The great joy of being a Trustee of The Tamworth Foundation is the ability to grant funding for the worthwhile projects of our many community nonprofit organizations. To receive these grant applications, to read them and to envision the hopes, dreams and aspirations of each applicant makes us so very proud to live in Tamworth. We share the Town of Tamworth with folks who care very much for their fellow citizens. Numerous year-round and summer residents in this town are involved in caring and providing the best quality of life for us all. It is a credit to the volunteers who tirelessly give their services and to the donors who make these financial gifts possible.
                                                                                                                                               ~Kathie Dyrenforth (former TTF board member)

There are two main ways that The Tamworth Foundation disperses money. One is through Permanent Restricted Endowments (money which has been given for a specific purpose), and the other is through grants made with unrestricted funds that organizations apply for and are voted on by the Board. Here is a list of recent grants and organizations funded by endowments.

Permanent Restricted Endowments

These eight organizations have permanent endowments with TTF and receive an annual distribution. They are also free to apply for grants for other projects from TTF’s unrestricted funds.

Runnells Memorial Hall ~ established 1963
Chocorua Public Library ~ established 1968
Tamworth Community Nurse Association ~ established 1968
Tamworth Scholarship Committee ~ established  2013
Arts Council of Tamworth ~ established 2021
Tamworth History Center ~ established 2021
Tamworth Outing Club ~ established 2025
Chocorua Community Association ~ established 2025

2025

March 2025 
 
Tamworth Swim Program, now under the auspices of the Rec. Department $5,000 
Swimming at White Lake and Bearcamp Pond 
 
Chocorua Community Church $3,000 
Mug Club continuation – Coffee, snacks and conversation with neighbors 
 
Cook Memorial Library $5,000 matching grant 
Replacement of the lift (main floor to lower level elevator) 
 
Barnstormers Theatre $7,500 
Help with funding the Do-Good Development Program (strategic plan) 
 
Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community $18,000 
Summer camp on the Bearcamp for Tamworth students
 
Tamworth/Sandwich Food Pantry $6,000 
To assist St. Andrews Church with the installation of a generator 
 
Tamworth Community  Nurse Association $1,000 
Squeaky Sneakers Program for toddlers 
 
Advice to the Players $1,900 
Scholarships for Tamworth students to Shakespeare summer camp  

Green Mountain Conservation Center $6,500 
Water Quality Program 
 
September 2025 
 
Tamworth History Center $4,000 
Village Green Project – develop a plan to upgrade the History Center’s lawn and park in the center of town 
 
Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School $5,000 
Outdoor Education Program

Carroll County Adult Education $7,500
Emergency grant for Tamworth student scholarships because state funding stopped

Bearcamp Center Summer Camp

Tamworth Swim Program

2024

March 2024 
 
Advice to the Players $2,550 
The Tempest at KA Brett School and camp scholarships 
 
Carroll County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program $1,500 
Volunteer mileage reimbursement 
 
The Wonalancet Corporation $1,700 
AED Device for chapel and trail area 
 
The Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community $22,000 
Summer Camp on the Bearcamp for Tamworth students
 
September 2024  
 
Cook Memorial Library $5,000 
HVAC Upgrades 
 
Chocorua Lake Dam Rock Ramp $5,000 
To design a “rock ramp” to restore Aquatic Organism Passage between the Chocorua River and Chocorua Lake. 
 
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes $7,094 
Gazebo and walkway upgrade 
 
Union HALL Association $10,000 
$5,000 for roof replacement and $5,000 for a strategic plan 
 
Tin Mountain Conservation Center $2,730 
Project KITE (Kids in the Environment) for the elementary students at the KA Brett School 
 
Tamworth Outing Club $8,000 
Junior Ski Program 
 
Chocorua Community Church $5,000 
$20,000 grant ($5,000 for four years) for the Mug Club 

Thanks to grant funding from the Tamworth Foundation, TOC was able to offer free admission to its Second Saturday dances.
Photo by Thad Berrier

2023

Starting Point Services for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence ~  $2,500
Upgrade safety security and fire system in emergency shelter.
 
The Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community ~ $27,000
Summer school camps for Tamworth students.
 
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes ~ $1,140
Needed supplies for Thrift Shop.
 
Tamworth Community Nurse Association ~ $2,000
Renewal of Quad Grant (KA Brett 68 hours of hunger, Food Pantry, Bearcamp Center and TCNA) 
 
Cook Memorial Library ~ $500
Summer Reading Community Celebration 
Note: This was for pizza, but White Gates Farm donated it, so they still have the money for next summer.
 
Union Hall Association ~ $16,500
Upgrades to building/windows and new furnace.
 
$5,000 Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center 
Support for an electric passenger van. 
 
Tamworth Energy Committee ~ $1,150
Energy Study.

Advice to the Players ~ $2,890
Tour to KA Brett School and 6 Scholarships.
 
Tamworth History Center ~ $11,000
Part Time Executive Director.
 
Tamworth Preschool, Inc. dba Bearcamp Valley School and Children’s Center ~ $5,500
Playground fencing.
 
Chocorua Lake Conservancy ~ $6,250
Chocorua Lake shoreline stabilization and restoration.
 
Green Mountain Conservation Group ~ $2,500
Tamworth Education and Enrichment Project.

Tamworth Community Nurse Association ~ $20,000
Solar Power for TCNA building addition.
 
Tin Mountain Conservation Center ~ $2,250
Project KITE (Expanded TMCC programming to four more grades at KA Brett)
 
Tamworth Outing Club ~ $13,430
Junior Ski Program and Traditional Music and Dance.

Campers at Bearcamp Center for Sustainable Community Summer Program.

Wagon rides at the Tamworth History Center with May the draft horse. Photo by Kate Thompson