Unidentified children pose with a novelty check to commemorate Merrimack County Savings Bank's $10,000 donation to The White Birch Center in Henniker in this undated handout photo. Photo courtesy of Merrimack County Savings Bank
The following is a summary of the latest grants, donations and promotions at New Hampshire financial institutions. Submit your institution’s news to editorial@thewarrengroup.com.
The Merrimack
Merrimack County Savings Bank announced a $10,000 donation to support summer programming at White Birch Center in Henniker.
The funds will help secure transportation for field trips, allowing White Birch to extend group outings to state parks, science and nature centers and other educational destinations to more children in its summer camp.
Currently, White Birch Center’s transportation options accommodate up to 25 passengers, limiting the number of children able to attend field trips together.
Meredith Village Savings Bank
Merdith Village Savings Bank announced a $5,000 gift to the Monarch School of New England to help sponsor its 2026 horticultural therapy program.
The Monarch School of New England is a nonprofit day school for students ages 5 to 22 with developmental, medical, and intellectual disabilities.
Its horticultural therapy program provides a “a calm, engaging environment where students can build important life skills through nature-based learning,” school Executive Director Jeanette Souther said in a statement.
NH Bankers
The state’s banking trade group, NH Bankers, said it recognized state Sen. Dan Innis with its 2026 Legislative Champion award for advancing anti-fraud legislation to protect consumers and financial institutions during the most recent legislative session.
The group also announced its new board leadership for the coming year. Christopher Logan, president and CEO of Bank of New Hampshire, will chair the board. He succeeds First Seacoast Bank CEO James Brannen. Brannen also plans to retire from the NH Bankers board.
The board’s top leadership spots will be filled out by Millyard Bank President and CEO G. Frank Teas as vice chair, Passumpsic Bank President and CEO Jim Kisch as treasurer and Ledyard Bank President and CEO Josephine Moran as secretary.
Skilled Trades Research Gets Sponsor
Rye-based nonprofit Bring Back the Trades said its year-old research initiative is expanding with help from a new corporate sponsor.
The initiative was launched with funding from plumbing supplier F.W. Webb Company, and now counts Cintas Corporation, a work uniforms supplier, among its sponsors. Both firms’ specific dollar contributions were not disclosed.
Bring Back the Trades provides scholarships and equipment to students pursuing careers in the skilled trades.
Its research initiative is attempting to identify future deficits in 14 skilled trades, nationwide, information it hopes will be turned into “actionable recommendations to help educators, employers, and policymakers guide students toward high-demand, rewarding trade careers.”
