How Can I Help the Foundation?

July 3, 2021 by

Graduating students often ask, “How can I help the foundation?” Please consider doing the following:

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March 3, 2017 by

The Fadel Educational Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit educational foundation supporting education for non-incarcerated Muslim U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The awards are distributed on a need/merit basis for post-secondary education.

The annual awards program will in sha Allah distribute approximately $40,000 in total in grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 to new applicants. Renewal recipients typically receive, in total, between $50,000-$65,000 in grants each year, with each recipient’s grant equal to the amount he or she received as a new applicant. Each recipient has a lifetime limit on the total grants the foundation will grant. You can read the amounts of the foundation’s annual grants on our blog.

The foundation also earmarks approximately $10,000 annually for distribution through Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy Program for prison chaplains.

Use the pages in the menu bar at the top to access any available application forms, instructions for award recipients and a Frequently Asked Questions document about all facets of the application and disbursement process.

Use these social networking services to have FEF news delivered to your PC or mobile device:

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We encourage all who deal with the foundation to submit a review at greatnonprofits.org.

If you want to receive updates on how you can support the foundation, subscribe to our e-mail list for foundation’s supporters. If you prefer to receive SMS message on your mobile phone, register here or text @fefsupport to the number 81010 or (941) 900-3843.

The foundation does accept donations. Send a message if you want to do so.

Updated July 3, 2021.

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I’m ABD. May I still receive a grant?

May 9, 2013 by

If you are ABD, you must have your advisor write a letter confirming that you are making progress towards completion of your dissertation. The letter should set a date for completion.

If you receive an award, and then later you request a renewal, your advisor must write a similar letter to support your renewal request. If the expected completion date changes, the advisor must explain why in writing.

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Is this person OK for my recommendation letter?

May 9, 2013 by

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire has some good tips about recommendation letters.

I received this question:

I have only completed one semester of college work. My professors do not know me that well. Is it okay to get a recommendation from a high school teacher who [has] known me for the past 4 years?

Applicants have to figure out things for themselves. The review committee is not going to know who did not write your letter of recommendation. They will only look at the letter of recommendation the foundation receives.  So just get the best one you can get.

If the letter of recommendation only talks about things you did 10 years ago, then the reviewers will probably wonder what you’ve done the last 10 years. But one year is not a huge length of time.

Finally, if you think that a gap in time is a problem, send in two letters of recommendation. Send in both the stronger one from the more distant past and the weaker, more recent one.

Don’t go overboard with this. For traditional age students, i.e. 18-24, transcripts are a much more important indication of your academic ability than recommendation letters.

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