Goodwill Ambassadors

The Boone Electric Community Trust is the “goodwill ambassadors” for the cooperative. Eligible nonprofits, benevolent groups and public entities (schools, fire/law protection, etc.) can apply to the Trust for funding. Each year, the Trustees meet six times a year to review applications and decide funding. See the video and pictures below of some we have helped.

Besides funding requests from the above entities, the Trust also offers thirteen $2,000 scholarships to eligible area students.


2025 trust collage of images

2024 Recipients – $272,446.90*

  • Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia
  • Children’s Grove
  • City Garden Grade School
  • Columbia Public Schools, FBLA
  • Columbia Safe Kids Coalition
  • Columbia STEM Alliance Foundation
  • CoMo Mobile Aid Collective
  • Compass, Inc.
  • Coyote Hill
  • Destiny of H.O.P.E.
  • Faith Bridge
  • Fostering Life-Changing Opportunities
  • Guardians Charitable Motorcycle Group
  • Hallsville Optimist Youth Football League
  • Harrisburg Lions Club, Inc.
  • Impact Support Services
  • Kingdom Konnections
  • Mareck Center for Dance
  • Missouri River Relief
  • OATS Transit
  • Rocheport Rotary Club
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities
  • Saving KidSight
  • Services for Independent Living
  • Shoes from the Heart
  • Spectrum Health Care, Inc.
  • The Center Project
  • The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri
  • The Randolph County Fair Board, Inc.
  • Thompson Foundation for Autism & Neurodevelopment
  • Vidwest
  • Voluntary Action Center
  • Woodhaven Learning Center 
  • Zipper Festival

*Includes Trust Scholarships

Funding History 1998 – 2024

Year

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Funding

$122,144.85

$182,568.32

$136,284.65

$110,191.51

$134,869.00

$138,072.00

$106,573.50

$177,229.94

$114,199.20

$145,579.66

$154,278.16

$179,092.56

$154,770.95

Year

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Funding

$133,808.85

$156,504.00

$165,517.21

$212,995.00

$155,279.75

$209,982.84

$170,997.75

$195,381.03

$204,646.17

$242,625.16

$304,822.86

$186,799.66

$315,443.05

$272,446.90


Total $4,783,104.83

image of Boone Electric presenting Woodhaven with a check

Woodhaven Check Presentation

“This supports our ability to offer education, employment, benefit planning and training services…”

BECT made artwork at Children's grove with kind messages and images for children

Children’s Grove Kindness Messages

“Without BECT we would not have been able to have these kindness artwork paintings on these schools.”

Contact Us

573-449-4181

Office: 1413 Rangeline St.
Mail: P.O. Box 797
Columbia, MO 65205

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