Wheatland Electric Cooperative Inc. announced on Tuesday that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Golden Belt Community Foundation. The Golden Belt Community Foundation will use this Sharing Success grant money to continue providing matching funds that encourage community members to give generously on Giving Tuesday (Dec. 1), as well as helping with expenses incurred by migrating to a new virtual giving platform. Last year the Golden Belt Community Foundation raised over $200,000 in a single month with over 450 gifts that were received for Giving Tuesday.

The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from non-profit organizations on Dec. 1, 2012. Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $7,500 this year to the fund and $5,000 in years past. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted. Non-profit groups interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund should contact Alli Conine, Manager of Member Services and Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.