The Federal Managers Association (FMA) joined FEEA’s Board of Directors in 1993, in the person of Mike Styles, FMA’s President. In the years since, FEEA and FMA have forged a partnership that continues to benefit both organizations.

FMA provides FEEA with an organized network of federal managers who help publicize FEEA’s programs by referring employees to our Emergency Assistance loans and grants, reminding them when it’s scholarship time, and helping FEEA get the word out during the Combined Federal Campaign.

In 1994 FMA decided to launch its own scholarship program, open to members and their dependent family. Rather than reinvent the wheel, FMA asked FEEA to administer the program, in conjunction with FEEA’s own scholarship contest. FMA members now fill out a special FMA version of FEEA’s scholarship application and are effectively entered in both the FMA and FEEA contests with just one application.

The number of $1,000 FMA scholarships awarded each year depends upon donations from members at FMA’s Annual and Mid-Year Conferences. Donations may also be made online at www.feea.org. Click on the "Give Online" button, then be sure to choose "FMA Scholarships" from the "Program Area" menu. FMA also awards two special distinction scholarships each year, the $1,500 Frances Webb Scholarship and the Brad Casas Memorial Scholarship.

FMA’s CDC-based chapter 322 hosts an annual golf tournament to raise scholarship funds devoted specifically to CDC applicants, raising $4,000 for the 2004-05 program. FMA’s NACS members also raised money for scholarships at their Annual Conference.

FYI: The Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund has a new CFC number this year; 1-1-1-8-5. All participating CFC charities – local, national and international – have been given brand-new 5-digit identification codes.  FEEA’s new number – 11185 – is the one to use when making a pledge.

You can learn more about how FEEA uses your contribution by visiting www.feea.org.  For a 2008-2009 FMA-FEEA Scholarship application, please click here.

Team FMA is an important part of the FEEA family and an advocate for federal managers everywhere.