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Beneficial Suggestion Program (BennySuggs)

Berkeley Electric Cooperative Trust

Foundation Rolling (Quarterly) Energy Efficiency Grants

Funding Amount

Up to $500

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Rolling — applications accepted year-round
Tracked since
April 2026

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Other requirements

  • New outreach programs
  • Improving educational efforts
  • Ways to boost safety and energy efficiency
  • Suggestions that improve the way the Cooperative operates on a daily basis

Overview

Beneficial Suggestion Program (BennySuggs)

Funder: Berkeley Electric Cooperative

Award: Up to $500 credit on energy bill per approved suggestion

Geographic Scope: Berkeley Electric Cooperative service territory (Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, SC)

Program Description: The Beneficial Suggestions Program recognizes members for beneficial ideas that help improve Berkeley Electric Cooperative's services. Members are rewarded for ideas that make the Cooperative's mission to enhance the lives of its members more successful.

Eligible Suggestion Areas:

  • New outreach programs

  • Improving educational efforts

  • Ways to boost safety and energy efficiency

  • Suggestions that improve the way the Cooperative operates on a daily basis
  • Eligibility:

  • Must be eligible Berkeley Electric Cooperative member
  • Award Details:

  • Credit applied directly to energy bill

  • Award amounts proportionate to benefits resulting from suggestion or expected savings

  • Up to $500 maximum per approved suggestion

  • Suggestions do not need to be new or original

  • Must address specific problem with workable solution
  • Contact Information:

  • Phone: 1-800-327-9615

  • Website: berkeleyelectric.coop

  • Submit through online suggestion form
  • How to Apply

    Application Process

    1. Review Rules: Read the Beneficial Suggestion Program rules and procedures on berkeleyelectric.coop
    2. Develop Idea: Create suggestion that addresses specific problem with workable solution
    3. Complete Form: Fill out online suggestion form
    4. Submit: Submit through berkeleyelectric.coop website
    5. Review: Cooperative evaluates suggestion for implementation potential
    6. Approval: If approved and implemented, member receives bill credit

    Requirements:

  • Suggestion must address a specific problem

  • Must provide workable solution

  • Does not need to be original (can be adaptation of existing idea)

  • Member must be eligible Berkeley Electric Cooperative member
  • Award Process:

  • Suggestions evaluated for implementation benefit

  • Award amounts determined based on value and expected savings

  • Credit applied to member's energy bill upon approval and implementation
  • What Berkeley Electric Cooperative Trust actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

    Grants in 2025
    2
    Total given
    $19K
    Median grant
    $9,537
    Range
    $9,073–$10K
    • By dollars: South Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Summerville, SC; Moncks Corner, SC.

    Example grants

    • Bethel Ame Church · Summerville, SC

      Charitable

      $10K

    • Moncks Corner Fire Dept · Moncks Corner, SC

      Charitable

      $9,073

    IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

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    Fields of Work

    energy-efficiency

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