Farmington 500 Soccer
• Farmington Fish and Game Club
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
• First Star Tonight
• For The Love of Dogs Rottweiler Rescue
• Friends Moultonborough Public Library
• Friends of Belmont Football
• Friends of Forgotten Children
• Friends of Lafayette House
• Friends of Meredith Parks & Recreation
• Friends of the Libby Museum
• Friends of the Meredith Library
• Friends of the Music Hall
• Funds For Paws
• Gather
• Geneva Point Center
• Gilda’s Club NH
• Gilford Athletic Booster Club
• Gilford Cal Ripken Baseball
• Gilford Middle School
• Gilford Police Relief Association
• Gilford School District
• Gilford Silverhawks Football
• Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
• Got Lunch! Ashland
• Got Lunch! Gilford
• Got Lunch! Inter-Lakes
• Got Lunch! Laconia
• Governor Wentworth Arts Council
• Governor Wentworth Regional School District
• Grafton Regional Development Corporation
• Granite Backcountry Alliance
• Granite State Adaptive
• Granite State Association of FFA
• Granite State Children’s Alliance
• Granite State Independent Living
• Granite United Way
• GRD Memorial Foundation
• Great Waters Music Festival
• Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Lakes Region Charitable Fund (Children’s Auction)
• Greater Meredith Program
• Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce
• Hands Across The Table
• Holderness Aftercare Association
• Holderness Central School
• Holderness Firefighters Association
• Holderness Historical Society
• Holderness School
• Holderness School District School Board
• Homeland Cemetery
• Hospice Help Foundation
• Hubbard Beach Association
• Huggins Hospital
• ILMA Middle School Football Club
• Inter-Lakes Children’s Theatre
• Inter-Lakes Christmas Fund
• Inter-Lakes Elementary School
• Inter-Lakes High School
• Inter-Lakes High School 2021 Prom Committee
• Inter-Lakes High School Alumni Association
• Inter-Lakes Interact Club
• Inter-Lakes Middle & High School Robotics Team
• Inter-Lakes Middle Tier School
• Inter-Lakes PTO
• Inter-Lakes Scholarship Foundation
• Inter-Lakes Summer Theatre
• Inter-Lakes Youth Soccer League
• Isaiah 61 Cafe
• James D. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Kidworks Learning Center
• Kingswood Vocational Student Building Trust
• Kingswood Youth Center
• Knights of Columbus Council #428
• Krempels Center
• Laconia High School Band Boosters
• Laconia Little League
• Laconia Middle School
• Laconia Multicultural Festival
• Laconia Police Relief Association
• Laconia School District
• Laconia Skate Board
• Laconia Youth Football & Cheer Association
• Laconia Youth Soccer League
• Lake Sunapee Region VNA
• Lake Winnipesaukee Association
• Lakes Center For The Arts
• Lakes Region Board of Realtors
• Lakes Region Builders & Remodelers Association
• Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce
• Lakes Region Community Developers
• Lakes Region Community Services
• Lakes Region Conservation Trust
• Lakes Region Food Pantry
• Lakes Region Girls Softball
• Lakes Region Humane Society
• Lakes Region Mental Health Center
• Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum
• Lakes Region Planning Commission
• Lakes Region Rotary Foundation
• Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation
• Lakes Region Search and Rescue
• Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
• Lakes Region Technology Center
• Lakes Region Tourism Association
• Lakes Region Visiting Nurse Association
• Lakes Region Youth Hockey Association
• Lavarack Nature Trail
• Leadership Lakes Region
• Leadership NH
• Leadership Seacoast
• League of NH Craftsmen
• Light Up Laconia
• Lincoln Woodstock Community Clean Up
• Lions Twin State Soccer Association
• Live & Let Live Farm
• Live Like Doug Educational Center
• Locke Lake Colony Association
• Loon Preservation Committee
• Lou Athanas Youth Basketball League
• Make-A-Wish NH
• Mayhew Program
• Memorial Hospital Foundation at North Conway
• Meredith Altrusa Club
• Meredith Area Chamber Of Commerce
• Meredith Historical Society
• Meredith Library Fund
• Meredith Lions Club
• Meredith Police Association
• Meredith Public Health Nursing Association
• Meredith Public Library
• Meredith Youth Soccer
• Merrill Fay Arena
• Mid-State Health Center
• Milligan Memorial Golf Tournament
• Monarch School of New England
• Moose Mountains Regional Greenways
• Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association of NH
• Moultonborough Academy
• Moultonborough Central School
• Moultonborough Lions Club
• Moultonborough PTA
• Moultonborough Snowmobile Club
• Moultonborough/Sandwich Senior Meals
• Mountain Village Charter School
• Nancy Clement Beck Memorial Fund
• National Marine Lenders Association
• NEACH
• NeighborWorks Southern NH
• New Beginnings
• New Hampton Firefighters Association
• New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region
• New Horizons for NH
