Though there was no giant check to be found, a history-making $15 million donation to West Kentucky Community and Technical College was announced Tuesday.
This gift, the largest from a single donor in the collegeâs history, came from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott â who pledged to give away most of her wealth in 2019. Scott was not present at the news conference.
WKCTC president Dr. Anton Reece announced Scottâs contribution during an afternoon news conference in the schoolâs student center. When he first learned about the gift in late November, the school president admitted, he thought it was just too good to be true, but heâs eager to put it to good use.
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Credit Screenshot / WKCTC/Youtube West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah announced Tuesday it will receive a $15 million gift from a billionaire philanthropist, with college leadership saying the historic donation has the potential to be a “generational game-changer.”
WKCTC President Anton Reece said he first learned the week of Nov. 29 that Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, was making the donation through the college’s foundation, and he initially thought the substantial gift was a hoax. He said WKCTC was picked for the donation among the more than 7,000 organizations considered by Scott.
“For West Kentucky Community Technical College to be in that net, that is just indescribable,” Reece said. “We have transformative opportunities, and starting with this gift is the next chapter to take things up to the quintessential level.”
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