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Sioux Valley Energy, headquartered at Colman, South Dakota, initiated the nonprofit Sioux Valley Energy Customers' Trust program in the fall of 2000. The purpose of the trust is to acquire, accumulate and disburse funds for charitable and educational purposes as permitted by Section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Your community, your school, and/or your nonprofit organization may be eligible for funding.
The region served by the Trust includes the seven-county Sioux Valley Energy service area, as well as adjacent neighborhoods within the outer boundaries of the cooperatives service area. Money must also be spent within these boundaries. The electrical service area includes Rock and Pipestone counties in Minnesota, and Brookings, part of Kingsbury, Lake, Moody, and Minnehaha counties in South Dakota.
Funding for the Trust primarily comes from Sioux Valley Energy member-owners who agree to participate in the nationally recognized Operation Roundup® program. The concept is rather simple. Each month when electric bills are prepared, statements are rounded up to the nearest whole dollar. The difference between the billing and the actual cost of consumed electricity for the month is placed into a trust fund. For example, if your electric bill is $100.35, you would pay $101.00 with $0.65 going to Operation Roundup®. The maximum any customer can contribute in a year is $11.88 ($0.99 times 12 months).
Seventy percent of Sioux Valley Energy’s 20,000 member-owners take part in Operation Roundup® generating nearly $18,000 per quarter. It is this money which is granted in smaller amounts to qualifying organizations benefiting area residents and communities.
The major funding categories of the Sioux Valley Energy Customers' Trust include lending assistance to community service projects, economic development programs, education and youth initiatives, environmental concerns, and emergency energy assistance. These funds are also available, should the need arise, to provide disaster relief.
Examples of the types of organizations who have received funding in the past are day care associations, schools, nursing homes, sports clubs, vocational schools, youth groups - scholarship programs, humanity programs, fire departments, cities, special needs for individuals, and senior dining programs.
Each quarter a group of seven electrical-area volunteer representatives review grant applications and make awards based on criteria guidelines of the Trust. Not all proposals are funded, and not all applications are funded at the full funding request.
The easy-to-complete, three-page grant application may be picked up at any one of the three Sioux Valley Energy offices: Brandon, Colman, and Pipestone or by downloading from Sioux Valley Energy's website at www.siouxvalleyenergy.com. You may also print out the application by choosing one of the following...
Individual / Family donation application
Organization / Agency donation applicationAfter completing the application, attach the supporting documentation and mail to:
Sioux Valley Energy
PO Box 216
Colman, South Dakota 57017The Sioux Valley Energy Customer’s Trust Board of Directors meets quarterly in the months of March, June, September and December. Applications must be received by the 20th of the month preceding the board meeting. For example, in order to be considered at the December meeting your application must be received no later than November 20th.
If you are a Sioux Valley Energy customer and participate in Operation Roundup®, thank you for your generosity. Participation in Operation Roundup® is voluntary, but as one Sioux Valley Energy customer explains, the impact is worth every penny.
"I didn't really understand the program when it started. I just felt I was already contributing enough money to the various causes in my own community. But this is my community, and it's really just a small amount of money. Knowing now what the program is doing, I want to participate."
If you are a customer who currently is not participating in the program but would like to join, just indicate on your next billing that you would like to participate in Operation Roundup®, sign up below or call 1-800-234-1960. You too, can help make a difference.
Steve Dick At-Large Chair Robert Hartmann Minnehaha Vice Chair Joyce DeClerk Moody Secretary Mel Hamann Rock Chuck Lorden Brookings John Barrick Lake Dean Freeman Pipestone
Agency Application
Family Application Application Guidelines
Donation Recipient Project Description Jaycee Camp for the Exceptional Inc. Campership Fees Interlakes Community Action 60's Plus Dining Meals for the 60 Plus Dining Program Girls Scouts of Minn-la-Kota Replacement of Shelters at Girl Scout Camp Interlakes United Way Funding for Various Agencies in Community West Central Music Association Snare Drum Rutland Elementary School Playground Equipment Children's Inn Emergency Shelter for Victims of Abuse Handi-Riders, Inc Pull for Behind a Camper Trailer Pipestone Jasper Elem School Booster Club Playground Equipment St Mary's Schools Provide Sioux Valley Wireless to Classrooms Jasper Fire Dept and Others Construction of Emergency Facility Building Family Connection Hospitality House Housing for Family While Visiting Family Incarcerated Brookings Ice Skating Association Construction and Equipment for New Ice Arena McCrossan Boys Ranch Equipment and Supplies for High Adventure Activities Sioux Empire Water Festival