Grant Recipients

Grant Recipients

A community is only as strong as the support it provides in a time of need. As you look around the Capital Electric Cooperative (CEC) service area, you see people helping others all the time. One way your cooperative gets involved is by providing grants to people and organizations to make the community stronger.

Operation Round-Up is a program in which CEC members voluntarily choose to round up their monthly utility bills and donate their pennies to a charitable trust. The money pools and accumulates, and an elected board of five co-op members reviews grant applications submitted by local people and organizations to determine grant worthiness.

Charitable Trust Board Members Jim McCullough, A.J. Tuck, Al Wald, John Paul Martin and Su-Lin Tschider met in September 2025 to review grant applications submitted in the past six months. They awarded a total of $28,500 in grant dollars to 22 worthy recipients. This is a significant total and reflects the commitment you, our member-owners, demonstrate to this program. These grants touch lives and make good things happen in our community.

The following individuals and organizations received assistance from Operation Round-Up:

  • Ministry on the Margins
    Bismarck Mandan Rifle and Pistol Assn
    Bismarck Recreation Council
    Burleigh Co. Council on Aging
    Circle C Ranch
    Community Action Program
    Heaven's Helpers Closet
    Holy Cross Lutheran Church
    Hospice of the Red River Valley
    Bis-Man Mentor Squad
    Lincoln Events
    Women and Technology  
    Missio Church of Student Ministry
    North Dakota EMS Foundation
    Northern Plains Dance
    Pride Manchester House
    Renegade Rodeo
    Sheridan Co. Park Board
    Shoes of Hope/Legacy United Methodist
    The Larks Community Fund
    Welcome House, Inc.
    Innovation School
                                                                                                                                                    

The next application deadline will be February 28, 2026. Any person or non-profit organization in the counties of Burleigh and Sheridan may apply to receive an Operation Round-Up grant.