About Boone Electric Community Trust
Boone Electric Community Trust is a locally focused funder in Columbia/Boone County that prioritizes broad community wellbeing — supporting food security, basic human services, youth programs, seniors, disability services, and faith‑based outreach. Grants are typically mission support to neighborhood nonprofits and schools, often modest in size, and show multiple repeat investments in core local organizations. The foundation favors practical, programmatic impact across social safety net, education/arts for youth, and community infrastructure (parks, transportation).
Focus Areas
Local food security and emergency assistance (e.g., Voluntary Action Center, Foodbank for Central & NE MO)Neighborhood youth education and arts programs (e.g., City Garden Grade School, Jaberwocky Studios, Dream Tree Academy)Services for older adults and independent living (Senior Services of Boone County, OATS Inc, Services for Independent Living)Disability and specialized support including autism services (Thompson Foundation for Autism; Destiny of Hope)Faith‑based community outreach and recovery/support ministries (Faith Bridge, Kingdom Konnections, Welcome Home Inc)Small-town parks, recreation and school athletics/community infrastructure (Grow Hallsville Parks Foundation; Sturgeon youth/schools)
About Boone Electric Community Trust
Boone Electric Community Trust gives through a local community assistance program tied to Boone Electric Cooperative, with a separate scholarship program and a revolving loan fund also listed on its community pages. Recent grants show the trust directing support to Columbia and nearby Boone County organizations working on food access, human services, youth programs, older-adult services, disability support, and community projects. The largest recent award in the dataset is $30,000 to Voluntary Action Center in Columbia, followed by $25,200 to Grow Hallsville Parks Foundation in Hallsville and $25,000 to Voluntary Action Center in Columbia. That pattern points to a funder that makes mission support grants to neighborhood nonprofits and schools, not individuals, and pairs standard charitable grants with structured community programs. The trust’s recent recipients include organizations serving basic needs and community wellbeing, such as Foodbank for Central and Northeast MO, OATS Inc, Woodhaven Learning Center, Senior Services of Boone County, Kingdom Konnections, and Sturgeon R-V Schools. Several organizations appear more than once across the file, including Voluntary Action Center, Welcome Home Inc, Woodhaven Learning Center, Children’s Grove, and Foodbank for Central and Northeast MO, which indicates repeat support for local institutions rather than one-time gifts. Grant purposes in the recent list are consistently framed as support for the organization’s mission.
What Boone Electric Community Trust Funds
Food security and emergency assistance are a clear priority. Boone Electric Community Trust gave $17,841 in 2025 to Foodbank for Central and Northeast MO and $30,000 in 2025 to Voluntary Action Center, both in Columbia. The trust also backed Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking with $22,625 in 2024, extending its human-services reach beyond direct food support. Youth and education show up through schools and enrichment providers. In 2024, the trust awarded $11,546 to Jaberwocky Studios Inc and $7,967 to City Garden Grade School, both in Columbia, and in 2023 it gave $10,000 to Dream Tree Academy 573. It also supported Sturgeon R-V Schools with $12,000 in 2024 and Sturgeon Youth Sports Association with $10,000 in 2023. Older-adult and disability services are another recurring lane. Recent grants include $16,502 to OATS Inc in 2025, $13,900 to Senior Services of Boone County in 2024, $15,798 and $8,397 to Woodhaven Learning Center in 2025 and 2024, and $8,144 to Thompson Foundation for Autism in 2025.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$246K
Total Assets
$632K
Total Revenue
$257K
Total Expenses
$336K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $12K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$12K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Craig Stevenson
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