NASHUA – Bank of America recently named Nashua Center as its 2025 Neighborhood Builder.

For more than five decades, Nashua Center has created inclusive communities where more than 300 children and adults with developmental disabilities and acquired brain disorders can learn, live and thrive.

Bank of America’s signature Neighborhood Builders program continues to be one of the nation’s largest philanthropic investments into nonprofit leadership development, while also providing unique multiyear flexible grant funding annually to high-impact nonprofit organizations in communities nationwide.

As a Neighborhood Builder, Nashua Center will be awarded a $50,000 grant to be spent over two years, leadership training for the organization’s executive director and an emerging leader and the opportunity to connect with other local nonprofits.

“We’ve just purchased the building we’ve been in for 31 years and are about to embark on a capital campaign for crucial building needs,” said Nashua Center Executive Director Emily Manire. “This funding will be meaningful in helping to maintain our programming, as well as enhancing services for all those we serve.”

Since the program’s inception, Bank of America has recognized seven New Hampshire organizations as Neighborhood Builders, with the bank investing nearly a half-million dollars of philanthropic capital into these local nonprofits.

“Our local nonprofits are crucial to addressing local challenges in New Hampshire,” said Matthew Reilly, president of Bank of America New Hampshire. “Through flexible funding and comprehensive leadership training, the Neighborhood Builders program helps nonprofits address critical needs and promote economic opportunity for individuals and families in our communities.”

Founded in 1973 as a childcare center for children with severe disabilities, Nashua Center expanded over time to include day programs, group homes and vocational opportunities.

Through four core programs, Nashua Center delivers a lifetime of support: early intervention for infants and toddlers through The Children’s Pyramid; post-secondary education and vocational training for young adults through LIFE-OP; adult day services that promote employment, wellness, and community engagement; and residential services offering safe, nurturing homes with 24/7 care. Together, these programs ensure that people of all abilities can live, learn and thrive where they belong–at home in their communities.

This new grant funding will sustain Nashua Center’s community-based programs and services for individuals with disabilities as well as support planned capital projects.

Neighborhood Builders is part of the bank’s longstanding efforts to uplift local communities by addressing issues that are fundamental to economic opportunity. Since 2004, Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders program has invested more than $346 million in communities across the U.S. and trained more than 4,000 leaders at nearly 2,000 U.S. nonprofits.