Give a Gift of Hope

 

"Memory is the Treasury and Guardian of All Things"

Marcus T. Cicero (circa 106-43 BC)
Great Roman Orator, Politician

The research at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging depends on both public and private funds to operate. Our public funds come from competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging. Our private funding comes from foundation-sponsored programs, and from individual gifts and bequests from patients, families and friends, and corporate and other benefactors.

Competitive grant funding supports the day to day operations of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, but private donations help fund much of the research that we do. Private gifts also allow us to provide excellent community caregiver support, education, and training. In short, private gifts are essential to our mission of research and education to treat, and ultimately, to prevent debilitating brain disorders.

Your gift is more than money, it is a Gift of Hope, not only for today, but for all generations to come.

Gifts may be donated for use in areas of greatest need, or for an area of specific interest to you.

Specific areas of support include:

Alzheimer’s disease

Stroke

Public Education and Information

Foundation Research Fund

Endowed Professorships

Endowed Chairs

Just as there are many areas which provide the donor an opportunity to give to the Center on Aging, gifts may take many different forms as well. Broadly speaking, there are two major gift forms: outright gifts and planned gifts. Outright gifts are immediate gifts of cash, appreciated securities, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property. Planned gifts, also known as deferred gifts, are gifts that will benefit the Center at some future time. Generally, these gifts include bequests, life insurance and life income gifts such as charitable remainder annuity trusts and charitable remainder unitrusts. For more information on types of gifts – including clear and understandable gift illustrations - please visit the following UK website: Ways of Giving

A new system at the University is making the process of giving even more convenient. You can now use the Internet to make your contribution. The online system is safe, strictly confidential and secure. You will be asked pertinent information such as your name and address, credit card number and the amount of your gift as well as to what program you would like your gift designated. You will receive an email confirmation once your gift form has been submitted and processed. Click the following link to go to this site: Online Giving

Should you prefer to contribute to the Center on Aging by using a check, simply make your check payable to the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and tell us where you want to direct your gift by writing the name of the program or research area on the memo line of the check.

Send your gift to:

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
101 Sanders-Brown Building
Attention: Director of the Center on Aging
University of Kentucky
800 South Limestone Street
Lexington, KY 40536

Endowed Funds: If you would like more information on creating a fund in your name, or the name of a loved one, contact the foundation office at 859- 323-5374. Established funds supporting the work of the Center and our researchers include:

Blazer Professorship

Branstetter Research Fund

Healy Alzheimer’s Fund

R C Durr Foundation Chair

James Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund

Mansbach Professorship

Markesbery Endowed Chair

McCowan Chair

Moores Professorship

Sanders-Brown Endowed Chair

Schmitt Professorship

Smith Chair

Sweeny-Nelms Fund

Young Endowment

The University of Kentucky is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

Brochure: Building a legacy of Hope (pdf)