Social responsibility and caring for others are important cooperative values. NCSC nurtures the cooperative community through its charitable contributions and support for cooperative education and international cooperative development. NCSC and CFC also offer employees the opportunity to participate directly in activities that support the community and benefit others, including:
Adopt a Family
Employees can contribute funds, matched by CFC, through payroll deduction to Adopt a Family, an employee-owned foundation. Each quarter, the foundation partners with Northern Virginia Family Services to provide a working family in crisis due to illness, job loss or other emergency with the resources needed to recover from the event.
Cooperative Youth Education Fund
The NCSC Board of Directors has allocated more than $70,000 for a new Cooperative Youth Education Fund to be used to assist statewide associations in promoting cooperative education to students in their states.
First approved in May 2009, the grant program was created to provide meaningful assistance to electric cooperative statewide organizations for their important missions of service and cooperative education. NCSC expects the funds will be used to cover some of the costs of the annual Electric Cooperative Youth tour to Washington, D.C.,and other efforts to educate electric cooperative youth about the cooperative principles.
Over the last two years, more than $140,000 has been provided to statewides under the program.
Through the program, statewide associations can apply for a grant to receive $200 for each NCSC member in the state. The funds are available through NCSC’s current fiscal year, which ends May 31, 2012.
For more information or to receive a grant application, statewide associations should contact Sue Lilly, 800-424-2954.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
NCSC is a partner in CFC's efforts to support research and education to find a cure for blood related cancers commonly referred to as leukemia and lymphoma through its support of the Washington-area chapter for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
NCSC makes an annual contribution to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. CFC hosts the website for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and provides opportunities for employees to support the society’s fundraising efforts in various ways.
NRECA International Foundation
NCSC has contributed $525,000 to the NRECA International Foundation to assist in the electrification of developing countries. NCSC’s contributions are helping to energize homes and improve service reliability in Haiti, train linemen, improve reliability and extend power lines in Guatemala and support cooperative development in the Dominican Republic.
NCSC’s board concluded that a larger contribution to one organization would be a more effective way to support cooperative education and development than smaller contributions to many organizations. It chose the NRECA International Foundation because of its reputation for helping those without access to electricity and its commitment to support the cooperative business model.
Created in 1985, the International Foundation encourages the formation of contacts and long-term relationships between U.S. electric cooperatives and communities in developing countries. Its electrification programs have increased agriculture productivity, created jobs, increased income and improved the quality of life in rural communities in more than 40 countries.
