New Hampshire Community Loan Fund is proud to share that our organization received an unsolicited donation of $14 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This extraordinary contribution empowers us to accelerate and strengthen our work.

Safety is key issue: $100,000 more needed to remove dangerous trees before winter

The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund recognizes that a lack of access to credit is a major barrier to self-sufficiency. 

On Tuesday, September 3, a ribbon cutting celebrating New Hampshire’s 150th resident-owned community (ROC) was held at Derry Oak Village Cooperative (DOVC) in Derry, New Hampshire. The Granite State’s first ROC was formed in Meredith in 1983, and it quickly became a model for stabilizing manufactured housing affordability nationwide.  

In late 1982, Peter Thibeault, a consultant for the Tri-County Community Action Program (CAP), had a grant to support cooperative housing and business development in New Hampshire’s North Country. The CAP liked the idea of creating a revolving fund to support numerous projects but had neither the structure nor the expertise to run it.

Recent federal, state, and local initiatives have created grant programs designed to provide public services and stimulate local economies. Many of these programs align with New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s mission and provide a direct benefit to the people we serve.

The N.H. Community Loan Fund’s President and CEO, Steve Saltzman, was recently voted onto the board of directors of the national CDFI Coalition.

This spring we produced a report on our manufactured-home lending for ROC USA, a CDFI lending subsidiary that works with 321 resident-owned communities nationwide. Our data demonstrate that manufactured-home loans perform well.

The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s President and CEO, Steve Saltzman, recently received the Rural Development Under Secretary's Award presented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for his efforts to expand meat and poultry processing across the country.