Minnkota Cares is an employee-supported giving program that disperses funds to worthy charitable causes in Minnkota’s service area and home communities. Employees may donate to the effort during committee-developed fundraiser events and may nominate a nonprofit to receive a donation. Since 2011, more than $60,000 has been provided to worthy causes.

Minnkota provides the use of its Grand Forks campus for an annual Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) mobile packing event in April,which draws dozens of community volunteers. Founded in 1987, FMSC provides nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children across the world.

Minnkota has joined with NRECA International to volunteer time and donate equipment to help build electric systems in rural areas in developing nations. This effort has helped bring this life-changing technology to more than 160 million people. Electricity opens up a whole world of new possibilities: better health care, better education and safer streets.

Minnkota supports the annual Andrew Freeman Design Innovation Competition, which provides awards for inventive design projects by UND College of Engineering and Mines students. The competition is held in honor of Freeman, a UND School of Engineering and Mines alumnus and former general manager of Minnkota for 42 years.

Minnkota, in partnership with its member cooperatives and participating municipals, provides annual training opportunities for the region's electrical contractors. Each winter, Minnkota provides electrical code credit classes for electricians to renew their licenses.

Minnkota supports its employees being active in their communities and volunteering their time to worthwhile community projects. Employees have volunteered with many nonprofit organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Optimist Club, Shriners, volunteer fire and ambulance groups and many more.