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POWER GRANTS


TRICO POWER GRANTS

Twice a year, the Trico Electric Charitable Trust, which is funded through Operation Round Up, awards non-profit organizations up to $10,000 each. Grants are awarded in May and December of each year to non-profits providing critical services in southern Arizona. The proceeds are used to assist community organizations, schools, veteran’s groups, first responders, and food banks. Since 2008, Trico’s POWER Grants program has provided $840,000 in funding to local non-profit organizations in our community. Contribute to Operation Round Up.

The Spring 2024 POWER Grants opens on March 8, 2024. Application deadline is April 8, 2024. Tax-exempt organizations that provide the following services will be eligible to apply for a POWER Grant:

  • Food and Basic Needs
  • Housing
  • Health and Mental Care
  • Fire and Emergency Response

The Fall 2023 POWER Grants are closed. Tax-exempt organizations that provide the following services were eligible to apply for a POWER Grant:

  • Education
  • Substance Abuse Prevention and Support
  • Arts and Literacy
  • Childcare and Development

APPLY FOR TRICO POWER GRANT

The Spring 2024 POWER Grants Application open on March 8, 2024. Applications are due April 8, 2024.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE

Organizations must demonstrate they provide services to a significant number of individuals living in Trico’s service area. (Refer to the Trico Service Area Map for information on service area boundaries). Organizations do not need to be located in Trico’s service area in order to be considered but do need to be located in Southern Arizona.

QUESTIONS

Roberta Lopez-Suter
rlsuter@trico.coop
(520) 744-2944, ext. 1362

WHO WE’VE SERVED

Since 2008, Trico’s POWER Grants program has provided $840,000 in funding to local non-profit organizations in our community.

PAST GRANTEES
List of Grantees

Altar Valley Conservation Alliance

Altar Valley School District

Amado-Sahuarita Adult Learn

Angel Heart Pajama Project

Arivaca Action Center

Arivaca Community Center

Arivaca Coordinating Council/Arivaca Human Resource Group Inc.

Arivaca Fire District Auxilliary

Arivaca Helping Hearts

Arizona Burn Foundation

Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation

Arizona Housing and Prevention

Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Autism Society of Southern Arizona

Aviva Children’s Services

Ayuda Smiles, Inc. dba Smiles For Veterans

Banner Health Foundation

Ben’s Bells

Borderlands Produce Rescue

Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson

Casa Support Council

Catalina Community Services

Challenger Space Center

Christian Family Care

Community Food Bank Amado

Community Food Bank of Southern AZ

Community Home Repair Projects of AZ

Diabetes Prevention and Aid Fund

Friends in Deed, Inc.

Gabriel’s Angels

Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona

Great Expectations Academy

Green Valley Assistance Services

Green Valley Gardeners

Green Valley-Sahuarita Community Food Bank

Habitat for Humanity Tucson

Heavy Hitters for the Kingdom, Inc.

IMPACT of Southern Arizona

Integrative Touch for Kids

Interfaith Community Services

JobPath, Inc.

Junior Achievement of Arizona

Literacy Connects

Make Way for Books

Marana Community Food Bank

Marana Healthcare

Marana Middle School

Marana Unified School District Power Pack Program

Marana Unified School District Food and Clothing Bank

MHC Behavioral Health

MIKID- Mentally Ill Kids In Distress

Mt Lemmon Fire District

Old Pueblo Community Services

Open Doors Community School

Picture Rocks Fire District

Pima Library Foundation

Portable Practical Ed Prep

Reach Out and Read

Roadrunner Elementary

Sahuarita Food Bank

Sahuarita Unified School District

SARSEF

Sister Jose Women’s Center

Smart Schools, Inc.

Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children

Southern Arizona Children’s Advocacy Center

Strength Building

Sycamore Elementary (Vail)

The Human Animal Connection

Treasures 4 Educators

Tu Nidito

Tucson Alliance for Autism

United Community Health Center

Vail Unified School District Vail Pride Day

Wheel Fun Inc.

Will2Walk Foundation

YMCA of Southern Arizona/Northwest YMCA

Youth On Their Own

$70,000

AWARDS GIVEN TO NON-PROFITS IN 2023

79

NON-PROFITS FUNDED SINCE 2008

$840,000

TOTAL FUNDS PROVIDED SINCE 2008