Recent VEC Customers Share Grants Awarded

Your Change Changes Things

The VEC Customers Share program funded $24,400 in community service grants in April. Since the inception of the program in October 2001, $9,161,097 in grants have been awarded.

The foundation’s funds come from VEC members who choose to round their electric bills up to the next whole dollar. A VEC member would pay no more than $11.88 per year, and each member’s contributions typically average around $5.00 per year.

The deadline for grant applications is the last working day of each month.  For additional information, contact the office of Marketing and Economic Development at 423-334-7051. Applications are also available online at www.vec.org.


Organizations receiving grants in April 2025

Organization Funded
South Cumberland Elementary PTO $1,500.00
Tennessee Valley Baptist Association $1,200.00
Fentress County Senior Citizen’s Center $1,100.00
Fentress County Food Bank $1,100.00
Pickett County Food Bank $1,050.00
Ocoee Outreach $1,000.00
National Technical Honor Society $1,000.00
Stone Memorial Baseball Booster Club $1,000.00
American Legion Post 257 $1,000.00
Calhoun School Alumni Association $750.00
South Polk Elementary $700.00
Pickett County High School Football $650.00
Meigs Middle School Archery $600.00
Fairfield Glade Resident Services $600.00
Meigs County High School Archery Club $600.00
Luminary Church- Clothes Closet $500.00
Midway Greenwave Athletic Booster Club $500.00
Upper Cumberland Diversity Advocates, Inc $500.00
Rogers Creek FCA $500.00
Cumberland County High School Cheerleading $500.00
Monterey High School Project Grad 2025 $500.00
Polk County High School Jobs for America’s Graduates $500.00
Spring City Chamber of Commerce $500.00
Monterey High School Quarterback Club $500.00
McMinn County High HOSA $500.00
Drama Club of Spring City Elementary School $500.00
Tigersharks Basketball Club $500.00
Senior Lighthouse Center of Spring City $500.00
Monterey Garden Club $500.00
Meigs County FFA $500.00
Tri-County Center $450.00
Rhea County Composite Squadron SER-TN-176 $450.00
Roane Imagination Library/ Mid-East Community Action Agency $400.00
Pine View Elementary PTO $300.00
Roane County Youth Leadership $300.00
Distinguished Young Women of Rhea County $250.00
Waterville Theatre Club $250.00
Lake Forest Middle School HOSA Program $250.00
Burks Elementary PTO $200.00
Cleveland Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol $200.00