• Newfound Area Nursing Association
• NH Bankers Association
• NH Bar Foundation
• NH Boat Museum
• NH Center for Nonprofits
• NH Charitable Foundation
• NH Children’s Trust
• NH Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
• NH Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA)
• NH Community Loan Fund
• NH Food Bank
• NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation
• NH Historical Society
• NH Home Builders Association
• NH Humane Society
• NH Humanities Council
• NH JumpStart Coalition
• NH Lakes Association
• NH Lakes Region Pickleball Club
• NH Legal Assistance
• NH Master Chorale
• NH Preservation Alliance
• NH Public Broadcasting
• NH Rare Disorders Association
• NH Rivers Council
• NH Veterans Home
• NH-JAG
• Nor’Easter Softball Club
• Old Lakeshore Cooperative
• One Sky Community Services
• Opechee Garden Club
• Parents Music Club of Portsmouth
• Parents Music Club of the Portsmouth
• Parma Music Festival
• Partnership for Public Health
• Patriot Resilient Leader Institute (Camp Resilience)
• Peabody Place
• Pemi-Baker Community Health
• Pemi-Baker Cooperative School District
• Pemi-Baker Home Health
• Pemi-Baker Literacy
• Pemigewasset Choral Society
• Pemigewasset Search and Rescue
• Pemi-Valley Habitat for Humanity
• Pittsburg Ridge Runners
• Plymouth Area Community Closet
• Plymouth Area Renew Energy Initiative
• Plymouth Downtown Committee
• Plymouth Regional High School 
• Plymouth Regional High School Hockey Boosters
• Plymouth Regional Senior Center
• Plymouth Regional Youth Softball
• Plymouth State University
• Plymouth Youth Leadership
• Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center
• Prescott Park Arts Festival
• Pro Portsmouth
• Raven Gael Blaisdell Foundation at Hall Memorial Library
• Red Oak Stables
• Rescue Dogs Rock NYC
• Rockshow
• Rotary Club of Alton
• Rotary Club of Gilford
• Rotary Club of Hampton
• Rotary Club of Hampton Charitable Foundation
• Rotary Club of Laconia
• Rotary Club of Meredith
• Rotary Club of Plymouth
• Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation
• Rotary Club of Portsmouth
• Rotary International District 7870
• Rumney PTO
• Rye Lions Club
• Salvation Army
• Sandwich Business Group
• Sandwich Children’s Center
• Sandwich Community School
• Sandwich Fair Association
• Sandwich Home Industries
• Santa Fund for Town of Moultonborough
• Santa Fund of the Greater Lakes Region
• Save for America
• Save Our Gale School
• SCORE
• Seacoast Board of Realtors
• Seacoast Child Advocacy Center
• Seacoast Mental Health Center
• Seacoast Science Center
• Seacoast Soul Models
• Seacoast Task Force on Family Violence
• Seacoast United Sports Club
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• Society for the Protection of NH Forests
• Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (Laconia)
• Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity
• Spaulding Academy & Family Services
• Speare Memorial Hospital
• Special Olympics NH
• Squam Lakes Association
• Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
• Squam Trail Busters
• State of NH Department of Children Youth & Families
• Step Up Parents
• Surfrider Foundation NH
• Tamworth Community Nurse Association
• Tamworth Outing Club
• Tanger Outlets 5K
• Teen Master Tennis Academy
• The Barnstormers
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth
• The Friendly Kitchen
• The Friends Program
• Thornton Conservation Committee
• Town of Alton
• Town Of Ashland
• Town of Center Harbor
• Town of Gilford
• Town of Holderness
• Town of Meredith
• Town of Moultonborough
• Town of New Durham
• Town of New Durham – Parks & Recreation Department
• Town of Plymouth
• Town of Sandwich
• Town of Tuftonboro
• Town of Wakefield
• Town of Washington
• Town of Wolfeboro
• Toys for Tots
• Trick or Treat in Holderness
• Tuftonboro Historical Society
• Veterans Count
• Village Players
• Voices Against Violence
• Vouchers for Veterans
• Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports
• Waterville Valley Business Association
• Waterville Valley Foundation
• Waterville Valley Town Square "Get to Know the Valley Event"
• Waukewan & Winona Watershed Protection Association
• Wentworth Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO)
• White Horse Addiction Center
• White Mountain National Forest
• White Mountain Youth Hockey
• Wicwas Lake Grange
• WinnAero
• Winnipesaukee Muskrats
• Winnipesaukee Playhouse
• Winnipesaukee Wellness Center
• Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce
• Wolfeboro Area Creative Art Center
• Wolfeboro Area Meals On Wheels
• Wolfeboro Area Recreation Center (The Nick)
• Wolfeboro Christmas Parade
• Wolfeboro Cooperative Nursery School
• Wolfeboro Friends of Music
• Wolfeboro Lions Charity
• Wolfeboro Nursery School
• Wolfeboro Public Library Foundation
• Wolfeboro Rotary Club Charities
• Wolfeboro She-Wolves Hockey
• WOW Trail
• Wright Museum of World War II

