Skip to content

New Hampshire · Nonprofit

PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (New Hampshire) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,961 to it, the largest being Endowment For Health Inc ($2,961). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$236k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$340k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Plan Nh - the Foundation for Shaping the Built Environment does

Mission

Plan nh, founded in 1989, has a mission to foster excellence in the planning, design and development of new hampshire's built environment. Our membership is a multidisciplinary group of architects, engineers, landscape architects, planners, builders and real estate professionals, financial and insurance firms, and others with an interest in how, what, and where we build, and the impact the built environment has on our daily lives. Several new hampshire towns, cities, and nonprofit organizations are also members. Plan nh has a vision of vibrant communities across the state; communities that are economically and socially vibrant, in which: our changing context is taken into consideration during planning and related decisions; communities balance necessary growth with preserving their unique sense of place; compact, mixed-use areas are encouraged; there are reasonable, affordable choices for where to live and how to get about; we are stewards of our natural resources and historic assets;

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In april, plan nh conducted a community design charrette in manchester, nh. In may, plan nh hosted our spring workshop, public-private partners at work, in nashua. The event began with presentations from industry experts before embarking on a walking tour highlighting a variety of development projects in nashua's millyard area. The event ended with a networking event at a local establishment. In may, plan nh also conducted a community design charrette in nashua, nh. In october, plan nh also held a community design charrette in hampton, nh.

    $5,968 spent$6,500 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  2. In january, plan nh hosted a new year networking event at engelberth construction to bring together plan nh members and others who care about the plan nh mission. In march, plan nh also hosted a spring networking event at revo casino & social house in dover, nh. This event brought together plan nh members and others who care about the plan nh mission. In august, plan nh hosted a networking event at the westbrook inn in derry, nh to bring together plan nh members and others who care about the plan nh mission. In september, plan nh hosted our fall conference at hotel concord in concord, nh. There were over 65 attendees for this conference. The conference was titled built to last: reducing impact, maximizing performance and focused on how planners, architects, and others are leveraging evolving trends in deconstruction, construction waste circularity, and energy management to drive project success in new hampshire and beyond. The keynote speaker was nancy e. Smith of growsmart maine. In november, plan nh hosted a networking event at tfmoran to bring together plan nh members and others who care about the plan nh mission.

    $5,171 spent$21,197 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  3. In june, plan nh hosted our annual awards evening, recognizing outstanding projects that have had a positive impact on communities as well as recipients of the plan nh scholarship & fellowship program. We awarded 31,000 in scholarships to 14 students who call nh home and are studying in a field related to the plan nh mission, as well as the following four projects with a 2025 merit award of excellence: allenstown community school - allenstown, nh jackson square affordable housing - nashua, nh penacook community center - concord, nh souhegan river trail - merrimack, nh

    $11,488 spentof which $7,245 as grants$5,035 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  4. In february, plan nh hosted our annual "virtual town hall," introducing board members and plans for the year. This recording was added to our online library. In march, plan nh hired anna wells to fill a newly created part-time program coordinator role. In october, plan nh hosted our annual golf classic and fundraiser at beaver meadows in concord, hosting 120+ players and raising over 31,000 for the plan nh mission and scholarship fund. Throughout 2024: a.plan nh maintained a membership of 100+ firms, municipalities, nonprofits, and individuals passionate about nh's built environment. B.plan nh continued to fundraise our mission through nhgives and giving tuesday, as well as our first ever charitable gaming nights awarded to plan nh from revo casino & social house in dover, nh and held in august. C.plan nh continued work with nh housing on the housing opportunity planning grant program, specifically dedicating a specific number of charrettes for communities who are also hop grantees. Plan nh continues to inform and inspire communities, as well as the planners, designers and builders who shape them, about ideas, trends and practices that could contribute to creating delightful…

    $62,319 spent$50,000 earned by the program
    73% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $84,946.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($138k) Expenses 100 ($124k) Net assets 100 ($61k)2018 Revenue 104 ($143k) Expenses 112 ($139k) Net assets 104 ($63k)2019 Revenue 145 ($201k) Expenses 149 ($185k) Net assets 87 ($53k)2020 Revenue 94 ($130k) Expenses 105 ($130k) Net assets 139 ($85k)2021 Revenue 75 ($104k) Expenses 72 ($89k) Net assets 172 ($105k)2022 Revenue 123 ($171k) Expenses 90 ($111k) Net assets 260 ($158k)2023 Revenue 161 ($222k) Expenses 159 ($196k) Net assets 309 ($188k)2024 Revenue 177 ($245k) Expenses 155 ($191k) Net assets 408 ($249k)2025 Revenue 171 ($236k) Expenses 121 ($149k) Net assets 558 ($340k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (171)Expenses (121)Net assets (558)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $249k to $340k (+37%).

$125k
$185k
$224k
$207k
$227k
$276k
$189k
$249k
$340k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 17% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$15k
’17
$5k
’18
$16k
’19
$152
’20
$15k
’21
$59k
’22
$26k
’23
$54k
’24
$87k
’25
23
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed17202120201919
Joined·+6+3+3+0+3+0
No longer listed·324040
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT's grant income comes from New Hampshire funders.

NH

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New Hampshire

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 43%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NH

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

A paid feature, included from the $75 plan up. Sign in to download.

Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf

Questions and answers

Who funds PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?
PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (New Hampshire) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,961 to it, the largest being Endowment For Health Inc ($2,961). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,961 in grants to PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
Who is the largest funder of PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT?
Endowment For Health Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,961 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PLAN NH - THE FOUNDATION FOR SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Play a game about who funds Plan Nh - the Foundation for Shaping the Built Environment →

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing