Benefits of Membership

NFFN now has yet another added benefit to being a member of our growing Network. Members may post and advertise their upcoming energy assistance associated events on our website. The postings will be updated bi-weekly. So: Members: send in your notices and information; and Vistors to the NFFN website: keep checking in for the latest events near you.

The National Fuel Funds Network:

Serves and represents

Over 300 organizational members from small energy banks to large utility programs to increase energy assistance available, especially charitable energy assistance.

Conducts

The unique Nation Energy and Utility Affordability Conference to provide continuing education and training for fuel

fund professionals and define policy issues. Read about past conferences. NFFN partners with the National Low Income Energy Consortium to offer the confernce.

Regional conferences and training events from time to time.

Publishes

Energy Safety Net Bulletin to report on and spur innovations in meeting the increased demand for energy assistance due to higher fuel prices and the economic downturn.

National Energy Assistance Report, the quarterly of record on charitable energy assistance.

Energy Safety Net Tool Kit to reassess energy assistance issues, suggest new approaches and promote charitable energy assistance in a recession.

Action Alerts to rally nonprofit members support of LIHEAP.

A series of technical assistance materials, policy studies and fact sheets.

Maintains

This website full of information on charitable energy assistance, the only national repository of fuel fund publications, advertisements and fundraising materials and techniques.

Promotes

The Mobilization for Charitable Energy Assistance, a national campaign to encourage governors to increase awareness of and spur fundraising for charitable energy assistance.

Provides

Consulting services to companies and community-based organizations wishing to start, revamp or reinvigorate fuel funds.

Policy analysis and Washington representation for grassroots members unable to afford their own representative in the Nation’s Capital.

Advocates

For increased LIHEAP funding .

NFFN sponsors Washington Action Day for LIHEAP, annually, and engages grassroots legislative support for LIHEAP year around.

To govern NFFN, members elect a Board of Directors representing utility companies, community-based organizations and local, state and Tribal energy assistance programs.