Community Involvement

If you are interested in having Merrimack County Savings Bank 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:

• Each office has a community board to display flyers and posters
• We can post messages and event information on digital signs in most of our office lobbies
• Agencies can provide inserts to distribute in lobbies and cash envelopes

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

The Merrimack recently designed a checking account with non-profits in mind.  Click here or contact your nearest branch office to learn more about this account and the benefits available to you.

The Merrimack County Savings Bank Dr. Robert E. Boucher Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating senior from Merrimack Valley High School.  Information and applications for this scholarship are available at the guidance office at Merrimack Valley High School.

The Merrimack County Savings Bank in Honor of Dudley W. Orr is awarded annually and managed through the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.   Interested students should contact the Foundation for more information.

The William H. Hilton Community Service Award is awarded annually to one graduating senior from Bow High School.  Information and applications for this scholarship are available at the guidance office at Bow High School.

The Merrimack County Savings Bank Scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating senior from each of the following public high schools:

• Concord High School
• Hopkinton High School
• Nashua High School North
• Nashua High School South
• Windham High School
• John Stark Regional High School
• Hillsboro-Deering 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 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 tens of millions of dollars to help provide legal services to New Hampshire citizens who are struggling to overcome poverty.

The Merrimack is proud of our designation as a Leadership Bank by the NH Bar Foundation.

The Merrimack Foundation is pleased to announce the 26 non-profits that were awarded $64,050 in grant funding in 2025. Since 1997, our Foundation remains committed to providing financial support to organizations that enrich and improve the quality of life of Granite Staters.

“It’s our mission to better the communities where we work and live, but we can’t do it alone!” said Linda Lorden, President of The Merrimack. “We’re grateful for the Foundation’s support which allows us to support local organizations that help strengthen our communities.”

Best Buddies New Hampshire
Awarded $1,500 to sustain and grow the School and Adult Citizen Best Buddies Friendship Programs.

Boys and Girls Club of Central NH
Awarded $3,500 to support a four-day enrichment program called “Junk 2 Funk” for 50+ Penacook summer campers.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua
Awarded $1,400 to support their evidence-based Afterschool Program for youth in grades K-12.

CATCH Neighborhood Housing
Awarded $2,500 to build a basketball court at Bow Vista, an affordable housing community.

Catholic Charities New Hampshire (NH Food Bank)
Awarded $5,000 to provide hunger relief for approximately 8,200 people seeking food in The Merrimack’s service area.

Circle Program
Awarded $3,000 to support the Circle Program’s year-round 1:1 and small group mentorships for girls 9 – 11 years old.

Coalition for Open Democracy
Awarded $1,400 to support voter education initiatives, provide direct assistance, and connect community members with trusted local notary services.

Connor’s Climb Foundation
Awarded $5,000 to fund the SOS (Signs of Suicide) Module and the continued expansion of the Youth Ambassador Program for two schools in The Merrimack Region.

Families in Transition
Awarded $2,500 to increase availability and access to affordable, culturally appropriate, healthy and local foods for children and their families experiencing food insecurity.

Family Promise of Greater Concord
Awarded $2,500 to support the “Wheels up, Barriers Down” Program which provides financial assistance to families with children who are housing instable and at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

The Friendly Kitchen
Awarded $2,500 to purchase a new walk‑in freezer.

Friends of Concord Crew
Awarded $2,400 to fund seasonal registration fees for qualifying youth families.

Friends of Forgotten Children
Awarded $1,300 to stock their pantry for families experiencing food insecurity.

Girls Inc. of New Hampshire
Awarded $2,500 to provide weekly afterschool programs for elementary and middle school girls in Hopkinton and Concord, providing academic support, mentoring, and life skills through Girls, Inc.’s research‑based curriculum.

The Granite YMCA – YMCA of Concord
Awarded $4,545 to make updates to the YMCA of Concord Child Care Center.

Marguerite’s Place
Awarded $1,500 to support their Financial Resiliency Program, which offers financial coaching, savings programs, and emergency support for single mothers and their children in their transitional housing program.

Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County
Awarded $1,000 to support their mission of reducing hunger, food insecurity and social isolation among low-income older and disabled adults.

Nashua Police Athletic League
Awarded $2,500 to support their Youth Safe Haven and Juvenile Court Diversion programs for 400+ underserved youth in Greater Nashua.

New Hampshire Campaign for Legal Services
Awarded $3,000 to provide legal assistance in areas such as housing, domestic violence, access to health care and benefits, and consumer protection.

New Hampshire Career Academy
Awarded $1,700 to purchase student laptops for their 2025‑2026 cohort.

Overcomers Refugee Services
Awarded $2,000 to fund the cost of rent for an additional office space to increase their capacity to offer English language and citizenship preparation tutoring.

Pittsfield Youth Workshop
Awarded $2,500 to assist in providing quality and effective year-round programming for free to youth in grades 6 – 12 from Pittsfield and surrounding communities.

Salem Family Resources
Awarded $2,500 to support a Family Workshop Series, providing free parenting education, child development, and school readiness workshops for families in The Merrimack’s service area.

Scouts BSA Troop 292
Awarded $2,205 to fund annual registration fees for 15 adult volunteers for the 2025-2026 program year.

Waypoint
Awarded $2,500 to support services for youth experiencing homelessness or at risk in Merrimack County.

YMCA of Greater Nashua
Awarded $1,100 to support the Y’s Power Scholars Academy program to help up to 400 under-resourced Nashua youth who are behind grade level.

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