Foundation For Seacoast Health
Foundation for Seacoast Health (Portsmouth, NH) is a private foundation that advances health and well-being on the Seacoast through grantmaking and community initiatives. The website includes mission and history pages, board & staff information, and details on current grant programs and RFPs.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Seacoast (New Hampshire) nonprofit focused on health, mental-health, youth services, senior supports, food security or related community well‑being initiatives, seeking grants typically in the $10K–$50K range.
Good Fit
- • Primary program purpose advances health or well‑being for Seacoast communities in New Hampshire.
- • Project scopes aligned to mental health, youth services, senior supports, suicide prevention, or food security.
- • Capacity to apply via an online portal and meet posted deadlines.
- • Requests sized to the foundation's common award bands (roughly $10K–$50K).
- • Local partnerships or demonstrated impact in one of the nine communities named in the foundation's restrictions.
Geography
Observed giving is geographically narrow: in 2024 the foundation sent about 92% of dollars to New Hampshire and grants were recorded in only two states that year, indicating a strong local focus on the Seacoast area.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 37 distinct recipients with 29 new grantees and only eight repeat recipients across three years, and grants span many program types (mental health, youth, seniors, food security), indicating a broad and diverse recipient set for this funder.
New Applicants
Direct evidence supports new‑applicant access: the website posts grant guidelines and requires new applicants to create a Foundant profile, and the foundation funded 29 new recipients in 2024 (and a similarly high new rate in 2023), which together suggest unfamiliar organizations can enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
