2025 Goals:

Makers Mill is a state-of-the-art makerspace ready to partner with NH employers and business networks to help meet their most pressing workforce development goals.

We provide equipment and tools for digital design and 3D fabrication, machining and manufacturing, woodworking and construction, metalsmithing, stained glass, electronics and robotics, fiber arts, fine arts and leatherworking. Makers Mill is the only makerspace in NH with a Haas CNC milling machine, and we are eager to see it support the manufacturing job pipeline. The same can be said for our CNC router, high-powered computers, laser cutters/engravers, industrial sewing machines, sergers, leatherworking tools, 3D printers and more.

In 2025, we would like to establish up to five partnerships with NH businesses in the fields of construction, manufacturing and green technology to support mutual goals of vocational training and workforce development.

Fundraising Events:

Makers Mill offers donors and business sponsors the opportunity to support our mission through our spring and fall appeals, which sync with NH Gives Day and Giving Tuesday, respectively. Confirming matching gift challenges from a business ahead of these annual campaigns boosts individual donor contributions and can be a very impactful way to contribute. We are also always looking for sponsors for our monthly Repair Cafe, Movers & Makers Youth Program, and Adaptive Arts Program, among other annual events like our yearly Tool Sale.

Giving Opportunities:

Giving opportunities to support Makers Mill include, but are not limited to:

• Scholarships to support equal opportunity
• Event and workspace sponsorships that help underwrite programming
• In-kind contributions of professional services
• In-kind donations of tools, equipment and consumables
• Estate and planned giving opportunities
• Gift of stocks
• Unrestricted one-time and recurring donations

Visit www.makersmill.org/give for a full list of ways to support community-centered, workforce and vocational programming at Makers Mill.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteers are the heart and engine of Makers Mill. Volunteer opportunities include one-off service project days to ongoing leadership roles on a standing committee. We can also cater an opportunity to your company’s employees’ interests and needs. Some of our most popular volunteer opportunities include:

• Board of directors
• Instruct or mentor a class
• Front desk greeters
• Building and Site Service Days
• Strategic Planning Committee
• Proofreading
• Thank You Call-a-Thon

Board Officers   /   Board Members

Jim Cowles
President
Walker & Varney PC

Susan Ferber
Vice President

Dave Scarborough
Treasurer

Cindy Guttman
Facilitator
Independent Consultant

Mary Lyon
Secretary

Joshua Arnold
Executive Director, Makers Mill

Jami Bordeau
Meredith Village Savings Bank

Claes Thelemarck
UNH Cooperative Extension/4H, Carroll County

Heather Kiley
YMCA Camp Huckins

Charitable Giving Guide

This profile is part of NH Business Review’s 2025 Charitable Giving Guide.

To learn more about the Charitable Giving Guide and other New Hampshire nonprofit organizations, please visit www.nhbr.com/CGG.