The Emergency Assistance Fund for Graham Holdings Company Employees and Retirees, originally established by the Graham family, provides tax-free, short-term financial assistance to help employees and retirees who experience unexpected economic hardships as a result of a disaster or personal emergency and who otherwise would not have the ability to cover basic or emergency expenses as a result.

For more information about the program guidelines, click here.
To access the program application, click here.

Grant eligibility: All employees of Graham Holdings Company (GHC) and its participating affiliates are eligible for grants. In addition, former employees (“retirees”) who have completed 20 or more years of active employment with GHC (formerly The Washington Post Company), or an affiliate company post-acquisition by GHC, are eligible for grants. Current or former executive officers of the Company or its affiliates are not eligible for this program.

Eligible expenses: The Fund Committee will consider grants to provide short-term financial assistance for emergency expenses resulting from a natural, federal or state disaster, or a personal emergency. Some examples include:

• Medical expenses
• Funeral and burial expenses for an immediate family member
• Expenses related to repairing damage to the individual’s home or property which makes it uninhabitable, e.g. flood, fire, etc.
• Food and shelter expenses related to an emergency situation, e.g. domestic abuse, weather evacuations, power and water outages, etc.

Grant applications: Individuals seeking grants are required to complete the Emergency Assistance Fund application form and provide sufficient documentation, including invoices and images to support the requests.