How the Commission is Funded
The Commission is funded through a variety of state, federal, local and private sources.
Each member municipalities provides funding to the regional planning commission consistent with RSA 36:49.
The majority of funding comes from federal programs that are contracted through NH state agencies (federal pass-through) such as the NH Department of Transportation. The Commission continuously looks for new resources that best serve the needs of the municipalities within the region. Private and non-profit foundation funding has been successfully attained from partners such as the NH Endowment of Health and from organizations that are finding the expertise of the Commission beneficial to the efficiency of their own organization such as the Eastman Community Association.
You can sort our projects by Funders by clicking on the "Search Projects"on the Projects page or use the icon above.
The Commission continues to increase its contracts with municipalities around the region demonstrating both a need for these services and confidence in the professional work that the Commission provides. The graph below shows the increase in municipal contracts over the past few years as a percent of the total budget for each year.
Municipal dues are extremely important to the Commission not only to demonstrate support of the services that the Commission can provide, but to allow the Commission to draw other sources to the region. Generally, approximatley 50% of municipal dues are used in this manner. The Commission also uses these funds to assist the municipalities directly through the Service Incentive Program and to provide direct technical assistance to communities. Other resources to provide free assistance to our region's communities are very limited. The Commission recieves very little funding from the state. It is anticipated that 1% of the Commission's budget will be from state sources in 2012, and those resources additionally require specified work products.
