Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative is partnering with CoBank and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in the Sharing Success matching grant program once again this year.
Burke-Divide Electric will award up to three (3) grants totaling $7,500. Matching funds will be applied for through CoBank’s Sharing Success program and Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s matching grant fund.
To qualify for the grants, an organization must be a certified 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, school, or fire/ambulance department, and be located within Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative’s service territory. Funds may not be used for general operating expenses
Past recipients of the Sharing Success matching grant include Wildrose Public Transportation, Columbus Fire Department, Crosby Blue Line Club, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kenmare Rural Fire Protection District, Lake County Historical Society, Divide County Historical Society, Prairie Tumbleweeds, Kenmare Ambulance, City of Columbus, Crosby Park District, Kenmare Park District, Donnybrook Rural Fire District, Bowbells Volunteer Fire Department, Kenmare Food Pantry, Lignite Community Builders, Bowbells Ambulance Service, Kenmare Public School, and Burke County World War I Building Preservation Committee.
CoBank is a cooperative lending institution that provides loans and other financial services to vital industries throughout rural America including agribusiness, water, communications, and power providers. CoBank is headquartered outside Denver, CO, serving customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. The Sharing Success matching grant program is designed to celebrate the vital role that cooperatives play in individual communities across the country.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Bismarck that provides electricity to electric cooperatives in nine states, including Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative. Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Charitable Giving Program mission statement is to distribute Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s charitable gifts to a wide range of programs for the greatest social and economic benefit for the Cooperative’s membership, employees, and communities.
The application deadline is July 1.
Contact Heidi Haugen-Grohs, member services manager, at (701)939-6671 or heidi@bdec.coop with questions.