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:
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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.