AFP Diversity Scholarship Initiative

June 6, 2012

Advancing Diversity by Establishing a Diverse Profession
A 2013 Strategic Initiative of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Make an online secure gift to the Diversity Scholarships Campaign.   

As a community of inclusion, the Association of Fundraising Professionals seeks, embraces, and engages diverse individuals, groups, and organizations with a broad representation of experiences, perspectives, thoughts and cultures within the fundraising profession. Through this strategic initiative, AFP is committed to activities that increase awareness of diversity issues.

As part of this commitment, AFP has created a diversity scholarship program to provide financial assistance for the professional development for AFP members who are themselves members of a diverse community, or are employed by grassroots organizations that primarily serve diverse populations.

In launching the Diversity Scholarships Campaign, the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy invites all AFP members to support diversity within the fundraising profession. Contributions to this campaign will fund scholarships for qualifying candidates to support registration and travel costs to attend the annual AFP International Conference on Fundraising. Scholarships will be offered in each of three categories provided the category achieves sufficient funding. The AFP Foundation offers our donors the opportunity to direct their gifts to one of the following categories:

• The General Diversity Scholarship Fund - reserved for applicants who identify themselves as members of the AFP diversity community of fundraising professionals, or AFP members who are employees of a nonprofit organization that serves a diverse community.
• The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Scholarship Fund - reserved for applicants who identify themselves as members of the AFP GLBT diversity community of fundraising professionals, or AFP members who are employees of a nonprofit organization that serves the GLBT community.
• The African-American Diversity Scholarship Fund - reserved for applicants who identify themselves as members of the AFP African-American diversity community of fundraising professionals, or AFP members who are employees of a nonprofit organization that serves the African-American community.

Applications for the Diversity Scholarship will be available in early September.

Should you have questions about the AFP the Diversity Scholarships Campaign, please contact the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy at (800) 666-3836, or by email at fdn@afpnet.org. Read more about the AFP Diverse Communities Scholarship Program Overview & Criteria and get the application form here.

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