2026 CFEBA Annual Fundraising Gala
Tuesday, April 14 - Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC

Each year, at the end of the first day of the EBA Annual Meeting and Conference, the Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association (CFEBA) holds its annual fundraising gala. This elegant event directly supports the foundation’s grant-giving activities. The support of EBA members and their organizations is critical to ensuring that CFEBA can continue to support energy-related charitable activities this year and in the future.

The Gala will be held on the evening of Tuesday, April 14, from 5:00-8:30 PM at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by a seated dinner with presentations by representatives from CFEBA.

At this year’s event, we will be honoring the 2026 CFEBA Grant and donation recipients below. Learn more about these organizations here.

• Action for Grassroots Womens' Empowerment (AGWE)
  A grant of $25,000 toward AGWE’s Bio Briquettes project, in which a group of 80 women in Bukedea, Uganda, will be trained to use a solar dryer to create biomass briquettes
  from community crops and waste for use as an alternative to firewood and charcoal in cooking.
• Heart of America
  A grant of $16,000 is awarded to Heart of America for its initiative to install stand-alone, roof mounted solar kits on student homes in the Navajo Nation not connected to the electrical grid. This Grant will enable four more student households to live with electricity, improving their quality of life and ability to study in the evenings.
• Solar Electric Light Fund
  A grant of $20,000 will go toward SELF’s solar-powered Mediation Training & Legal Aid Center (MTLAC) at the Kibera Town Center in one of the world’s largest informal settlements outside Nairobi, Kenya. This MTLAC will provide free legal services and train one hundred certified mediators, potentially impacting over 600,000 people in Kenya as it prepares for Kenyan elections in 2027.
• Footprint Project
  A donation of $10,000 was given to Footprint Project in the wake of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. This donation helped enable their Rapid Renewable Response efforts, including providing portable power stations and mobile solar microgrids to energize communication hubs, schools, shelters, rural health clinics, and basecamps.