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Our Impact

What participants learn and do

See what young people learn, what they say about the experience, and how they put their ideas into action.

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LEARN EVERYWHERE · 2025–2026

Program results

Across five programs in the 2025–2026 academic year, New Hampshire students combined practical experiences with recognized high school learning.

27

students enrolled

23

students awarded certificates

51

high school credits issued

11

unique courses

Participants represented seven New Hampshire counties, 14 sending high schools and one homeschool student. Four programs were residential and one was session based. Individual students earned between 0.5 and 2.0 credits per program.

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WHAT GROWTH CAN MAKE POSSIBLE

What participants learn

The mission starts with young people. Its purpose reaches into their communities.

FFI supports participants as they build confidence, practice empathy and take responsibility. To understand that work, look at several kinds of evidence: learning completed, participants’ own reflections and the projects they develop.

The figures below are dated snapshots from published reports. The stories show individual experiences, not a promise that every participant will have the same outcome.

2025–2026 PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK

What participants told us.

86%

expressed an intention to complete a Community Action Project and/or join another FFI program.

71%

said they could not have afforded the program without financial support.

Participant responses recorded in the 2026 Learn Everywhere report describe intentions and experience, rather than measured long term outcomes.

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Young people at Lucy’s Cost Effective Formal
Lucy’s Cost Effective Formal · County Down

WHEN A YOUNG PERSON SEES A LOCAL NEED

A student project: an affordable formal

Lucy, from County Down, wanted young people in her divided community to have a chance to get to know one another. Her “Cost Effective Formal” brought them together for a meal, photos and a DJ, with tickets at £15.

In her published account, she describes reducing financial pressure on families and participants asking for the event to become an annual tradition. The young people chose to donate the profits to Cancer Fund for Children in memory of her friend.

A local need became a project with a budget, a shared experience and a contribution beyond the event itself.

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Reports and participant feedback

Annual reports describe programs and participant experiences. The Form 990 provides financial and organizational reporting. Together they offer different views of FFI’s work.

For questions about the figures, a particular program or how a gift could help, contact the team. We welcome a closer conversation.

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2025–2026 · New Hampshire participant feedback

86%

Ready to keep contributing.

Of respondents to FFI’s 2025–2026 New Hampshire program feedback, 86% planned a Community Action Project, another FFI program, or both.

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