· Private foundation
J Henry Hanhisalo Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k9 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONCORD COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL | $13,500 |
| PORTSMOUTH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $12,500 |
| GARRISON PLAYERS | $8,000 |
| FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE | $6,000 |
| MANCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY | $4,000 |
| THE PARK THEATER | $3,000 |
| CONCORD COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATI | $3,000 |
| UNH FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| THE PALACE THEATER | $3,000 |
| GRANITE STATE CHORAL SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| SEE SCIENCE CENTER | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPORTSMOUTH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY10× · 2017–2026 · $148k · revenue +86%
- CCCONCORD COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL7× · 2020–2026 · $120k · revenue +30%
- ROROCHESTER OPERA HOUSE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +192%
Funded once
- TPTHE PALACE THEATERone grant, 2026 · $3k
- SSSEE SCIENCE CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $3k · revenue +128%
- TPTHE PARK THEATRE INCgraduatedone grant, 2026 · $3k · revenue +206%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
A premier center for the arts in the white mountain area of new hampshire
To stage the finest professional opera productions in Southeastern New England. To excite and build audiences for the enjoyment of a grand art form. To offer educational programs and creative community outreach events that expand the opera…
The Music Hall (TMH) is a community-supported, nonprofit live entertainment venue with acclaimed film, music, theater, literary, and dance performances in two theaters in downtown Portsmouth, NH. Its 900-seat Historic Theater, built in…
(1) to bring together singers and audiences who share a common interest in high-quality performance of time-honored choral masterworks and an ever-broadening range of excellent repertoire from many traditions; (2) to establish and maintain…
The mission of lyric theatre company is to produce musicals and other performing arts of professional quality for northern new england. we offer both members and the public opportunities for learning and growth with an emphasis on…
The seacoast repertory theatre is a non-profit, professional regional theater located in historic downtown portsmouth, nh. its mission is to entertain, educate and inspire through the power of live theater. this mission is achieved through…
Worcester center for performing arts promotes and/or hosts more than 250 performances and welcomes more than 150,000 attendees each year. the hanover theatre conservatory reaches more than 700 students in theatre, technical theatre and…
The peterborough players enriches the human experience by producing quality live professional theatre, developing and training theatre artists, and offering new hampshire a wide variety of performing arts events.
The Actors Company of Natick ACON creates theatre with purpose. At ACON, we celebrate artists and challenge community perspectives through equitable, professional and accessible productions.
To culturally enrich the communities of northern new hampshire through high quality perfomances of the chamber music repertoire and through creative interactive educational and community programs.
Chester theatre company produces contemporary professional equity theatre in an intimate setting, creating community and offering audiences fresh perspectives on vital issues. we present exceptional performances, tell diverse stories, hold…
The schools mission is to foster the love and pursuit of music within the community through quality activities that are accessible to all.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PORTSMOUTH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CONCORD COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER OPERA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds GARRISON PLAYERS INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE MANCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SEE SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE PARK THEATRE INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Madelaine G Vonweber Trust Todd Fahey & William Tucker Co-Trustees · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Henry Hanhisalo Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Henry Hanhisalo Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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