Associated Utility Contractors
Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland (AUC) is the state trade association for utility contractors; the site lists the AUC Educational Trust (PO Box 249, Annapolis Junction, MD) and contact phone/email that match IRS/990-PF filings. The site publishes events, scholarship information, advocacy materials, and membership resources.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A higher-education institution, community college, vocational school, or scholarship-administering organization that can receive small, one-off scholarship awards and follow the foundation's application instructions.
Good Fit
- • Runs a scholarship program or nominees who match the foundation’s scholarship criteria.
- • Is a college, community college, vocational school, or university in MD/PA/NJ/FL or the surrounding region.
- • Can receive and administer modest single-year awards (~$1,000).
- • Can submit the association’s application form by the stated deadline and work with a named contact.
Geography
Giving in the latest year is regional rather than national: grants went to recipients in four states with the largest state receiving about 44% of the dollars, and the foundation is based in Maryland.
Recipient Variety
The most recent year funded nine distinct independent recipients (and the prior observed year funded seven different recipients), all primarily colleges and schools, showing a broadly distributed scholarship portfolio rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct evidence supports newcomer access: the latest year shows nine new grantees and the website publishes an application form, named contact, and deadline; filings note preselection status, so that caveat should be considered but observed behavior and a public application route indicate strong plausibility for new entrants.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
