The Area Youth Benefit Fund (AYBF) is a 501(c)3 charity created by Farmers’ Electric in 1993. The purpose of this charity is to provide families in our local area with assistance for children’s medical bills in their time of need. We assist families in our nine-county service territory, and assistance is available regardless of whether or not they are insured.

One key point of this awesome charity is that distributions from the Area Youth Benefit Fund stay LOCAL! This charitable fund operates in the counties of Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Linn, Livingston, and Ray. A family who receives electricity from Farmers' Electric Cooperative, but resides in a county not listed above, also qualifies for AYBF assistance. A family that resides in one of the counties listed above DOES NOT have to be a Member of the Cooperative to receive financial assistance. We just want to help those in our communities in any way that we can!

A separate Board of Directors has been named to administer the AYBF. All applications for assistance will be made to them, and the Directors have been empowered to administer the fund as they so choose.