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CVEA Community Foundation

2026 Nonprofit Contribution Season

Does your nonprofit make a difference in the Copper Basin or Valdez area? We want to help! $28,363 is available for local nonprofits! 

The 2026 CVEA Community Foundation Nonprofit Contribution Season opens June 15, and eligible nonprofits with educational, scientific, or charitable missions are encouraged to apply. Please check back on June 15 for the application. 

Eligibility at a glance:

  • Nonprofit organization

  • Educational, scientific, or charitable mission

  • Beneficial to CVEA's member service area 

Application deadline is August 20. 

Questions? Contact Marketing & Communications Specialist, Kirsten Hart at khart@cvea.org

Below is the list of all nonprofit organizations in the Valdez and Copper Basin districts who were selected for funding in 2025. 

What is the CVEA Community Foundation?

A 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that promotes and sponsors the community support activities of CVEA, allowing CVEA to do more for the people we serve.

Foundation Mission

To provide scholarships for students and contributions to educational, scientific, and charitable organizations in our communities. Education and youth programs stand to be the biggest recipients of Foundation funds.

CVEA's flagship programs are the Educational Scholarship Program, the Youth Leadership Program, and the Nonprofit Contribution Season.

Funding of the Foundation

Read how the Foundation is funded and to make a Foundation Donation

For scholarship information, click here.

CVEA Community Foundation Youth Leadership Program

Each year the CVEA Community Foundation sends two students, one from each district, to the Idaho Youth Rally . This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for sophomores and juniors attending high schools in our service area, that allows students to practice leadership, teamwork, and communication skills while learning about the electric industry and issues utilities face. The Idaho Youth Rally provides an all expense paid week of travel, educational sessions, meeting new people, summer games of challenge and field trips. The week long summer camp will be held at Albertson College in Caldwell, Idaho, in July.

In addition, while at the Rally, students have an opportunity to earn additional educational scholarships and be selected to serve a two-year term representing their Cooperative and the entire state of Alaska on the National Youth Leadership Council. This privilege allows them to attend the National Youth Tour, along with over 1500 other students from 47 states, in Washington, D.C., return to D.C. for a fun training week with other Council representatives, and participate at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's annual meeting.

This is an experience like no other and it is waiting for YOU!! Click on the photos above to see some of the fun had at the Youth Rally and the National Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. 'Like' the Copper Valley Electric Association Facebook page to view the complete albums from the trips. You can click the Facebook icon above to go straight to this page.