EXHIBIT 12.(b)

NEW PROVIDENCE INVESTMENT TRUST

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the annual report of the Wisdom Fund (the “Fund”) of the New Providence Investment Trust on Form N-CSR for the period ended May 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), the undersigned, C. Douglas Davenport, chief executive officer (or equivalent thereof) and chief financial officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Fund, does hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.

Date: July 30, 2009 By: /s/ C. Douglas Davenport
C. Douglas Davenport
President, Treasurer, Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer
New Providence Investment Trust

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Wisdom Fund and will be retained by the Wisdom Fund and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. This certification is being furnished to the Commission pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.