Caring is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to support the organizations and projects that help make our communities better places for all of us to live and work. Our exceptional employees donate thousands of hours to nonprofits in their neighborhoods each year and we’re proud to support their efforts.
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Supported Organizations
- 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
Sponsorships and Contributions
If you are interested in having MVSB support your non-profit organization, please contact your local office. For a listing, click here.
Sharing your message
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.
Non-Profit Checking
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.
Scholarships
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.
Interest on Lawyer’s Trust Accounts (IOLTA)
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.
MVSB Fund Grant Awards
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. The grants are in addition to MVSB’s contributions throughout the year in the form of donations, sponsorships, scholarships and volunteer efforts by employees.
Since 1997, the MVSB Fund has awarded annual grant-based contributions to nonprofit organizations that enrich and improve the quality of lives of residents in the Bank’s service areas. In that time, the program has awarded over 500 grants totaling over $2 million dollars to a wide range of environmental, social, educational and historic projects throughout the Greater Lakes Region, Plymouth and Seacoast regions.
Visit the MVSB Fund Application to learn more and apply. The deadline is October 15 each year.
The most recent MVSB Fund recipients include:
603 United, Laconia
Awarded $2,500 to help support 603 United’s relocation to a larger space to support their growing membership and programs. 603 United is dedicated to creating a community that fosters healthy relationships, healthy lifestyles, and inclusion within the Lakes Region.
Belknap House, Laconia
Awarded $2,500 to help pilot the Family Mentoring and Resilience Program, which focuses on building resilience for parents and children as a family unit reinforcing familial support and breaking the cycle of generational trauma. The Belknap House is the only family-centered shelter serving Belknap County providing homeless families safe shelter and case management.
Circle Program, Plymouth
Awarded $2,500 to help support planning, materials and supplies during the week-long Eastward Bound trip. The Circle Program provides a unique combination of residential summer camp and year-round one-on-one mentoring to empower, transform and enrich young girls’ lives.
Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Inc., Laconia
Awarded $2,500 to help fund a commercial kitchen for the Laconia Senior Center that will enhance meals for older adults in need of quality nutrition and socialization. The mission of the organization is to work with low-income families and older people to assist them in their efforts to become or remain both financially and socially independent in their communities.
Got Literacy Laconia
Awarded $3,000 to provide books to low- to moderate-household income children enrolled in the Got Lunch! Laconia program. Got Literacy Laconia supports summer reading engagement and improving literacy by distributing literacy materials to children in need of support.
Homeless Center for Strafford County, Rochester
Awarded $2,500 in operating funds to help offset the cost of increased staffing needed to transition to a year-round shelter. The Homeless Center for Strafford County provides community members and families with shelter, case management, and educational programs that lead to self-sufficiency and permanent housing.
Hospice Help Foundation, Portsmouth
Awarded $2,500 to help the organization provide financial support to hospice patients in need of essentials including food, shelter and transportation so that they may have the best possible end-of life experience. Hospice Help Foundation’s mission is to improve the comfort and quality of life for hospice patients and their families by providing urgent financial relief.
Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park, North Conway
Awarded $2,500 toward building a skate park in North Conway. The Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the community about how skateboarding can benefit youth’s mental and physical well-being while raising funds to build a state-of-the-art skate park.
Lakes Region Mental Health Center (LRMHC), Laconia
Awarded $2,500 to help fund add-ons to their new electronic health record system to improve efficiencies. LRMHC provides comprehensive, integrated mental health treatment for people living with – and recovering from – mental illness and/or emotional distress.
Mandy’s Angels Diabetic Service Dogs Inc., Meredith
Awarded $2,500 to help the organization provide a diabetic service dog to a local child. The organization helps to improve the lives of diabetic children and their families by providing service dogs with specialized training to detect early signs of high or low blood sugars and alert their companions.
The Mayhew Program, Bristol
Awarded $2,500 to support tuition for at-risk boys for the program’s year-round camp and mentoring program. The Mayhew Program challenges and helps at-risk New Hampshire boys to believe in themselves, work well with others, and find their best.
Merrimack Valley YMCA – Camp Lawrence, Meredith
Awarded $2,000 to help provide scholarships for Meredith-area boys to attend summer camp. Established in 1907, Camp Lawrence is located on Bear Island on Lake Winnipesaukee and offers opportunities for boys ages 8-16 to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities.
Newfound Regional High School FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team #7913, Bristol
Awarded $2,500 to help the Newfound Regional High School FRC Team #7913 build a robot and support outreach efforts. The robotics team is tasked with building a robot from the ground up to meet that year’s competition challenge within eight weeks’ time.
New Hampshire Jobs for America’s Graduates, Gilford & Hopkinton
Awarded $2,500 to support bringing programming to Gilford High School and Hopkinton Middle High School. The mission of New Hampshire Jobs for America’s Graduates is to cultivate youth success through academic, leadership, and workforce opportunities in collaboration with business and community partnerships.
Prospect Mountain High School Team 319 Boosters, Alton
Awarded $2,500 to help purchase a road case for the 319 Big Bad Bob FIRST Robotics team. Each year, the team gives students the opportunity to experience hands-on learning and travel around the country to compete against other robotics teams.
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society), Alton
Awarded $2,500 to help repair a severely eroded portion of the main trail at Mount Major in Alton. The Forest Society is a land conservation organization dedicated to protecting New Hampshire’s most important landscapes and promoting the careful use of its renewable natural resources.
Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity, Portsmouth
Awarded $2,500 to help rebuild a multi-family home in Rochester that was lost due to fire. Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with hard-working local families in Strafford and Rockingham counties.
Tapply-Thompson Community Center (TTCC), Bristol
Awarded $2,000 to help support food programs for students and families in the Newfound Region. TTCC offers a diversified program of youth activities that include summer day camps, youth sports, after-school programs, teen programming and special events.
Transport Central, Plymouth
Awarded $2,500 to help the organization continue operations and support their efforts to acquire a 15-passenger bus and develop a fixed route bus service. Transport Central provides “demand response,” door-to-door volunteer transportation to a 19-town service area.
Voices Against Violence, Plymouth
Awarded $5,000 to help replace and increase fencing surrounding the location’s yard to improve safety and privacy for individuals and families staying at the confidential shelter. Voices Against Violence provides information and support to victims and survivors, their family and friends, community members, and professionals around domestic violence, children who witness domestic violence, sexual violence and harassment, stalking, human trafficking and bullying.
Way Station, North Conway
Awarded $2,500 to help provide continuous services to those experiencing homelessness. Way Station provides safe, welcoming, non-judgmental space and supportive services for homeless & housing insecure residents of Mount Washington Valley.
Wentworth Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO), Wolfeboro
Awarded $2,500 to assist in upgrading the organization’s loan application processes to provide more efficient and accessible service to those who seek or qualify for services. WEDCO was founded in 1993 for the sole purpose of promoting economic growth in the eastern Lakes Region.
Wolfeboro Senior Center & Meals, Wolfeboro
Awarded $1,000 to help support the online senior exercise program. The Wolfeboro Senior Center & Meals’ mission is to enrich the lives of seniors at an exclusive place that offers education programs and informational events, recreational and well-being activities, and wholesome noontime meals.
Seventeen local food pantries were each given $1000 to mitigate food insufficiency in our local communities of Center Harbor, Dover, Exeter, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, North Conway, Rochester, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Tamworth & Wolfeboro.