Foundation for Seacoast Health
Portsmouth, NH · EIN 02-0386319. Reported 167 grants totalling $12.4M to 112 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Foundation for Seacoast Health 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $9,279,792. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | $9,279,792 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seacoast Youth Services | Seabrook, NH | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seacoast Mental Health Center | Portsmouth, NH | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seacoast Outright | Portsmouth, NH | $118,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arts in Reach | Portsmouth, NH | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pha Housing Development Ltd | Portsmouth, NH | $95,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Joan G Lovering Health Center | Greenland, NH | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rockingham Nutrition & Meals on Wheels | Brentwood, NH | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends Forever | Durham, NH | $77,030 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Chase Home for Children | Portsmouth, NH | $75,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cornerstone Vna | Rochester, NH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seacoast Women's Giving Circle | New Castle, NH | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gather | Portsmouth, NH | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connor's Climb Foundation | Exeter, NH | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Connections Peer Support | Portsmouth, NH | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seacoast Pathways | Portsmouth, NH | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cross Roads House Inc | Portsmouth, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Seacoast Community Health (families First) | Portsmouth, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haven- Violence and Support Services | Portsmouth, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Tree Institute | Eliot, ME | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Portsmouth Senior Activity Center | Portsmouth, NH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| NAMI Nh | Concord, NH | $42,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Seacoast Community Health | Somersworth, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portsmouth High School | Portsmouth, NH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Racial Unity Team | Stratham, NH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Goodwork | Portsmouth, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seacoast Mental Health | Portsmouth, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yoga in Action | Portsmouth, NH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| York County Community Action Corporation | Sanford, ME | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Granite YMCA | Manchester, NH | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Haven- Violence Prevention and Support Services | Portsmouth, NH | $26,020 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| AIDS Response of the Seacoast | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arts in Reach (terry Morton Award) | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nh | Stratham, NH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chase Home | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Advocacy Center | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation | Dover, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends Program Inc | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Music Hall | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| I Got Bridged | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jsi Research & Training Institute | Bow, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Krempels Center | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Council on Aging | Brunswick, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| NAMI New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Futures Inc | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pinetree Institute- Youth Wellness | Eliot, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prescott Park Arts Festival | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Safe Harbor | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seacoast Community School | Portsmouth, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Maine Agency on Aging | Biddeford, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Nh Services | Manchester, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Foundation for Nh Community Colleges | Concord, NH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Kita Center | North Berwick, ME | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens | Hampton, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| White Pine Programs | York, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lamprey Health Care | Newmarket, NH | $24,998 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Articine | Newfields, NH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fair Tide | Kittery, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Footprints Inc | Kittery, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Future in Sight | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Granite United Way | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kids Five and Over | Portsmouth, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Generation Inc | Greenland, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (pmac) | Portsmouth, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seacoast Family Promise | Exeter, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Triangle Club Inc | Dover, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vouchers for Veterans | Rochester, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waypoint | Manchester, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| White Pines Programs | York, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| York Community Service Association | York, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice Help Foundation | Portsmouth, NH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Red's Good Vibes Inc | Portsmouth, NH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ports Reg Hospital Medical Staff Educational Fund | Portsmouth, NH | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| My Breast Cancer Support | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portsmouth Housing Development Ltd | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portsmouth Music & Arts Center | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seacoast Village Project | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Birchtree Center | Portsmouth, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Friends Program (rsvp) | Concord, NH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rockingham Visiting Nurses | Exeter, NH | $12,827 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clay Soper Memorial Fund | Winchester, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Step Up Parents | Portsmouth, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Phoenix | Rye Beach, NH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Design Challenge Network | Hopkinton, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends in Action | Durham, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mainspring | Kittery, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nh Association for the Blind | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nh Harm Reduction Coalition | Dover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| On Belay Inc | Newmarket, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pinetree Institute | Elliot, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portsmouth Nh 400TH | Portsmouth, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| So Me Agency on Aging (smaa) | Biddeford, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transportation Asst for Seacoast Citizens (tasc) | Hampton, NH | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crossroads House | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lilia Potter-Schwartz | Portsmouth, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lindsay Bogh | Eliot, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| York Hospital | York, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Blessing | Portsmouth, NH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Celebration Graduation (portsmouth High School) | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Strategies of Nh | Concord, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jillian Carr | York, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebecca Brockney | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sarah Morin | Portsmouth, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tesfanesh Gautreau | Kittery, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nh Center for Nonprofits | Concord, NH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Plymouth State University | Plymouth, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rotary Club of Portsmouth (living Innovations Scholarship Fund) | Portsmouth, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of Interventional Radiology Fund | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womenaid of Greater Portsmouth | Portsmouth, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wentworth Senior Living | Portsmouth, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seacoast Cancer Center-Wentworth Douglass Hospital | Dover, NH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
31 of 112 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Vanguard Charitable
Establish a donor advised fund to provide grants to support total health needs of the NH Seacoast Community - Arts in Reach
Supporting the mental health of seacoast teens - Haven- Violence and Support Services
Pathways to Hope- support for children who experience trauma - Seacoast Youth Services
Juvenile diversion program access to mental health support - The Chase Home for Children
To support residential treatment, home based and independent living programs for adolescents and families along with community diversion program - Cross Roads House Inc
To provide shleter to unhoused individuals and families
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 82 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $308,030 | $16,000 |
| 2022 | 40 | $10.1M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $433,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $679,698 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 43 | $908,420 | $20,000 |
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. Foundation for Seacoast Health has 6 of them, worth $87,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Tree Institute | Eliot, ME | $25,000 |
| Clay Soper Memorial Fund | Winchester, MA | $12,500 |
| Connor's Climb Foundation | Exeter, NH | $12,500 |
| Red's Good Vibes Inc | Portsmouth, NH | $12,500 |
| Step Up Parents | Portsmouth, NH | $12,500 |
| The Phoenix | Rye Beach, NH | $12,500 |
Where its money goes
75% of its giving went to organizations in Rhode Island. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Rhode Island.
- 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 Foundation for Seacoast Health's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 670, Portsmouth, NH, 03802. 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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