If you are interested in having MVSB support your non-profit organization, please contact your local office. For a listing, click here.

We are always happy to help local non-profits share information about their organizations and special events whenever possible. Please reach out to mvsbmarketing@mvsb.com for assistance with the following:

• Presence on our digital signs outside our branches in Meredith’s main office, Rochester and Laconia. Per local regulation, Rochester and Laconia can have graphic messages with color and pictures. Meredith can only be text with no color.
• Inclusion on our digital signs in all of our branch offices. Nonprofits can select the locations where they would like their message to run. Many regular users simply send us a PowerPoint slide – it’s the exact right size for the screens and software.
• Distribution of dollar bill sized cash-envelope stuffers with the money & receipts for each customer in the lobby or drive-up. Again, this is available at the location(s) of the nonprofits’ choice.
• Inclusion on the magnetic community board available at each branch office.
• Re-sharing of your posts on social media. We are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Please Note: that we cannot promote lotteries or religious or political messages.  Other restrictions may apply.

Learn about our checking account designed with nonprofits in mind. Click here or contact your nearest branch office to learn more about this account and the benefits available to you.

MVSB James D. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating senior from each of the following public high schools:

• Gilford High School
• Inter-Lakes High School
• Kingswood Regional High School
• Laconia High School
• Moultonborough Academy
• Plymouth Regional High School
• Portsmouth High School
• Prospect Mountain High School
• Spaulding High School

Information and applications for this scholarship are available at guidance offices at the schools listed above. You can also access the application here.

The MVSB Culinary Arts Center Scholarship
The MVSB Culinary Arts Center is part of The Huot Technical Center, a regional program for students at Laconia, Gilford, Belmont, Inter-Lakes, Franklin and Winnisquam Regional High Schools. The Center provides students the opportunity to begin to develop skills that are essential to employment in all facets of the food service trade.

Information and applications for this scholarship are available at Huot Technical Center Administrative Offices.

The IOLTA program was created in 1982 when a NH Supreme Court ruling began requiring attorneys to maintain a pooled interest-bearing trust account for clients’ funds which were nominal in amount or to be held for a short period of time. Under Supreme Court Rule 50, the interest generated in those accounts was required to be transferred to the New Hampshire Bar Foundation for charitable purposes. Since its inception, the IOLTA program has raised more than $28 million to help provide legal services to New Hampshire citizens who are struggling to overcome poverty.