Educational Outreach Dell Rapids Community Technical Center Equipment and Software for Educational Purposes Prairie Freedom Center Adaptive Devices for the Disabled Banquet Milk Fund Voluntary Services Bank Transportation Costs for Volunteers Pipestone Day Care Association Training for day care providers AIM High Alternative School Server & other computer equipment Bethal Lutheran Home Van for elderly & handicapped transportation Dell Rapids Sportsmen's Club Youth Hunting safety training for youth Sioux Vocational School Furniture and furnishings for disabled people Turning Point & Volunteers of America 10 students to complete degree Step by Step Limelights National dance competition West Sioux II 4-H Club County wide project day - electrical project SVSW Scholarships Scholarships East Central SD Habitat for Humanity Construction of a home in Flandreau City of Brandon Construction of a Public Library Rock County Development Ach Ctr Improve accessibility of facility East Dakota Transit Transportation for elderly and young people Special Olympics South Dakota Special Olympics and Ambassador program Lake County Search & Rescue Spreader tool for jaws of life & hydraulic ram Rock County Historical Society Insulate stone walls Trent Fire and Rescue AEP, stretcher, glucometer, plastic rack bd Brandon Historical Society Purchase old school to be used as museum Colman-Egan HS Yearbook Purchase computer and digital camera Council for Arts and Humanities Rock County Art program and theatre camp Madison ADD/ADHD Teacher inservices Field of Dreams Concession stand and restrooms Trent Area Scholarships Scholarships Child's Voice Social worker salary Luverne Hospice New carpet Moody County Child Protection Child wellness conference Elkton Ambulance Ambulance Dell Rapids Haven Equipment for kitchen and staff Community Center Picnic tables and play features for playground Dell Rapids Community Ambulance Safety town salaries, supplies and maint. Egan Volunteer Fire Department New radios and batteries for communications HELP! Line Center Provide 211 (help line number) Interlakes Community Action Inc. Emergency utility assistance Jaycee Camp for the Exceptional Elec bill, elec services, outlets, scholarships Lake County Immunization Coalition Educations materials Lake/Kingsbury Am Red Cross Start up for Youth Corps Madison Academic Boosters Entry for Future Problem Solvers Prairie Freedom Center Home modification and adaptive device prog Sioux Falls Christian School Three computers West Central School District Three refrigerators American Lung Assn Supplies for Asthma Camp Children's Inn Duffel bags for children Children's Inn Meals for women and children in shelter Estelline School District Labor donation to move electrical lines Luverne Community Education Scholarship Grant Sioux Empire Water Festival Prizes for Quiz Bowl Trent Fire and Rescue EMS equipment and education West Central High School Close Up Washington DC study trip West Sioux II 4-H Club Build electric cord holder reel American Red Cross Inflatable mattresses Colman Egan School Pottery equipment Colman Egan School Imagination Destination Easter Seals of SD Living w/Life Changes Proj. East Dakota Transit Operating costs for transit Good Samaritan Communities of Luverne Parallel bars, bal beam & steps Habitat for Humanity Housing w/ match plan Mother's Club for Edgerton Christian School Playground equipment Pipestone County 4-H Leaders Council Operating costs Prairie Village Historical Society Soda fountain refurbishment Rock County Historical Society Insulation for Hinkly House St Thomas School Reading program SDSU Electrical Engineering Summer internship (matched) Southeastern Behavioral HealthCare Special education & group homes Southeastern Development Foundation Economic development West Central High School Close Up Close Up Program American Cancer Society Navigator program Brandon Veteran's Memorial Veteran's memorial City of Colman Baseball complex elec wiring Dell Rapids St. Mary's School Computer kits Family Resource Center Toy lending library Girls Scouts Peacepipe Council Girls Exploring Math & Science Humboldt Community Club Summer rec program Lake County Food Pantry Purchase food Lake County Historical Society Display Case McCrossan Boys Ranch Gymnasium Rock County Heartland Express Radio/dispatch service Rutland School District Camera & electronic equipment Rutland School District Prairie Fire Children's Theatre Sioux Valley PTO Playground equipment St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Electric lighting of flag Taopi Community Hall Heating & air conditioning Trent Area Scholarship Scholarships American Heart Association CPR Training Event American Red Cross Food & Beverage containers/defibrillator Augustana College Ntl Stdt Speech-Lang Speech and Hearing Conference Colman Egan School Choir Robes Girls Scouts of Minn-la-kota Tri-Sci-Fi Events Jaycee Camp for the Exceptional, Inc Swimming pool maintenance Luverne Elementary School Character Education program Luverne Senior Citizens, Inc Dishwasher Madison High School Pole vault pit Oldham Ramona School Preschool Classroom Teachers Pipestone County Enrichment Council Courage Retreat SHARE Christmas Gifts Sioux Vocations Services Foundation Hoyer Lift South Dakota 4-H Foundation Building Character Program Southwest Minnesota Habitat for Humanity Building Materials Volunteer Services Bank Dialysis Unit Volunteers of America Monthly Internet Service Costs Woodstock First Responders Defibrillator