The NKF is proud to offer the 2023 Culpepper Exum Scholarship. It is an opportunity designed to help deserving people, on dialysis or kidney transplant recipients, to achieve their aspirations and complete their post-secondary education goals.

The 2023 Culpepper Exum Scholarship application is now available. Check with your social worker or download an electronic application below. Applications must be postmarked or emailed by May 8, 2023.

Nephrology social worker, Beth Witten, established the Culpepper Exum Scholarship as a memorial to her brother who had diabetes and was on dialysis prior to his death from heart disease. This scholarship is intended to help two deserving people on dialysis or transplant recipients to attend any accredited post-secondary educational or vocational program. The award is for up to $1,000 per scholarship paid directly to the institution. Two scholarships will be awarded per school year—one to a Kansas resident and one to a Missouri resident.

The Culpepper Exum Scholarship is available for up to $1,000 Scholarship per state (Kansas & Missouri) per year for…

1. Must be a resident of Kansas or Missouri
2. Any person on dialysis, kidney transplant recipients or anyone in Stages 2-5 are welcome to apply
   • Not sure what stage you are in? Speak with someone on your healthcare team or learn more.
3. Scholarship is available for use at any trade school, continuing education program, college/university, or career advancement program

Please send completed applications to our mailing address. 

Mailing Address Only: 

• Attn: Culpepper Exum Scholarship
• c/o National Kidney Foundation
• 9218 Metcalf Ave, #424
• Overland Park, KS 66212

For more information about the Culpepper Exum Scholarship please contact:

• JoAnna Rogers, Director, Programs of the NKF Serving Kansas, Oklahoma, and Western Missouri, at JoAnna.Rogers@kidney.org

For more information about other local events and programs, or to be connected with national NKF projects, please contact:

• Alexandra Garrick, Executive Director of the NKF Serving Kansas, Oklahoma, and Western Missouri, at alexandra.garrick@kidney.org | 913.262.1551
• Kathleen Davis, Executive Director of the NKF Serving Eastern Missouri, Metro East, and Arkansas, at kathleen.davis@kidney.org | 314.961.2828