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Bill to bar municipal donations to nonprofits prompts split testimony — accountability push vs. service-loss warnings
Summary
Supporters of HB 1649 said requiring contracts, deliverables and reporting for any taxpayer funds directed to nonprofits would protect taxpayers; municipal officials and nonprofits said the bill would curtail small, cost‑effective local services (Meals on Wheels, social supports) and make it harder to leverage larger grants.
Representative Lori Ball, sponsor of HB 1649, said the bill is not anti‑nonprofit but seeks to distinguish charitable giving from public expenditures and to protect taxpayers by requiring contracts, reporting and verification when municipalities appropriate funds to nonprofit organizations. "Taxpayer dollars are not charitable contributions," she told the committee.
Nonprofit speakers — including certified fund‑raising professionals and leaders from New Hampshire Lakes and…
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