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.