The Mary Gale Foundation Invests over $700,000 in Local Nonprofits

 

The Mary Gale Foundation is a private, grantmaking foundation working through Granite United Way, that supports housing, health and other in-home services and programs for low-income women age 65 and older living in the Greater Manchester area.

 

Grant recipients include:

• Amoskeag Health

• Community Action Belknap Merrimack

• Community Caregiving of Greater Derry

• Easter Seals NH

• Future in Sight (NH Association for Blind)

• Manchester Housing and Redevelopment

• Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester

• New Hampshire Catholic Charities

• St. Joseph Community Services

• Victory Women of Vision

• Waypoint

 

The Mary Gale Foundation was established in 1876 to support elderly, indigent women of Greater Manchester. Their mission is outlined “The Corporation shall exist to provide needy and aged women over the age of 65 in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire and in the Greater Manchester, New Hampshire area, with housing and in-home services, including transportation, deliveries, in-home nursing care, and home visits. Need shall be determined by reference to a national or state standard of poverty, or as reasonably determined by the Corporation’s Board. The Corporation shall fulfill its charitable purpose primarily by awarding grants, making program related investments, and providing other financial assistance to health and housing related programs, organizations and projects benefiting such aged and needy women of Greater Manchester, New Hampshire.”

 

In 2023, The Mary Gale Foundation and Granite United Way joined forces to administer their grant making efforts in the region. This three-year agreement streamlined the application for local nonprofit partners and strengthen efforts in the community. Granite United Way administers the process for The Mary Gale Foundation.

 

To learn more about The Mary Gale Foundation, click here. 

 

For questions or more information contact Susan Howland via email at Susan.Howland@graniteuw.org.