Henry T. Berdahl American Legion Post #206 Veteran's Memorial American Lung Assn of SD Asthma Camp for Youth Brookings County Search & Rescue Dive Squad Underwater Communications System Crooks Community Child Care Ctr Fence for playground Family Connection 1/2 of children's conn. Salary for one year Garretson Comm Swimming Pool Help pay loan for new bath house Hills Beaver Creek School Book of the Week Club City of Humboldt Playground Equipment Interlakes Coummunity Action Emergency Utility Assistance - service area KIDS Club - Colman Scholarships for after school care Kids N Kare Daycare Center Lighting in Daycare Center Pioneer Public Television Children's Programming Prairie Ecology Bus Center Educate people about environment City of Sinai Clean up of debris pile, trees & bldgs Sioux Empire Water Festival Quiz Bowl contest prizes Sioux Falls Area Comm. Found Establish Foundation for 18 non-profits Sioux Falls Christian School High-interest, low-reading level books Southeast Technical Institute Foundation Scholarships Wholeness Center Furnishings for Domestic Abuse Ctr Baltic Fire and Rescue Pulse Oximeter/Monitor Brandt Lake Improvement Assn Community Desk and Flag Display Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter Bedroom Furniture East Central CASA Program Recruiting & training volunteers Edgerton Area Betterment Assn Veteran's Memorial Flandreau Pool Committee Pool Equipment Luverne Summer Rec Summer recreation programs March of Dimes SD Prematurity Campaign Praire Freedom Center Home modification and adaptive devices Sioux Valley Energy Scholarships Scholarships Sioux Valley FCCLA FCCLA trip to Philadelphia SD Farmers Union Foundation for cooperative education Southeastern Behavioral Health Electronic Learning System Southwest Crisis Center Contracts for Crisis Line and Cell phones Trent Area Scholarships Scholarships Bruce First Responders Ambulance cot East Dakota Transit Operating costs for transit program Elkton Public School District Playground Equipment Hiawatha Club, Inc Dimmers and wiring Interlakes Community Action Emergency energy assistance Lake Area Junior Football Start up costs Lake County Food Pantry Coats for children McCrossan Boys Ranch Gym construction costs Siouxland Heritage Museum Alliance Improve exhibit gallary space Southw MN Opport Coun Head Start Parenting series and a book Sioux Valley Energy Scholarships Scholarships for 2004 B-4 K Preschool - Colton Preschool supplies Colman-Egan Music Boosters Band trip to Chicago Colman Field of Dreams Complex Field lighting, elect. Bills, etc. The Community Center Supplies for after school program Family Resource Network Toy/resource lending library Flandreau Boys Scout Repairs to bus Habitat for Humanity Construction of new home HELP!Line Center Training programs Jaycee Camp for the Exceptional, Inc 3 Camp fees, food vendor, Augie, roof Luverne Elementary-Child Guide After-school activities Luverne Music Boosters Flag Corp Flags Luverne Music Boosters Choir Accompanist Madison Academic Boosters Stipend for coach for Future Problem Solvers Moody County 4-H Leaders Lighting for Arena St Mary Catholic Schools Repair of computer sys on boiler SHARE- Luverne Gifts for the Needy Sioux Vocational Services, Inc Pur. Automatic Ex. Defibrillator South Eastern Development Foundation Loan for Economic Development STAR Inter Generational Program Elderly activities Southwestern MN Habitat for Humanity Construction of new home The Team of Angels Foundation Mileage reimbursement Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science "Electrostatic Fantastic" Sioux Valley Energy scholarships Scholarships for 2004 Brandon Historical Society Remodeling school to be used as museum Colman-Egan Booster Club Keyboard Piano Friendship Ventures Funding for camp fees for disabled kids Girl Scouts of Minn-la-Kota Const. Of Ceremonial Plaza Junior Achievement Purchase program material Lake Herman State Park Restoration of Luce Cabin Madison Academic Boosters Stipend for Coach for Future Problem Solvers Madison After School Care Program, Inc Purchase supplies, equipment Oldham-Ramona Out of School Time Scholarships, supplies & snacks Rock County RSVP Purchase supplies Rutland School's Out-of-School Time Progams Funding for 2004-2005 out-of-school program Rutland School District No. 39-4 Uniforms & set up for volleyball Sioux Empire Water Festival Prizes for the Quiz Bowl Sioux Falls AgriScience Education Consortium Matl & supplies for agriscience educational event Southwest Crisis Center Crisis Line Valley Springs Elementary PTA Purchase of new playground equipment The Wholeness Center 2 computer pkgs & 1 new copy machine Brandon Valley Destination Imagination Expenses to compete at Global Finals Community Counseling & Prevention Services Laptop computer & projector with accessories Dell Rapids Community Haven Sports & recreation equipment Dell Rapids Booster Club Bleachers for football/track stadium Duebrook PTO Playground equipment Flandreau Fire Department SCBM tanks tested and certified Girl Scouts Peacepipe Council Girl's swim team expenses Interlakes Area United Way Expenses for library program Little Lamb Preschool Playground equipment & surface material Madison Preschool Inc. Repairs and upgrades for the preschool The Oaks (GSCL) Purchase supplies for activities & events Pipestone County Food Shelf Purchase food Pipestone County Historical Society Purchase film & film processing, archival supplies Pipestone Performing Arts Center New light board
