Regional Grant Preview form

For nonprofit organizations that service the Lockport, NY, New Brighton, MN, and Kent, WA communities. If you are unsure about the location serviced, please contact grants@hypertherm.com to inquire about qualifications for this grant application.

Regional grants are reviewed quarterly.

Global Giving – please email grants@hypertherm.com for more information

Upper Valley Region of NH/VT (30 miles from Hanover/Lebanon)

Good Neighbor grant [preview form / download Word document]

• For grant requests $500 or less:
  

  A Good Neighbor grant is a donation to a non-profit organization with a value of $500 or less. The organization being funded must be a 501c3 or educational organization and its cause aligned to our mission. Our preference is for Good Neighbor grants to have a connection to a Hypertherm volunteer.

  Good Neighbor grants will be reviewed the month following the submission.

HOPE Foundation full grant [preview form / download Word document]

• For grant requests greater than $500:
  We strive to review your grant in a timely manner and may have follow up questions. Last minute requests are very challenging for us to accommodate. Full application grants are reviewed quarterly on the following schedule:
  

   

  Applications received:	Application reviewed	Funding distributed (if approved)
  January 1st - March 1st	March – 4th Monday	April
  March 2nd - June 1st	June – 4th Monday	July
  June 2nd - September 1st	September - 4th Monday	October
  September 2nd - December 1st	December – 3rd Monday	December

Upper Valley Community Focus Area Grants Definition.pdf

We fund organizations based within or serving towns within 30 miles of Hanover/Lebanon. We prioritize communities where a significant number of Associates live and work. Here is a graphic for reference. Upper Valley Funding Area graphic:  

If your request is approved, please be prepared to submit your measurable goal follow-up form, letting us know your progress, challenges, and learnings regarding the goal you selected when you applied for a grant. This form will be due approximately ten months after receiving funding and you will receive a reminder email from our grant software system to login and complete the form.

At the HOPE Foundation and Hypertherm, we want our grant-making to closely align with our core values. One of our core values is Continuous Improvement. A foundational way in which we continuously improve our processes is by setting quantifiable goals, measuring progress to our goals, reflecting on what went well/what could have gone better, and letting this guide our improvement efforts. Through our grant-making, we want to share and encourage the use of this practice that has helped us be successful as individuals and as an organization. Our intention is not to judge our grant recipients based on whether they meet their goals. Instead, we believe that our funding will provide increased value to our communities if more people and organizations we fund practice setting goals and then measuring, reflecting, and improving.