Operation Round Up Program

Operation Round Up Program is sponsored by Union Rural Electric Cooperative. This program provides funding for local nonprofits, schools, or community groups serving local needs (such as fire/EMS, youth, or health) within the cooperative's service area.

Operation Round Up – Union Rural Electric Cooperative Your spare change goes a long way when you share it with Operation Round Up. By simply “rounding up” your bill to the next dollar each month, URE members make a big difference with small change in Union County!

Since its inception in 1999, Operation Round Up has processed hundreds of applications and given out over $500,000 to individuals and groups around Union County If for any reason you choose not to participate, simply call us at (937) 642-1826 . Your bill is rounded up to the nearest dollar each month. For example, a bill of $82.

66 is rounded up to $83 The extra 34 cents goes directly to URE’s Trust Fund, set up specifically to handle Operation Round Up contributions Every month, the URE Trust Board reviews applications and selects those that qualify. We hope every URE member (electric and natural gas) will participate in Operation Round Up. When more members contribute, more help can be given!

To start contributing to Operation Round Up Send an email to member services with your service address and a member services representative will contact you to confirm your intent. Do you know an Group/Organization that would benefit from a One-Time Grant ?

Follow these important steps to apply for assistance: The applicant can fill out the online form below or pick up an application from the URE office Your application must be received no later than the Friday prior to the fourth Thursday of the month for consideration at that month’s meeting Read the program guidelines below The mission of the Union Rural Electric Trust is the accumulation and disbursement of funds for charitable purposes in Union County, Ohio and/or areas within the Union Rural Electric service Accomplished by disbursement of funds to group/organizations for food, shelter, equipment, clothing, health expenses, and education.

The applicant must fill out the online form or pick up the paper application from the URE office. Please be specific with your request and the amount of money you are requesting. If you need more space than is allotted for the information, please attach an additional sheet of paper.

Incomplete, blemished forms or insufficient information may cause your application to be returned, denied, or delayed until the next monthly meeting, pending submission of more information. Operation Round Up is not intended to be a “sole source” of funding or provide standard operating expenses of already existing programs for organizations. The URE Trust DOES NOT assist in down payments & deposits.

URE Trust DOES NOT assist in the purchase of automobiles. Operation Round Up is not able to accommodate requests for immediate or emergency funding prior to the next regularly schedule monthly meeting. You will be notified directly of the URE Trust Board’s decision on funding – URE member service representatives will not have that information.

Organizations do not have to be URE co-op members to receive a grant from Operation Round Up, but do have to be located in URE’s service area to apply. Any overage in payments must be refunded back to URE Trust. OpRdUp Group/Organization Application