To be designated as a Leadership Bank by the NH Bar Foundation, MVSB must pay 2% or higher interest on IOLTAs, exceed the bank’s standard NOW account rate, and waive routine service charges.

The MVSB Fund makes grants every year to local nonprofits that make a significant impact upon the lives of people in the communities we serve. These grants are in addition to the Bank’s regular contributions and the extraordinary volunteer efforts by our employees.

Established in 1997, the MVSB Fund awards grant-based contributions to nonprofit organizations that enrich and improve the quality of life for residents living in the Bank’s service areas. Since then, 486 grants totaling $1,928,748 have been awarded to a wide range of environmental, social, educational and historic projects throughout the Greater Lakes Region, Plymouth and Seacoast areas.

Over the years, the Fund has supported literacy programs, after-school programs, environmental monitoring as well as education and restoration of historic structures, organizations that provide support for individuals and families in challenging circumstances and equipment that helps save lives. While not focused on a particular category, Fund administrators are mindful of the receiving organization and its contribution to the quality of life in the communities served.

“Each year, grants from the MVSB Fund help our local nonprofit organizations make meaningful improvements, add programming and simply keep up with demand, which has been especially challenging in recent years,” said Marcus Week, MVSB President. “We are grateful to our local non-profits for the quality services they bring to local individuals and families and we are proud to extend our support with this funding.”

To become an MVSB Fund Grant Recipient, apply now.

This year’s MVSB Fund $124,500 grant recipients include:

Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund, Stratham
Awarded $5,000 to help families and individuals who are facing challenging circumstances heat their homes this winter. The mission of Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund is to help local families struggling financially through a life threatening disease, illness or disability. They have various programs that serve the diverse needs of the community.

Articine, Newfields
Awarded $5,000 to hire 2-3 Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) artists as content creators to collaborate on a video series specific to the BIPOC healthcare worker. By telling human stories through performances and workshops, Articine integrates the arts and medicine to inspire healthcare providers to deliver more empathetic and effective patient care.

Arts In Reach, Portsmouth
Awarded $5,000 to support after-school and artists programs for underserved and at-risk teens. Arts In Reach is an out-of-school program committed to closing opportunity gaps for teens who face inequities and lack access to high-quality programming based on gender identity, health, neurodiversity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.

The Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community, South Tamworth
Awarded $4,500 to move and renovate the center’s kitchen to a newer wing. The Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community is an organization located on the historic Perkins Farm in South Tamworth, doing good works in the heart of Carroll County, especially to address food insecurity, out-of-school education programming and elder initiatives.

Belknap House, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 for case management services that support families to become self-sufficient in order to acquire housing. Belknap House’s mission is to provide families in Belknap County a safe shelter, when children are particularly at-risk during homelessness, and to empower families to become self-sufficient and independent by providing opportunities of education and resources available to them.

Camp Resilience, Gilford
Awarded $5,000 to fund a Winter 2023 Veteran Health and Wellness Retreat. Camp Resilience leverages the scenic outdoors of the Lakes Region to improve the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being of military service members, military veterans, first responders and their families.

Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County, Portsmouth
Awarded $5,000 to expand its prevention and wrap around services to families impacted by abuse and violence and keep children safe and healthy. The Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County works to provide a safe environment for the evaluation of alleged abuse of children 3 to 18 years of age.

Community Wellness Center, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to assist in the purchase of needed exercise equipment. The Community Wellness Center is a nonprofit organization available to serve the health and fitness needs of everyone.

Foster and Adoptive Resource Exchange, Manchester
Awarded $5,000 to increase the number of normalcy grants awarded, extending opportunities for foster and adoptive children to participate in activities. The mission of Foster and Adoptive Resource Exchange is to strengthen and unify foster, adoptive and kinship families with support, education and services to encourage normalcy and create moments that matter.

Got Lunch, Ashland and Holderness
Awarded $2,000 to provide food and milk vouchers to children from low- to moderate-income families during school breaks. Got Lunch is a community-based program serving Ashland and Holderness that provides healthy lunches to children during their summer and winter break.

Granite State Adaptive, Mirror Lake
Awarded $4,000 to support after-school and weekend youth programing. Granite State Adaptive’s mission is to provide individuals who have a disability the opportunity to develop independence, confidence, life skills and fitness through participation in sports, therapy, training and recreation programs.

