Private sector investments provide a critical margin of support that enables KCTCS to pursue excellence in classroom instruction, training for business and industry, continuing education, cultural enrichment, community service, and economic development.

We consider it an honor to recognize our benefactors who have invested significantly in our mission and vision. Your name, or the name of someone you wish to honor, will be recognized in a special way for your support of the Fulfilling the Promise Campaign for KCTCS as outlined in this brochure. Additional naming opportunities may be developed at your request. Named giving opportunities are offered for current gifts, cash pledges over a five-year period, and irrevocable planned gifts such as charitable trusts.

KCTCS also offers a number of named endowed academic positions for college faculty and endowed scholarships.

The KCTCS Foundation Endowment is an aggregation of gifts provided by donors with the requirement they be held and invested in perpetuity to generate earnings now and in future years to support the donor's intended purpose. Annual income generated by endowment can be used to support faculty and students, programs, and/or operational needs of KCTCS.

An endowed chair is a distinction awarded by the KCTCS Board of Regents to a faculty member in recognition of significant contributions to the individual's academic discipline. An endowed chair may also be held by the current chair or director of an academic division. In addition to the academic honor given to the individual, an endowed chair or professorship provides funding for support of his or her teaching, research, and service responsibilities, and is supported by annual income from a permanently invested endowment fund. Income may also be used to support the base salary of the endowed chair or professorship, unless expressly prohibited by the donor or gift agreement.

An endowed lectureship is a temporary appointment and may be given to a visiting scholar in temporary residence or may be used to support a lecture series on the topic for which the lectureship was created.

KCTCS will name endowed scholarships to support students attending any or all of the colleges in our system. Donors may designate the name, purpose, and criteria for the awarding of scholarships from the income generated by the endowment.

A variety of naming opportunities are available in the new office building of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System located in Versailles, KY, which became occupied in 2004. The building houses the KCTCS Office of the President, the Office of the Chancellor, and the centralized functions of academic and student affairs, finance, information technology, internal affairs, legal affairs, and institutional advancement. It is the official state offices for the KCTCS Board of Regents and the KCTCS Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors. The building serves as the central site for hundreds of meetings, conferences, and professional development opportunities each year between and among System Office staff, the 16 college districts, and our 4,200 faculty and staff. Future plans include the addition of instructional space for on-site programs of our colleges, state-of-the-art facilities for distance learning, and conference space for use by business and industry, government, and organizations.