Community Support Program

ENWIN and its employees recognize that contributing to the community is integral to our corporate social responsibility. ENWIN’s vision is to connect communities through clean energy and water solutions. Our Community Support Program acts on this vision by supporting organizations within our service territory that contribute to a better quality of life and a sustainable future for our community. ENWIN also operates the Windsor Utilities Commission (WUC).

ENWIN and WUC’s Community Support donations are pledged to organizations that align with our corporate mission and values: We guide, innovate, and grow our customers’ access to safe, reliable energy and water resources; and deliver to our customers the reliable and cost-effective water solutions that are essential to life. Collectively, we value agility, trust, stewardship, excellence and purpose.

Our Community Support recipients demonstrate a significant and unique contribution to our community. 

Applications for the 2025 Community Support Program are open. Please submit completed applications using the form below to communitysupport@enwin.com  on or before 4:30 p.m. on November 15, 2024.

2025 Community Support Application Form

For any questions, please contact communitysupport@enwin.com with Community Support in the subject line. 

Community Support Fund Guidelines 

1. Successful Community Support requests must demonstrate a significant and unique contribution to our community, align with ENWIN’s corporate mission, vision, values and strategy, and commit to publicly communicating ENWIN’s collaboration. 
2. Support will only be considered after verifying the intended use of donated funds and ensuring that the donation will directly benefit the communities ENWIN serves (if funding distribution is national as opposed to local, support would not be approved). 
3. Approval is based on the original application and stated funding purpose. If an approved applicant proposes changes from the original approved purpose, the Community Support and Volunteer Committee (the “Committee”) will review the change to ensure it continues to meet the initial recommendation criteria and may retract the prior approval. 
4. The community and public relations budget may not be used to support political parties or candidates, religious organizations, individual schools, or special interest group advocacy. 
5. Corporate Communications will annually inform local charities and nonprofit organizations of the submission period for Community Support applications, including the submission deadline. All complete requests received by the annual deadline will be presented to the Committee for review. Late applications will not be considered. 
6. The Committee will review Community Support requests annually in the fourth quarter for the following year’s funding. Using a scoresheet provided by Corporate Communications, they will score each request based on its alignment with ENWIN’s mission, vision, values, and strategy. The Committee will provide recommendations to the Executive team for approval based on the score tabulation.
7. Committee members must abstain from scoring any Community Support or Grassroots Initiative requests where they may reasonably be perceived to have a conflict of interest.
8. The CEO will receive recommendations from the Community Support and Volunteer Committee, and the final approval for any charitable giving resides with the CEO.
9. Corporate Communications will inform all applicants of their status and next steps, where applicable, in January 2025.
10. All successful applicants must agree to coordinate mutually convenient photo opportunities for publication on ENWIN’s social media accounts and internal communications.