Building Stronger Communities
BEK Awards Fall 2025 Partnership Grants
November 2025
The BEK Board of Directors has selected the recipients of the 2025 Fall Community Partnership Program grants.
Congratulations to the following groups:
- Napoleon Rural Fire Protection District
- Burleigh County AgeWell Center
- Kidder Senior Services
- Mandan Rural Fire Protection District
- Steele County Historical Society
BEK Communications Cooperative believes that supporting community projects and organizations in the communities throughout our service area is just common sense.
The BEK Board of Directors developed the Community Partnership Program (CPP) to provide support to individuals and organizations through a structured program designed to meet the current and future needs of BEK-served communities. Grant recipients are selected each Spring and Fall. Application deadlines are March 31 and September 30.
To learn more, visit bek.coop/coop/cpp.
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