The Electric Company Charitable Foundation
Historical FunderEl Paso, Texas · EIN 87-3208524 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$1.4M
Organizations funded55
Typical grant$12,500
Total assets$72K
Half of its grants to organizations were between $7,500 and $25,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | The Electric Company Charitable Fou |
|---|---|
| Address | PO Box 982 - Location 112, El Paso TX 799600001 |
| Phone | 9155434175 |
| grants@eccfdn.org | |
| Form and materials | Please refer to the "Eligibility Grant Guidelines," found in the foundation's website: https://www.eccfoundation.org/. |
| Deadlines | Generally, the application process opens in the spring and fall, refer to the "Eligibility Grant Gui |
| Restrictions | Please refer to the "Eligibility Grant Guidelines," found in the foundation's website: https://www.eccfoundation.org/. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
25% of grants went outside Texas.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Match of El Paso Electric's employees' donations. | $359,788 |
| United Way | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Match of employees' donations to improve the lives of El Paso families. | $74,435 |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | El Paso, TX | Education - Growing Our Own to Power Up Our Health Care Workforce: Pre-Dental Society, MedFuture, High School Summer Camps, Medventure, and… | $50,000 |
| Tech Frontier | El Paso, TX | Education- To prepare students for in-demand jobs, this program trains 25 high school seniors from underserved communities to become… | $50,000 |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Funds used for scholarship support. | $50,000 |
| Amigo Airsho Match | El Paso, TX | Match of El Paso Electric's employees' donations. | $50,000 |
| Epc Museum | El Paso, TX | Education - The Code It Bots, supports kids' self-guided exploration of programming languages and robotic capabilities. | $50,000 |
| Second Chance Wildlife Rescue | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship - A wildlife rescue facility in Vinton, located on protected Rio Grande Bosque wetlands, seeks funding to build a… | $40,000 |
| Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest | El Paso, TX | Education - Expansion of Junior Achievement's (JA) STEAM Career and Work Readiness Pathway Program, which equips underserved students with… | $30,000 |
| Teachers in Space Inc | New York, NY | Education - Teachers in Space (TIS) is requesting support for its Pathways to Space project-STEM workshops for 60 teachers serving… | $30,000 |
| Ysleta Education Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education - Scholarship support to award nine scholarships to deserving YISD students wishing to pursue a higher education in a STEM field… | $27,000 |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | Environmental Stewardship- funding to host an App Design Challenge focused on environmental stewardship for middle schoolers, high… | $26,250 |
| Pro-Action | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Train El Paso residents to become Emergency Medical Technicians. | $25,000 |
| Dr Karen M Trujillo Memorial Foundation | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Scholarship support focused on helping to training STEM teachers. | $25,000 |
| Project Arriba Advanced Retraining And Redev Inc | El Paso, TX | Education - Project ARRIBA's purpose is to provide an underserved/vulnerable population with an opportunity to succeed at living wage… | $25,000 |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, TX | Environmental Stewardship - WERC Environmental Design Contest: Toward Net-Zero-Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) for… | $25,000 |
| Family Service of El Paso Inc | El Paso, TX | Economic Development- El Paso County faces a shortage of mental health professionals. To address this, our organization partners with The… | $25,000 |
| Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance | Las Cruces, NM | Economic Development- The funds are to expand its workforce certification program, which helps individuals gain in-demand skills in sectors… | $25,000 |
| Paso Del Norte Community Foundation | El Paso, TX | Economic Development-Support of its Nonprofit Investment projects to include the annual Nonprofit Conference, El Paso Giving Day, and… | $25,000 |
| UT Foundation | Austin, TX | Education - Funds used for scholarship support. | $25,000 |
| El Paso Community Action Program Project Bravo Inc | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship- Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program. | $25,000 |
| Project Vida Health Center | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship - Far West Texas Rural Litter Clean-Up Project. | $25,000 |
| El Paso Chamber Of Commerce | El Paso, TX | Economic Development -Offer a Coaching Program throughout the year for small business owners located in the El Paso Region that are… | $15,000 |
| Womens Economic Self-Sufficiency Team Corp | Albuquerque, NM | Economic Development - provide comprehensive bilingual entrepreneurial development services through training, consulting and lending… | $15,000 |
| El Paso Community College Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education - Scholarship program focused on students nearing graduation who need financial assistance to complete degrees in high-demand… | $15,000 |
| EPISD Education Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education- The El Paso ISD Education Foundation requests support for students in the El Paso Independent School District, will fund… | $15,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of El Paso | El Paso, TX | Economic Development- Grant requested for upcoming home build, hoping to renovate an affordable home for a family in need. | $15,000 |
| Lydia Patterson Institute of the Methodist Church | El Paso, TX | Education - Scholarship Support for ten students. | $12,500 |
