{"id":9767,"date":"2012-06-19T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T20:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=9767"},"modified":"2012-06-19T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T21:35:04","slug":"50-years-of-charity-in-an-uncharitable-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/06\/19\/50-years-of-charity-in-an-uncharitable-state\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Charity In An Uncharitable State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9805\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/06\/Donate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9805\" title=\"Donate\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/06\/Donate-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/06\/Donate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/06\/Donate.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Kathryn Harper<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tonight, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation celebrates its 50th year in operation. NHCF has staff in each region of the state, and raises funds from individuals, organizations and corporations, making approximately $30 million in nonprofit grants and scholarships annually.<\/p>\n<p>But the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation may have to work a little harder than other state-wide foundations across the country. New Hampshire has been ranked least-charitable state in the country for many years. That&#8217;s according to the Catalogue for Philanthropy\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org\/natl\/generosity_index\/2006.html\" target=\"_blank\">generosity index<\/a>\u201d which uses IRS data summarizing personal income tax returns.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2005, the Keene Sentinel argued that this generosity index may not be representative: perhaps Granite Staters are simply less likely to report their charitable giving, preferring instead to pay more in personal income taxes \u2014 a surprising argument for a state famously opposed to taxes on personal income.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another reason New Hampshire might rank so poorly for charitable giving that has more to do with demographics.\u00a0 In a 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/21\/opinion\/21kristof.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times op-ed<\/a>, Nicholas Kristof writes: &#8220;among the stingiest of the stingy are secular conservatives.&#8221; Incidentally, New Hampshire is the second-least religious state in the union and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/125066\/State-States.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">most conservative state<\/a> in the Northeast, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/114022\/State-States-Importance-Religion.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Gallup<\/a>. Kristof also notes that the biggest factor in charitable giving is religiousity: most of the variability between political parties and state rankings has to do with gifts to religious institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the cool environment the state may offer such an organization, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has been recognized by the Aspen Institute for its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhcf.org\/document.doc?id=32\" target=\"_blank\">impact on public policy<\/a>, and continues making 3,000 grants and 1,200 scholarships every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation celebrates its 50th year in operation. NHCF has staff in each region of the state, and raises funds from individuals, organizations and corporations, making approximately $30 million in nonprofit grants and scholarships annually. 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