Inter-Lakes Middle High School / The Lakerbots – First Robotics Competition Team 8046, Meredith
Awarded $5,000 to purchase manufacturing equipment, electronics and storage. The Lakerbots’ mission is to inspire young people to be responsible contributing citizens by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, technology, engineering, art and math skills that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication and leadership.

Mid-State Health Center, Plymouth
Awarded $5,000 to fund the Feed the Need program, which utilizes evidence-based screening methods to identify and assist patients who are food insecure at the time of their visit. The mission of Mid-State Health Center is to provide sound primary health care to the community accessible to all regardless of the ability to pay.

Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center, Center Conway
Awarded $5,000 to underwrite the cost of enrollment, care, transportation and therapeutic programs at the center. Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center’s mission is to provide exceptional compassionate care and companionship to older adults with degenerative conditions or dementia challenges and to provide their family and caregivers confident respite.

New Beginnings – Without Violence & Abuse, Laconia
Awarded $5,000 to support the survivor empowerment program which offers 24-hour crisis intervention, accompaniment, safe shelter for victims and their children, weekly support groups for all ages, transitional housing, financial empowerment programming and systems advocacy. New Beginnings – Without Violence & Abuse is dedicated to ending sexual, domestic, and stalking violence through the provision of safe and effective services, including emergency refuge and support; and works toward social change by promoting an effective community response to violence.

Ossipee Concerned Citizens, Center Ossipee
Awarded $5,000 to offset cost of increasing food and utility prices for community programs. Ossipee Concerned Citizens is a human services agency that offers the Elderly Nutrition Program, Ossipee Concerned Citizens Senior Center and the Ossipee Concerned Citizens Child Care Center.

Pemi Youth Center, Plymouth
Awarded $2,500 to support the Center’s life skills programming for youth. The mission of the Pemi Youth Center is to provide a safe and welcoming environment where our youth may gather outside of school and gain a sense of community, belonging and self-esteem.

Plymouth Area Recovery Connection (PARC), Plymouth
Awarded $5,000 to help build staffing capacity to support their recovery community organization services, which includes expanding outreach to create individualized care plans shaped by client-driven goals. The Plymouth Area Recovery Connection provides a caring and supportive environment for anyone seeking assistance with substance use along with referrals for their loved ones.

SHARE Fund, Rochester
Awarded $7,500 to support the fresh dairy program for food pantry participants. SHARE Fund’s mission is to provide material and financial assistance to address emergency basic needs and inspire people to become financially self-sufficient.

SOS Recovery Community Organization, Rochester
Awarded $5,000 to provide scholarship opportunities for the Peer Assisted Recovery curriculum. The curriculum is an extensive multiday boot camp that focuses on providing peer-based supports, suicide prevention, ethical considerations, HIV and Hepatitis C awareness and motivational interviewing. The mission of SOS Recovery Community Organization is to support all people affected by substance use with peer-based solutions and advocacy to reduce the harm and stigma of drugs.

Tamworth Community Nurse Association, Tamworth
Awarded $5,000 to support the first steps toward expanding capacity for their residents and disseminating their model of care to nearby communities. Tamworth Community Nurse Association is a free skilled nursing service founded to ensure no one in the town of Tamworth would go without healthcare due to financial difficulties or the lack of access to the healthcare system. They offer support for the physical, social and mental health of every citizen by providing skilled nursing care and coordination of available services all with no fee for service.

Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens, Hampton
Awarded $3,000 to defray the cost of marketing and volunteer mileage reimbursement for transportation services. Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens helps people maintain their health, independence and dignity by mobilizing volunteer drivers to provide rides to eligible residents of the Seacoast communities they serve.

White Horse Recovery Center, Center Ossipee
Awarded $5,000 to provide recovery services scholarships to those unable to pay for treatment. The mission of White Horse Recovery is to provide behavioral health services that meet the individual needs of those they serve, offering a path to a better tomorrow.

Food Pantries
Sixteen local food pantries that serve the same communities as MVSB will also share a donation of $16,000.