Mission Statement:
Holistically reduce drug and alcohol use, addiction and overdose deaths, and the related social and economic costs to individuals, families and employers by providing drug and alcohol addiction services to New Hampshire residents.
Top Funding Sources:
Center for Disease Control & Prevention provides $125,000 a year (ends 9/2026) for prevention education curriculum, events, programs and initiatives through its Drug Free Communities grant.
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration provides $300,000 a year (ends 9/2025) to offer recovery services, events, initiatives and programs through its Building Communities of Recovery grant.
Additionally, we receive annual municipal support from the towns of Jaffrey, Rindge and Peterborough, NH.
Year Established: 2009
Employees: 5
Annual Revenue: $485,000
Service Locations:
Reality Check
17 Turnpike Road, P.O. Box 302
Jaffrey, NH 03452
Contact:
Mary Drew
Founder and CEO
17 Turnpike Road, P.O. Box 302
Jaffrey, NH 03452
603-532-9888
mary@realitychecknow.org
www.realitychecknow.org
2025 Goals:
For 2025, Reality Check is striving to 1) reduce our reliance on federal grants by diversifying funding streams to ensure sustainability of the drug and alcohol counseling, recovery coaching, addiction training and prevention education in schools that we provide free to New Hampshire residents, and 2) purchase a larger facility to enable us to hold in-house trainings to grow the behavioral health workforce, expand prevention services and programs for youth after school, and expand recovery support services and events to help normalize the idea that people in recovery can be and are valuable, contributing members of communities.
Fundraising Events:
Reality Check is primarily funded by federal grants which come with restrictions on using funds for fundraising, so we rely on individual and business donations to help pay for fundraising costs. We also partner with existing nonprofits to raise awareness about services and programs and about different opportunities for making donations. We are currently looking for people with fundraising experience to volunteer to help coordinate five fundraising events a year, which may include setting up an online auction or crowdfunding opportunity, a dinner, a community-based event, or other fundraising event or initiative.
Giving Opportunities:
Anyone wishing to make a monetary monthly, annual or one-time donation can go to the “Donate” button on our website at RealityCheckNow.org. And there are lots of other ways to help ensure Reality Check is able to continue offering services including cash donations, stock or donor advised funds, recurring donations, crowdfunding for us, quarterly or annual unrestricted employer sponsorships, planned giving or by making an end-of-life legacy donation, crypto donations, and donating proceeds from events you put on. We also accept donations of hygiene items for people starting their lives over either early in recovery from addiction, or who may be getting released from jail. We are also seeking donations for building repairs including a roof, insulation, foundation repairs and minor carpentry work.
Volunteer Opportunities:
There are lots of ways to volunteer including fundraising, coordinating a media campaign, organizing community drives for food or clothing donations, doing community outreach to raise awareness about our free services and programs, offering IT security skills, office skills or human resources skills, providing advocacy for state funding at the state capital, and any other number of ways. If you have an idea for something other than what’s listed here, give us a call at 603-532-9888.
Board Officers / Board Members
Gene Calvano
Board President & Member
NH and VT SCORE Volunteer Coordinator
Mark Hower
Vice President & Member
Retired
Amber Dewey
Member
Nurse Practioner
Larry Schwartz
Treasurer
PHC Financial
Rob Koch
Member
Retired
Tausey Wolfe
Member
Monadock Community Hospital
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.
