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Our Roots  ·  Guiding Principles  ·  Staff  ·  WREN Board  ·  Funders  ·  Partners  · 
FUNDING SOURCES

Our work is made possible through the generous support of foundations, individuals, corporations, and government funding. Many thanks to the following for their investment in our work:  

2008

Citizens Bank $8,500 entrepreneurial program support

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation $15,000 operating support

John Merck Fund $50,000 entrepreneurial program support

Women & CompanyŽ Microenterprise Boost Program $16,100 for equity awards and technical assistance 

    

2007

Citizens Bank $5,000 entrepreneurial program support

USDA RBEG $34,379 technical assistance for entrepreneurs

Women's Fund of NH      $5,000 for WINGS program

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation $15,000 operating support

MS Foundation Fairy Godmother Fund - $3,000 to member business and WREN technical assistance

Women & CompanyŽ Microenterprise Boost Program $14,100 for equity awards and technical assistance to 10 women entrepreneurs

CDBG Micro Credit   $49,000 entrepreneurial support

EDA $7,500 technical assistance for Coos County entrepreneurs

PSNH $10,000 operational support and outdoor marketplace equipment

2006

Citizen's Bank $8,000 entrepreneurial program support

USDA RBEG $48,150 technical assistance for entrepreneurs

CDBG MicroCredit      $49,000 entrepreneurial support

MS Foundation $60,000 for organizational sustainability and communications development

PSNH  $10,000 for operational support and signage

Women & CompanyŽ $13,650 for equity awards and technical assistance to 10 women entrepreneurs

2005
Citizens Bank
$5,000 entrepreneurial program support
Fidelity Foundation $25,000 for business planning consultant for WREN MarketPlace
Hewlett Packard computer hardware valued at $110,000 and $58,675 cash award
Ms. Foundation for Women Fairy Godmother Fund $10,000 equity award for woman entrepreneur and technical assistance support
New Hampshire CDBG Microenterprise funds $49,000
Northern New Hampshire Foundation
Penny Pitou & Mike Pike Fund, NH Charitable Foundation
$2,000 operating support
Providian Bank $20,000 in support of expanded staffing capacity
Public Service of New Hampshire $5,000 operating support
Women & CompanyŽ $10,625 for equity awards and technical assistance for nine women entrepreneurs

2004
Aronovitz Family Foundation $2,500 unrestricted gift
Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce $2,000 for Bethlehem Street Banner Project
Bethlehem Redevelopment Association $1,000 facade improvement grant
Citizens Bank $3,000 for GROW 2004 Entrepreneurial Development Program
John Merck Fund $50,000 for market development planning for WREN MarketPlace Project
Northern New Hampshire Foundation $6,500 for volunteer development and $15,000 for WREN MarketPlace planning
Public Service of New Hampshire $1,500 for Wings program support
Town of Bethlehem $12,000 CDBG feasibility grant for WREN MarketPlace development
Town of Bethlehem $1,500 for Bethlehem Street Banner Project
The Corporate Fund $7,500 for internal systems development and implementation
US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $400,000 RHED grant for planning and construction of WREN MarketPlace

2003
Ms. Foundation for Women
$50,000 for entrepreneurial and market support initiatives, $1,000 for staff development, and $10,000 for WREN MarketPlace land purchase
USDA - Rural Development $99,000 in support of Bethlehem revitalization initiatives

2002
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Citizens Bank
Lifeline Systems Charitable Fund/Susan Dibner Memorial Fund
Ms. Foundation for Women 
NH Division of Resources and Economic Development
Northern New Hampshire Foundation

2001
Aspen Institute

Citizens Bank
Northern New Hampshire Foundation
HUD - RHED grant
Mary M. Dumais Memorial Fund
Ms. Foundation for Women
Northern New Hampshire Foundation
USDA - Rural Development

2000
AOL (America On-Line)
Aspen Institute
Bell Atlantic 
Garnet Hill, Inc.
Great Bay Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Lafayette Arts Council
Arthur Ashley Williams Foundation
Northern New Hampshire Foundation 

1994-1999
HUD RHED
Northern New Hampshire Foundation
Haymarket Foundation
USDA Rural Development
Community Training Assistance Center/Mott Foundation
Campaign for Human Development
Ellis Phillips Foundation
Global Ministries
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
New Hampshire Women's Fund




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