Donor Recognition
Leading supporters of Embry-Riddle express their belief in the value and mission of higher education through their donations. We express our appreciation for their support through our gift societies.
Gift society members are included in Embry-Riddle's annual report and receive special publications, mailings and invitations to special events. Through their support and enthusiasm for our mission, members not only help us maintain the educational programs and the physical components of Embry-Riddle, but also the intangible qualities of a leading university: the sense of community, the respect for tradition, and the recognition of achievement.
Lifetime Giving Societies
Embry-Riddle established its lifetime giving societies to recognize benefactors who have made substantial commitments of personal resources to sustain and promote Embry-Riddle's mission.
The Legacy Society
By including Embry-Riddle in their estates, Legacy Society members maintain a heritage of achievement that creates success for many generations of our best and brightest.
Gift Clubs
Established in 1986, the Eagle Society recognizes the commitment of donors who give annually to support student opportunities in all areas. The Council of 100, our alumni gift club, is reserved for alumni who make an outright annual gift of $1,200 or pledge a minimum of $100 a month for at least 12 months.
Annual Report
Each year, Embry-Riddle’s publishes its Annual Report on Philanthropy a special stewardship report that recognizes and honors its many supporters. Read the latest on how your philanthropy makes a difference at Embry-Riddle.
Opening Doors and Changing Lives
With eight university degrees and 30 years spent living abroad, Donna Roberts has always had a love of learning. “Education opens doors and changes people’s lives in tangible ways,” she says.
Roberts is a dual alumna of Embry-Riddle (2010), as well as associate professor and chair of the social sciences and economics department and chair of undergraduate research at the Worldwide Campus in Germany. She says she wanted to help students who share her passion for education, especially those in the military.
That is why Roberts and her husband, Sergio Del Bianco, recently made a generous planned gift to Embry-Riddle, creating an endowed scholarship in their names. The couple, who met in Italy and have been together 22 years, are also funding a term scholarship to immediately help undergraduate or graduate students with financial need.
“Valuing education so much, I wanted to give back to something that is meaningful to me,” she says.
Donna Roberts and her husband, Sergio Del Bianco