We Energies Charitable Giving

We Energies Charitable Giving is sponsored by We Energies Foundation. Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in Wisconsin, focusing on community development, health and human services, arts and culture, education, and environment.

We Energies Charitable Giving | WEC to leverage all of the available typography styles--> We Energies charitable giving We Energies supports initiatives for community and neighborhood development, health and human services, arts and culture, education and environment. The company matches its employees’ charitable giving to those initiatives and also conducts an annual workplace giving campaign for the United Way.

Financial support is limited to the activities of nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations in communities served by We Energies. Most of the charitable support is through the We Energies Foundation, funded by stockholders of WEC Energy Group. Charitable giving summary Before applying for support, make sure your organization or project is eligible.

Eligible projects/organizations Qualified charitable, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, per Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code guidelines Located in the area served by our respective energy company Focused on one of our funding areas: Community and neighborhood development Health and human services General operating support We prefer to support a particular program or project.

We rarely provide operating funds to individual United Way agencies that already benefit from our donations to United Way. While United Way supported organizations are excluded for general operating support, they are eligible to apply for a project, program or capital campaign and event sponsorships.

Fraternal, religious or political organizations Trips, tours, pageants or athletics Team, extra-curricular school events or student exchange programs Organizations located outside our service areas, unless funding a specific project delivered directly to our customer communities Organizations determined by the IRS to be not tax-exempt under 501(c)(3) Organizations that discriminate for any reason, including race, color, religion, creed, age, gender, national origin or sexual orientation Funding questions and answers The application portal has been upgraded by our software partner, Blackbaud.

Beginning July 1, 2026, applicants are asked to establish accounts using an email address and password and provide a few additional details. Returning applicants need to create new accounts unless they already have a Blackbaud ID. Quarterly deadlines: Jan.

31, April 30, July 31 and Oct. 31. Note: Organizations are eligible to receive funding only once per calendar year.

Program, project or capital grant Rewarding Responders Grant : Up to $2,000 to public safety response agencies to support equipment purchases and professional development. Deadline: June 15.

Answers to frequently asked questions Online application and deadlines Employee and retiree programs Matching Gifts : The program encourages eligible active and retired employees to make donations to eligible nonprofit organizations in our communities. Daughters and Sons Scholarship : Children of eligible employees and retirees can apply for scholarships for postsecondary education.

We Energies Foundation board of directors and officers Board of directors and officers We Energies Foundation administrator : foundation@we-energies. com