Postal Relief Fund

The Postal Employees’ Relief Fund (PERF) is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization operated by the various management and union organizations of the U.S. Postal Service to benefit postal employees. The Fund was created in 1990 to assist postal employees affected by Hurricane Hugo and the California earthquake, and to provide a permanent process to assist postal employees who become victims of a major natural disaster. To date, the Fund has provided more than 3,000 grants totaling nearly $15 million to active and retired postal employees impacted by hurricane, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires and home fires.