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The Electric Company Charitable Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 87-3208524 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $1.4M
- Grants reported
- 55
- Median grant
- $12.5K
- Future commitments
- $34K
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | $1.4M |
Where The Electric Company Charitable Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Match of El Paso Electric's employees' donations. | 2024 | $359.8K |
| United Way | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Match of employees' donations to improve the lives of El Paso families. | 2024 | $74.4K |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Funds used for scholarship support. | 2024 | $50K |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | El Paso, TX | Education - Growing Our Own to Power Up Our Health Care Workforce: Pre-Dental Society, MedFuture, High School Summer Camps, Medventure, and Scholarships. | 2024 | $50K |
| Amigo Airsho Match | El Paso, TX | Match of El Paso Electric's employees' donations. | 2024 | $50K |
| Tech Frontier | El Paso, TX | Education- To prepare students for in-demand jobs, this program trains 25 high school seniors from underserved communities to become certified 3D printing technicians. Using content from America Makes and support from Fab Lab and Workforce Solutions Borderplex, students gain digital skills and paid work experience, building a pipeline for El Paso's advanced manufacturing workforce. | 2024 | $50K |
| EPC MUSEUM | El Paso, TX | Education - The Code It Bots, supports kids' self-guided exploration of programming languages and robotic capabilities. | 2024 | $50K |
| Second Chance Wildlife Rescue | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship - A wildlife rescue facility in Vinton, located on protected Rio Grande Bosque wetlands, seeks funding to build a raptor enclosure to meet growing demand for rehabilitation services. As habitat loss drives more wildlife into urban areas, the center reaches capacity each summer. The new aviary will allow for safe care and recovery of birds of prey, supporting biodiversity, public health, and environmental conservation. | 2024 | $40K |
| Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest | El Paso, TX | Education - Expansion of Junior Achievement's (JA) STEAM Career and Work Readiness Pathway Program, which equips underserved students with skills and exposure to STEAM careers through classroom lessons, a virtual career expo, and an in-person career fair. The program connects students with professionals, fosters career readiness, and builds a diverse, future-ready workforce. | 2024 | $30K |
| Teachers in Space Inc | New York, NY | Education - Teachers in Space (TIS) is requesting support for its Pathways to Space project-STEM workshops for 60 teachers serving underserved students in grades 2-12. Held in Las Cruces, NM, the workshops teach educators to build CubeSat experiments, covering coding, sensors, and spaceflight processes. Teachers will participate in high-altitude balloon and glider missions, gaining hands-on experience and ongoing support to bring space science into classrooms. Select teachers will also attend major spaceflight events to present student-led research. | 2024 | $30K |
| Ysleta Education Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education - Scholarship support to award nine scholarships to deserving YISD students wishing to pursue a higher education in a STEM field upon high school completion. | 2024 | $27K |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | Environmental Stewardship- funding to host an App Design Challenge focused on environmental stewardship for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults in the El Paso Electric service area. Participants will develop app ideas addressing issues like water conservation and energy efficiency, with finalists receiving training to build working prototypes. The project promotes STEM education, career readiness, and sustainability, and funding will support app design, outreach, supplies, and awards. | 2024 | $26.3K |
| UT Foundation | Austin, TX | Education - Funds used for scholarship support. | 2024 | $25K |
| PROJECT VIDA HEALTH CENTER | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship - Far West Texas Rural Litter Clean-Up Project. | 2024 | $25K |
| Pro-Action | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Train El Paso residents to become Emergency Medical Technicians. | 2024 | $25K |
| Family Service of El Paso Inc | El Paso, TX | Economic Development- El Paso County faces a shortage of mental health professionals. To address this, our organization partners with The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso Community College, and others to sustain a Training Institute that offers graduate-level internships for counseling and social work students. This helps grow a local workforce and expand access to much-needed mental health services. | 2024 | $25K |
| Paso Del Norte Community Foundation | El Paso, TX | Economic Development-Support of its Nonprofit Investment projects to include the annual Nonprofit Conference, El Paso Giving Day, and Power, Purpose, Plan: Fund Development training, a paid internship program at no cost to nonprofits, and a nonprofit study to better understand the composition of the nonprofit sector. | 2024 | $25K |
| Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance | Las Cruces, NM | Economic Development- The funds are to expand its workforce certification program, which helps individuals gain in-demand skills in sectors like advanced manufacturing, automation, aerospace, and AI. | 2024 | $25K |
| Dr Karen M Trujillo Memorial Foundation | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Scholarship support focused on helping to training STEM teachers. | 2024 | $25K |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, TX | Environmental Stewardship - WERC Environmental Design Contest: Toward Net-Zero-Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) for the Electrical Grid. | 2024 | $25K |
| Project Arriba Advanced Retraining And Redev Inc | El Paso, TX | Education - Project ARRIBA's purpose is to provide an underserved/vulnerable population with an opportunity to succeed at living wage employment and meet local workforce needs through the attainment of postsecondary education. | 2024 | $25K |
| EL PASO COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PROJECT BRAVO INC | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship- Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. | 2024 | $25K |
| Womens Economic Self-Sufficiency Team Corp | Albuquerque, NM | Economic Development - provide comprehensive bilingual entrepreneurial development services through training, consulting and lending activities, concentrating on a deep dive approach that builds small businesses' capacity and strengthens economic impact in Dona Ana County, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, and Sierra Counties. | 2024 | $15K |
| El Paso Chamber Of Commerce | El Paso, TX | Economic Development -Offer a Coaching Program throughout the year for small business owners located in the El Paso Region that are Latino/Latina owned. | 2024 | $15K |
| El Paso Community College Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education - Scholarship program focused on students nearing graduation who need financial assistance to complete degrees in high-demand career fields. | 2024 | $15K |
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- The Electric Company Charitable Fou
- Address
- PO Box 982 - Location 112 El Paso, TX, 799600001
- Phone
- 9155434175
- grants@eccfdn.org
- Deadlines
- Generally, the application process opens in the spring and fall, refer to the "Eligibility Grant Gui
- Application materials
- Please refer to the "Eligibility Grant Guidelines," found in the foundation's website: https://www.eccfoundation.org/.
- Restrictions
- Please refer to the "Eligibility Grant Guidelines," found in the foundation's website: https://www.eccfoundation.org/.
Application information: https://www.eccfoundation.org/
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Electric Company Charitable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.