2025 Award Recipients Selected
AFP is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 awards! Learn more about this year's Outstanding Fundraising Professional, Outstanding Young Professionals, and Youth in Philanthropy.
Awards & Honors
The Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) offers annual awards recognizing outstanding achievement by fundraising professionals, as well as youth demonstrating a passion for philanthropy. The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy also recognizes exemplary research and contributions to the profession through various awards and honors.
Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy
Each year, the AFP Research Council awards the Skystone Partners Prize for Research to the author of a book that contributes substantially to the knowledge and understanding of fundraising or philanthropic behavior.
Next Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Early Career Emerging Scholar Award
The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Early Career Emerging Scholar Award was established by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Research Council to honor an individual who is emerging as a contributing scholar or scholar-practitioner to the discourse on philanthropy and fundraising. The purpose of the award is to recognize those who are pursuing research agendas congruent with the mission and interests of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Research Council. The award is given for a significant body of scholarship or a single extraordinary research achievement and in recognition of potential for future research.
The next deadline is November 29, 2024.
Previous AFP Award Recipients
Learn more about previous award recipients and how to submit an exemplary nomination.
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