Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation

The Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation is a 501 ©(3) organization and exists to assist charitable organizations in the communities served by Sawnee EMC. Through the Foundation, participating members voluntarily donate one cent at a time by ‘rounding’ up their Sawnee EMC energy bill to the next highest dollar. Since its inception in April 2003, the Sawnee Foundation has donated over $2,052,449.02 to local charitable organizations, to local schools through its “Bright Ideas” educational projects as well as through its youth scholarship program.