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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has again donated to the Salvation Army of Newburyport fulfilling a multi-year $10,000 donation. This year’s donation was allocated to several key areas, focusing on providing utility assistance through the Good Neighbor Energy Fund. Food assistance programs, addressing food insecurity in the community, and supported disaster relief efforts to aid survivors in times of crisis. The contribution also has funded sports programs such as basketball and...

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The Newburyport Charitable Foundation has donated $2,500 to the Center for Wildlife located in Cape Neddick, Maine. The funds will be instrumental for the design, permitting, and construction of state-of-the-art wildlife healing enclosures to replace the decades old and outdated existing enclosures on the former York Water District property, and completely restore their former and leased property back to a natural habitat. These enclosures are the last step that an injured or orphaned wild animal...

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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has provided a grant of $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children. The funds will pay for fees and capacity to develop the content, record, engineer, and produce a 10-episode podcast series featuring staff, subject matter experts and participants to help bring awareness to Chase programming. “When it comes to protecting at-risk children in our communities, The Chase House leaves no stone unturned,” stated John Burcke, President of Newburyport...

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The Newburyport Charitable Foundation has donated $20,000 to Our Neighbors’ Table (ONT) in Amesbury, MA. The purpose of the donation is to support the Seacoast Regional Food Hub, an initiative spearheaded by Our Neighbors’ Table to transform the food safety net in the Lower Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts. Newburyport Bank has a long-standing partnership with Our Neighbors’ Table. In addition to offering financial support for their expanding facilities, Bank employees often volunteer...

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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Merrohawke Nature School located in Boxford, MA. The donation will support a number of initiatives as well as the Merrohawke Annual Fundraising Auction benefit. This event will take place on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at Alnoba in Kensington, NH. Merrohawke Nature School is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization committed to guiding learning in nature that inspires empathy, resilience, grit and a deep connection to the earth....

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The Newburyport Charitable Foundation has donated $7,500 to support the Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats’ 2025 Merrimack River Eagle Festival. The annual event was held on Saturday, February 15, 2025. The Eagle Festival is part of the work of the Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center. Overlooking the Merrimack River, the Center offers unique educational opportunities for people of all ages, focusing on the region’s wildlife-rich habitats. The day was packed with indoor and outdoor...

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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $25,000 to The Pettengill House, Inc., headquartered in Amesbury, MA, as a Community Champion Year-Long Sustaining Partner Sponsor. The grant will help enable the organization to sustain wide-ranging programs and services to stabilize, support, and empower vulnerable, at-risk individuals, children, and families in need. The Pettengill House is a nonprofit community social service agency providing comprehensive case management, basic needs...

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We are proud to announce our impressive rankings in the Fast 50 special edition of The Registry Review. Analyzing data collected by the Warrens Group’s mortgage market share module, The Registry Review compared the number and volume of loans from January 1 to June 30, 2023, to the same period in 2024, and announced Newburyport Bank as a leader among loan providers in New Hampshire. Newburyport Bank is honored to be recognized as: #2 for Growth in Commercial Loan Volume #3 for Growth...

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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $5,000 to the Newburyport Literary Association. The Association is a vibrant community of readers and writers who come together each year for the Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF) to bask in the love of reading. The celebration of literature, from fiction to poetry to non-fiction and biography, the festival features author readings, panel discussions, and book signings held in venues across historic Newburyport. The Foundation grant will...

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The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has donated $2,500 to Lamprey Health Care headquartered in Newmarket, NH. Founded in 1971 by a group of concerned citizens, Lamprey Health Care began as an information and referral service with the goal of connecting people to health services. The group quickly realized the need for more community-based service providers. launching the Senior Transportation program over 50 years ago and since then adding locations in Newmarket, NH, Raymond, NH, and Nashua,...

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