| Lydia Patterson Institute of the Methodist Church | El Paso, TX | Education- To provide scholarships for ten low-income students. With tuition set below actual costs to remain accessible, most students… | $11,000 |
| Liftfund Inc | San Antonio, TX | Economic Development - El Paso Small Business Resiliency Program through a financial literacy program. | $10,000 |
| Project Vida | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Program to create and retain jobs by providing outreach and technical assistance to low and moderate-income… | $10,000 |
| STTE Foundation | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Startosphere is an AI Accelerator that helps startups rapidly develop and scale using AI tools, mentorship, and… | $10,000 |
| Kids Excel El Paso Inc | El Paso, TX | Education - Administer arts education programming to 1,200 children within Canutillo, El Paso, and Ysleta Independent School Districts, and… | $10,000 |
| Children at Risk Inc | Sugar Land, TX | Education - Fund are to support a project aimed at improving educational outcomes in El Paso by increasing the number of high-performing,… | $10,000 |
| Children's Grief Center of El Paso | El Paso, TX | Education - CGC is requesting funding to bring its Grief Talks educational series to three El Paso ISDs, aiming to equip school staff and… | $10,000 |
| Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico Ter | Las Cruces, NM | Education- Kids Can, a CAASNM youth program, empowers rural children ages 6-17 to launch real micro-businesses through hands-on workshops,… | $10,000 |
| El Paso Villa Maria Inc | El Paso, TX | Economic Development- Villa Maria is a nonprofit supporting unhoused women in El Paso by providing shelter, counseling, job training, and… | $10,000 |
| Paso Del Norte Community Foundatio | El Paso, TX | Education- Mija, yes you can is requesting a grant to expand our scholarship program designed to support young women that graduated from… | $10,000 |
| Paso Del Norte Community Foundation | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship- The Paso del Norte Trail seeks funding to plant desert native and adaptive trees along the Playa Drain Trail in… | $10,000 |
| Workforce Solutions Borderplex | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Training program for electrical line workers. | $10,000 |
| The Underserved Communities Foundation Inc | El Paso, TX | Economic Development- Money Smart Everyday (MSE) seeks funding to expand its financial literacy efforts, including Reality Fairs for El… | $8,000 |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Young Women in Computing (YWiC),provides free computer science camps for K-12 students, focusing on underserved and… | $7,500 |
| Friends of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library | Las Cruces, NM | Education- Funding is requested to support and expand the Library's children's reading programs, including storytime, STEAM labs, summer… | $7,500 |
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters Of El Paso Inc | El Paso, TX | Economic Development - Funds will support a dynamic mentoring initiative designed to support young adults in El Paso as they navigate… | $5,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs Of El Paso | El Paso, TX | Education - BGCEP will provide STEAM Initiative, which engages youth ages 6-18 in hands-on learning across Science, Technology,… | $5,000 |
| El Paso Holocaust Museum And Study Center | El Paso, TX | Education - Programming for the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) gives high school students hands-on nonprofit experience and leadership… | $5,000 |
| Frontera Land Alliance | El Paso, TX | Environmental Stewardship - The Stewardship program will allow individuals and families in El Paso to actively maintain, manage, and expand… | $5,000 |
| GECU Foundation | El Paso, TX | Education-High school students in El Paso lack financial education, especially those from low-income, Hispanic households. Through a… | $5,000 |
| Girls Scouts of the Desert Southwest Southern NM | El Paso, TX | Education- The Girl Scouts In-School Financial Literacy Program teaches girls in grades K-6 essential money skills like budgeting, saving,… | $5,000 |
| Lee & Beulah Moor Children's Home | El Paso, TX | Education- Full STEAM Ahead initiative, which helps children and teens build academic and life skills through STEAM activities, tutoring,… | $5,000 |
| Strive Now | El Paso, TX | Education- The Strive Now mentorship program supports underserved students through workshops on habit-building, goal setting, STEM, and… | $5,000 |
| Asombro Institute For Science Education | Las Cruces, NM | Education - Desert Stories program uses interdisciplinary, place-based lessons to boost K-5 student engagement in science, reading, and… | $3,000 |
| Children's Reading Alliance | Las Cruces, NM | Education- The Children's Reading Alliance and Las Cruces Public Schools are launching "Every Child Reads," expanding the Reading Buddies… | $2,500 |
| Gila Wildlife Rescue | Silver City, NM | Environmental Stewardship - Emergency funding for food given to rescued and rehabilitated wildlife. | $1,500 |
| League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico | Las Cruces, NM | Education-To publish a nonpartisan voter's guide which includes a listing of candidates and their responses to questions about their… | $1,500 |
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Match of El Paso Electric's employees' donations. | $33,963 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,367,473 | 56 |
| 2023 | $1,085,631 | 62 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 7, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543119349102164
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 87-3208524
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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