Choose a fund

2026 is a milestone year for FEAA. We're celebrating our 50th anniversary — and marking a new chapter as a staff-run organization, because the folk education movement has grown beyond what volunteers alone can sustain. What a wonderful challenge to have.

To keep pace with that growth, we need your help. Below, you'll find the specific programs and services your gift will support. Each one plays a role in holding this movement together — the schools, the practitioners, the knowledge, and the connections that make folk education possible across North America.

Choose a project or make an unrestricted gift to support wherever the need is greatest.

Folk education shows up — learning together, making things together, building something bigger than any one of us. Your gift keeps that work alive.

Choose a level below, or give any amount that feels right. Every contribution directly supports FEAA's programs, our network of folk schools, and the people who make this movement possible.

🌱 Seedling — $30
You're planting something. A $30 gift helps keep the lights on — literally and figuratively. It supports the digital infrastructure that connects folk schools across North America, from our website and member portal to our monthly Community of Practice gatherings.

🪵 Apprentice — $50
Learning by doing — the heart of folk education. A $50 gift helps fund the tools we use to support new and emerging folk schools: resources, mentorship connections, and the knowledge-sharing that keeps folk education growing in communities across the continent.

🔨 Craftsperson — $100
Skilled, committed, building something lasting. A $100 gift supports FEAA's leadership coaching program — ICF-qualified coaches working with folk school leaders to help them navigate growth, sustainability, and the human challenges of building community organizations.

🌿 Steward — $250
Tending the movement with care. A $250 gift helps fund in-person gatherings where folk school leaders, educators, and practitioners come together to learn, share, and strengthen the Alliance. These meetings are where relationships are built and the movement gets stronger.

🏡 Folk Keeper — $500
Holding the tradition, passing it forward. A $500 gift makes it possible for FEAA to sustain its partnerships with adjacent movements — the African American Craft Alliance, the Community Singing movement, and folk schools around the world. This is the connective tissue of a global folk education network.

🔥 Circle Maker — $1,000+
Gathering the community around the fire. A gift of $1,000 or more places you at the center of this work. Circle Makers receive a personal acknowledgment from Sal, an invitation to a private briefing on FEAA's programs and plans, and recognition on our website as a founding supporter of this new chapter.

✨ Give Your Own Amount
Every gift matters. If none of these levels feel right, give whatever amount is meaningful to you. Folk education has always made room for everyone.