Annual Sheryl A. Blair Scholarships

Established in 2007 to honor the memory of former ADRP board member Sheryl Blair, The Sheryl A. Blair Scholarship includes a free annual membership and provides up to ten stipends of $1,000 to new and returning ADRP members. Since 2007, nearly 150 donor relations professionals have benefited from the Blair Scholarship. In 2022, the Blair Scholarships were revised to offer a more equitable, inclusive and fuller ADRP experience and to cover expenses associated with member opportunities within ADRP. These include but are not limited to: an annual membership, International and Regional Conferences (including travel), workshops, and other professional development opportunities related to ADRP. This effort aligns with ADRP’s goal to represent a wide range of organizations and professionals – especially those who have historically been underrepresented within ADRP’s membership.

Blair Scholars become part of a cohort, with the expectation that they take part in at least one of the following upon completion of their scholarship year: writing about their experiences in donor relations in ADRP’s newsletter The Hub; participating in ADRP’s mentorship program, either as a mentor or mentee; partnering to develop and present a webinar or session for ADRP. 

Group members are now eligible to apply for a Blair scholarship! 

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The application deadline has passed, and scholarship notifications will be sent out in the summertime. Thank you to all of our applicants!

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

Eligible applicants must:

  1. Hold a position focused mainly on donor relations or stewardship

  2. Wish to participate in the ADRP professional development opportunities, including but not limited to International and Regional conferences (including travel expenses), workshops, and other professional development opportunities by ADRP.

  3. Be either a new ADRP Member or returning ADRP Member:

    New ADRP Member: joining ADRP for the first time, in need of membership support.

    Returning ADRP Member: a current or returning lapsed member of ADRP, in need of membership support.

Thank You, Eleven Fifty Seven for many years of supporting the Sheryl Blair Scholarship Program!

Eleven Fifty Seven

2025 Sheryl A. Blair Scholarship Recipients

  • Bronwen Butler, The Nature Conservancy
  • LaQuita Green, Morehouse College
  • Felicity Adamson, James Cook University
  • Monica Facchinello, University of Leeds
  • Vitoria Dias, University Hospital Foundation
  • Shanice Taylor, Trust for the National Mall
  • Miriam Hemingway, University of York
  • Rachel Morrison, North York Women's Shelter
  • Lewis Gituma, DonorPath Africa
  • Mary Filan, RCSI
  • Chloe Barnard, University of Bath