When Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative members choose to participate in Operation Round Up, they turn everyday pocket change into powerful community support. Each month, participating members allow their electric bill to be rounded up to the next whole dollar. The average contribution is about 50 cents per month, or around six-dollars per year, per participating account.

Those small amounts are pooled together through the TVEC Charitable Foundation and returned directly to nonprofit organizations within our service area. Since the program began in 2013, 308 organizations have received support totaling $4,782,476.85. That represents local people helping local people and neighbors taking care of neighbors.

How the program works

  • Each monthly bill is rounded up to the next whole dollar
  • The maximum contribution in a year is $11.88
  • Funds are distributed through the TVEC Charitable Foundation
  • Nonprofits apply for grants and are reviewed by an independent board

Every penny collected stays in our region. No funds are used for TVEC operations. Every dollar goes back to community organizations that provide direct benefits to those right in our backyard.

2025: Your change at work

In 2025, the TVEC Charitable Foundation awarded $447,880 to nonprofit organizations across our communities. Grants helped support emergency responders, food pantries, youth programs, health services, education foundations, advocacy services, veterans groups, and many other community needs.

  • Anderson County: $38,000
  • Dallas County: $12,500
  • Henderson County: $167,380.21
  • Hunt County: $4,500
  • Kaufman County: $152,500
  • Van Zandt County: $51,000
  • Various regional organizations: $22,000

Where the dollars went

Grants in 2025 supported causes including:

  • emergency and public safety
  • fire departments and first responders
  • food pantries and family resource programs
  • youth and education initiatives
  • health and wellness support
  • veterans services
  • community outreach and beautification projects

That means Operation Round Up donations helped fund everything from turnout gear for volunteer firefighters to backpacks for students, meals for families, counseling support, shelter services, and programs that strengthen families and communities.

New organizations supported in 2025

Each year, new nonprofits join the list of those helped through Operation Round Up. In 2025, first-time recipients included:

Anderson County
Paint Palestine Pink

Dallas County
Mesquite Fire Department

Henderson County
Cain Center YMCA
First Methodist Church – Love’s Outreach Program
Friends of the Texas Freshwater Fish Hatcheries
Henderson County #369 Masonic Youth Rainbow Girls
Henderson County United Way
LaPoynor ISD Backpack Program
Caring for America Inc.

Kaufman County
Friends of the Kaufman County Veterans Park
Kaufman County Leadership
KHS Theatre Boosters, Inc.
Promiseland Preschool
Terrell Action Committee
The Center
Go Harvest Ministries

Van Zandt County
Pink Fishing Inc.

Regional recipients
Regional East Texas Food Bank
SocialWorx Advocacy Group

These groups join many long-standing community partners that return year after year to provide vital services.

Who Can Apply for Funding

The TVEC Charitable Foundation awards grants to a wide range of nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that benefit people in our service area. Programs that often qualify include:

• volunteer fire departments and emergency services
• food banks and resource centers
• schools and education foundations
• youth clubs and scholarship programs
• senior and veteran support services
• health and crisis assistance programs
• ministries and community outreach programs

Want to learn more or apply?

If your organization is working to improve lives in our local communities, you may be eligible to apply

Information about Operation Round Up and the TVEC Charitable Foundation is available here.

Nonprofit organizations can apply online using the grant application form.