Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund

What Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund does

Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1986 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, that delivers financial assistance, educational support, and disaster relief exclusively to civilian federal employees, U.S. Postal Service employees, and their families. Its core program portfolio comprises no-interest emergency hardship loans, disaster relief grants for natural-disaster-affected federal workers, merit-based college scholarships (typically $1,000-$5,000 per award), tutoring services, and the #FedLifeHacks content program covering finance, health, and professional development. During the 2025 federal government shutdown, the organization launched Shutdown Assistance Grants, distributing nearly 3,000 micro-grants of $150 across 49 states within roughly one week.

The organization's underlying technology is limited to a standard nonprofit stack — a public website at feea.org, email newsletter infrastructure, and branded social channels (@FedsHelpingFeds on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn) — with no disclosed proprietary systems, AI/ML capabilities, integrations, or applications. Programs are administered through manual application workflows accessed via the website.

FEEA's business model is donation-funded. Revenue is generated through individual contributions, corporate partnerships (e.g., a BlueCross BlueShield Federal Employee Programs matching-donation arrangement for #GivingTuesday), and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) workplace giving program, which routes payroll-deducted contributions from federal employees to enrolled charities. A wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary, FEEA Childcare Services, operates a separate channel, administering childcare subsidy programs on behalf of federal agencies under contractual arrangements. Programs are provided at no cost to eligible recipients. No revenue, expense, or fundraising figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund

Legal name

Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund

Website

https://feea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FeeA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides no-interest emergency loans, disaster relief grants, merit-based scholarships, and childcare subsidies exclusively to U.S. federal civilian and postal employees and their families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Employee Assistance Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159), Services-Business Services, Nec (7389)

akta.pro primary industry

Income Support & Cash Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Government Student Financial Aid Agencies (EDADAHAA)

Keywords

• Emergency hardship loans
• Disaster relief grants
• Merit-based scholarships
• Childcare subsidy administration
• Federal employee assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: FEEA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on donations from individuals, corporate partners, and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) workplace giving program to fund its emergency loans, disaster relief grants, and scholarship programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FEEA is the only independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization devoted solely to providing confidential no-interest emergency hardship loans, disaster relief grants, merit-based college scholarships, tutoring services, childcare subsidies (via its for-profit subsidiary FEEA Childcare Services), and informational resources to U.S. civilian federal and postal public servants and their families. During government shutdowns it activates Shutdown Assistance Grants providing $150 micro-grants to furloughed or excepted-status federal employees earning $59,999 or less.

Product overview

FEEA offers a suite of financial assistance and educational support programs for federal civilian and postal public servants and their families. The core offerings include Emergency Hardship Loans (no-interest loans), Disaster Relief Grants, Merit-Based Scholarships, Tutoring Services, Childcare Subsidies, and FEDLifeHacks (practical lifestyle resources). During government shutdowns, FEEA activates Shutdown Assistance Grants for affected employees. The Feds In Motion Challenge is an annual wellness initiative. All programs are designed to support federal employees facing financial hardship, pursuing education, or seeking personal and professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FEEA Childcare Services: For-profit subsidiary that administers childcare subsidy programs on behalf of federal agencies
• #FedLifeHacks
• Feds In Motion Challenge
• Shutdown Assistance Grants
• Emergency Hardship Loans
• Disaster Relief Grants
• Merit Scholarships

Products and services

• Emergency Hardship Loans Confidential, no-interest, no-fee loans provided to eligible federal civilian and postal employees facing emergency financial hardship.
• Disaster Relief Grants Grants provided to eligible federal employees impacted by natural disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, covering home repairs, temporary lodging, and other uninsured disaster-related expenses.
• Merit-Based Scholarships Merit-based college scholarships awarded to federal public servants, their spouses, children, and grandchildren based on academic merit and community engagement, with individual awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
• Tutoring Services
• Childcare Subsidies Childcare subsidy programs administered by FEEA's for-profit subsidiary, FEEA Childcare Services, on behalf of multiple federal agencies for their employees.
• Shutdown Assistance Grants Micro-grants of $150 provided to eligible federal employees who are furloughed or working in excepted status with current federal salary of $59,999 or less during government shutdowns, with one grant per shutdown.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported over 60,000 families since 1986
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• WAEPAminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 June 2026WAEPA (Whole Association of Emergency Preparedness Actuaries) supports FEEA's #FedLifeHacks program, which provides informational resources and content for federal employees covering finance, health, and wellness topics.
• Federal Agencies (for Childcare Subsidies)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple federal agencies partner with FEEA Childcare Services to administer childcare subsidy programs for their employees.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Air Force Aid Society: Air Force Aid Society provides emergency financial assistance, education grants, and community programs to Air Force and Space Force service members and families—same emergency-loan and scholarship model as FEEA, focused on a separate uniformed branch.
• Coast Guard Mutual Assistance: Coast Guard Mutual Assistance provides interest-free loans, grants, and financial counseling to Coast Guard personnel and their families—directly paralleling FEEA's emergency-hardship-loan and disaster-relief-grant offerings, just for a smaller service branch.
• Army Emergency Relief: Army Emergency Relief (AER) is the closest direct peer: a nonprofit relief society providing no-interest emergency loans, grants, and scholarships to Army soldiers and their families—mirroring FEEA's loan/grant/scholarship model for the military branch that FEEA mirrors for federal civilian employees.
• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society: NMCRS provides interest-free loans, grants, and financial counseling to Navy and Marine Corps service members and their families—an analogous emergency-assistance and education-aid model for a different uniformed branch, operating under the same relief-society governance template as FEEA.

Emerging players

• Union Plus (AFL-CIO): Union Plus provides hardship grants, scholarships, and consumer benefits to union members and their families—an adjacent employee-assistance model with similar emergency-grant and scholarship offerings, but serving union workers rather than federal civil servants.
• Scholarship America: Scholarship America is one of the largest U.S. scholarship-granting nonprofits, administering merit-based and need-based scholarships for students including dependents of employees from sponsoring corporations—directly comparable for FEEA's merit-scholarship program while operating at much larger scale across multiple sponsor organizations.
• WAEPA: WAEPA (Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies) is a nonprofit providing group term life insurance and financial education resources to federal civilian employees—an overlapping target customer (federal workforce) and content-partner relationship via the #FedLifeHacks program, though its core offering is insurance rather than direct aid.
• National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE): NARFE is a federal-employee membership association that provides advocacy, member benefits, and financial tools to current and retired federal employees—a broader adjacent peer with overlapping beneficiary demographic, though its model is membership dues rather than charitable giving.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FedsHelpingFeds
• Facebookfacebook.com/FedsHelpingFeds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/feea

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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