Jaffrey Betterment Trust

Updated: February 19, 2024



The Jaffrey Betterment Trust is a successsor, of sorts, to the Terra Nova Trust—a donor-advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation—which was terminated in late 2023, its assets being transferred to a new trust fund administered by the Trustees of Trust Funds of the Town of Jafffey.

Its purposes are similar to those of Terra Nova Trust but its focus is entirely on Jaffrey and grants may only be made to projects and initiatives within the town of Jaffrey.

The Jaffrey Betterment Trust was accepted by Resolution of the Jaffrey Board of Selectmen on August 28, 2023.

The Trust Document establishing the Jaffrey Betterment Trust was created on August 2, 2023, approved by the Fund Advisors and founders of the Terra Nova Trust, Christopher V. Bean and Robert B. Stephenson.

On August 29, 2023, the following e-mail was sent to those who will be appointing members to the Jaffrey Betterment Trust Committee.

On August 31, 2023, the following letter and the original trust document were delivered to the Jaffrey Trustees of Trust Funds.

On August 31, 2023, the following article appeared in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.

On September 2-3, 2023, the following article appeared in the Keene Sentinel.


Jaffrey Betterment Trust Committee

Nominated by...
     Jaffrey Historical Society: Sarah Bergeron
     Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society: Margaret Pokorny
     Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce: Peter Chamberlain
     Jaffrey Planning Board: Amy Meyers
     Moderator: Matt Shea