Open Foundations · New Mexico

Otero County Electric Education Foundation

Cloudcroft, New Mexico · EIN 850374112. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $223K across 83 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$223K
paid in 2025
83
grants paid
$2K
median grant
91%
to first-time recipients
$1.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KELLY SANDERS
Address
PO BOX 227, CLOUDCROFT, NM, 88317
Phone
5756827606
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. P.O. BOX 227 CLOUDCROFT, NM 88317. THE APPLICATION CAN BE DOWLOADED FROM THE COOPERATIVE'S WEBSITE HTTPS://WWW.OCEC-INC.COM/SCHOLARSHIPS-AVAILABLE-OCEC-MEMBERS. THE APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: COMPLETED AND SIGNED SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, AN OFFICIAL SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT FROM THE SCHOOL THE APPLICANT HAS MOST RECENTLY ATTENDED, A COPY OF ACT/SAT SCORES, TWO SIGNED LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND AN ESSAY ON THE TOPIC OF THE FOUNDATIONS CHOOSING.
Submission deadline
MARCH 15
Restrictions on awards
ONE SEMESTER SCHOLARSHIPS, IN AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WILL BE CONSIDERED PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET: AVAILABLE TO ACTIVE MEMBERS RECEIVING SERVICE FROM OTERO COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. APPLICANTS MUST USE EDUCATIONAL GRANT FUNDS TO PURSUE AND ESTABLISHED DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. THE INITIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD MUST BE USED FOR THE FALL OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP IS GIVEN, AND MAY BE RENEWED FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN CONSECUTIVE SPRING AND FALL SEMESTERS. THE ABILITIY TO RENEW THE SCHOLARSHIP IS CONTIGENT UPON MEETING THE ENROLLMENT STATUS AND PASSING GRADE REQUIREMENTS REVIEWED BY THE FOUNDATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621269349101702. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 83 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Alan DarnoldNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
2Albert MontoyaNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
3Alexis LuceroNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
4Alex SingerNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
5Amanda HibbardNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
6Ashley BurchNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
7Bailey WryeNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
8Bianca ArtiagaNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
9Cooper PritchettNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
10Daniel BluedornNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
11Emily SpanielNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
12Guiselle GuillenNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
13Jasmine KennedyNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
14Julie GonzalesNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
15Kaitlyn GuevaraNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202088$139K
202191$140K
202283$152K
202377$162K
202477$200K
2025 (partial year)83$223K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
New Mexico99%
Texas1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bill BirdTRUSTEE · 2025
Charles MulcockPRESIDENT · 2025
Cheri HassTRUSTEE · 2025
David PowersTRUSTEE · 2025
Denny BurnettVICE PRESIDENT · 2025
Kenny BlazerTRUSTEE · 2025
Marty MillsSECRETARY · 2025
Preston StoneTRUSTEE · 2025
Scott ShaferTREASURER · 2025
Tim RabonTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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