Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund
#fedshelpingfeds
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our goal is to be there to support federal employees when they have a personal or family crisis, such as a medical issue or suffer from a natural disaster, and also to help them achieve their family educational goals, by providing survivor and merit based scholarships, as well as tutoring. We serve them, because they serve their fellow American citizens every day.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Emergency Loans
Emergency loans up to $1500 for civilian federal and postal employees facing personal emergencies. Visit www.feea.org/emergency for complete information and application.
Scholarships
Merit scholarships for civilian federal and postal employees and their dependent family members. Awards range from $1000 - $5,000. More information about this annual program at www.feea.org/scholarships.
Disaster Relief
FEEA provides disaster recovery grants to civilian federal and postal employees for major home repairs or temporary lodging. More information and application at www.feea.org/disasters.
#FedLifeHacks
Informational program providing practical and adaptable advice in areas affecting federal employees in their lives at work and at home.
Tutoring
In partnership with an experienced online tutoring service, FEEA offers up to 1,000 hours of free tutoring each academic year for the K-12 children of lower-income civilian federal and postal employees. Tutoring sessions are on-demand and 1:1. More information and application at www.feea.org/tutoring
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Scholarships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This includes headquarters office support, charity walk/run volunteers, and scholarship selection committee members. NB: In 2020 there were no events and so no in person volunteers.
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Scholarships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This includes annual merit based scholarships program as well as scholarships to children who survived their federal employee parents after terrorist attacks through our FY end 4-30-21.
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Disaster Relief
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This included grants for natural disasters, COVID 19, and free tutoring for children end 4-30-22.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) is the only independent, nonprofit 501c3 organization devoted solely to providing emergency financial assistance and scholarships to our dedicated civilian federal and postal public servants and their families.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We offer scholarships, tutoring, disaster recovery grants, emergency no-fee, no interest loans, and information programs all to help families get back on their feet. When needed, we also offer financial assistance and other resources during government shutdowns to assist federal families not receiving paychecks.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a seasoned staff of nonprofit professionals, excellent technology systems, dedicated volunteers, and a committed board of directors who help up design, fundraise, and assess our programs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since our founding in 1986 we have given nearly 13,000 no interest, emergency loans to help make ends meet during personal tragedies (ex. health issue or loss of a loved one), given nearly 14,000 disaster relief grants for wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and other natural disasters, as well as for groceries, fuel, and diapers during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, given over 11,000 merit-based scholarships to federal public servants, their spouses, children, and grandchildren. We have also served over 100 children who lost a federal employee parent on the job during terrorist attacks. During the height of the pandemic, we assisted an additional 11,000 federal families with free cloth masks, online tutoring for K-12 kids, and grants to surviving family members who lost a federal employee spouse, parent, or child to COVID-19.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund
Board of directorsas of 01/25/2024
Todd Wells
Federal Managers Association
Shirley Jones
Blacks in Government
Robert Tobias
Doreen Greenwald
NTEU
William Shackelford
NARFE
Jerry Nelson
NCSSMA
Kelly Reyes
PMA
Todd Wells
FMA
Pamela Richards
FEW
Jason Briefel
SEA
Cory Bythrow
AFGE
Dave Stamey
NFEE
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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