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WECare Grants to Area Non-Profits

We are now accepting 2026 4th quarter applications. Applications received after the deadline, September 12\1th @ 5:00 p.m., will be considered in the 1st quarter round of grants in 2027. Within its service territory and beyond, Wake Electric is known for its tradition of community involvement and support. Through our grant and scholarship programs, Wake Electric invests in the communities where its members and employees live and work. As part of our efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve, we offer the quarterly WECare program, a grant program awarding funds to non-profit organizations within Wake Electric’s service territory.

Featured Grant Winner:


Operation RoundUp Grant winners – July 2026

East Wake Optimist Club Meals for Zebulon Boys & Girls Club $1,000
Franklin County Cooperative Extension 4-H livestock show awards $2,000
Hope Center Ministries Educational program support & supplies $500
Kearah’s Place Food for adults in need $1,200
Prevent Blindness Funds for preschool vision screenings $1,000
The Green Chair Project Household essentials for families $1,000
Watkins Volunteer Fire Department Funds for boat motor & sonar equipment $2,000

The Wake Electric Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation designed to enhance economic infrastructure and job creation, promote service or charitable organizations, and meet emergency needs of individuals within the service area of Wake Electric. Eligibility:     IRS designated non-profit agencies serving the counties that Wake Electric Services – Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Wake and Vance counties.  The agency does NOT have to be a member of Wake Electric.

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Grants are open to all project and subject areas that enhance economic infrastructure and job creation, promote service or charitable organizations, and meet emergency needs of individuals within the service area of Wake Electric. Agency grant limit:  Agencies can receive up to $5,000 and be awarded one grant per twelve month period. Term: WECare is a grant program awarding money each quarter of the year (in January, April, July, and October).  Current deadlines are posted on the WECare website page.

Application: Click to open

Program Operation:            
WECare allows Wake Electric members to roundup their electric bill to the next highest dollar and donate that amount to the program. For example, as an WECare contributor, if your bill is $91.85, your bill would be rounded up to $92.00 and the extra 15 cents would be donated to WECare. Contributing members give an average of 50 cents per month or $6.00 per year. The maximum amount that a member would contribute in a year’s time would be $11.88. Each quarter, the board of directors for the program’s administrative body, the Wake Electric Foundation board, meets to determine who will be awarded funds.
Information: 
Email communications@wemc.com or call 919.863.6440.

History:        

Since it began in 1996, the WECare program has awarded more than $538,926 to area non-profits.

Wake Electric:         

Independent, non-profit electric utility owned by more than 60,000 consumers.  The co-op provides superior electric service at affordable rates to members in parts of Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, and Wake counties. As a member, how can I contribute? If you are interested in signing up to contribute to the program, please call 1.800.474.6300 today or email information@wemc.com. Contributing literally only costs you pennies a month. Those pennies when combined with those of other contributors, add up to powerful dollars.