WHAT IS THE KECC?

Each year the Personnel Cabinet administers the Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign to all employees who receive their pay through the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (This is not limited to KRS Chapter 18A employees.) The purpose of this campaign is to raise funds for a number of state charities.

Campaign pledging typically runs through the end of the calendar year, and pledges made for payroll deduction begin with the first pay received in January and continue through the last pay received in December. Accordingly, your donations to a specific charity may not be fully delivered to the recipient charity until the following calendar year after the close of the deduction year.

What is the Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign (KECC)?

Through KECC, you also have the ability to donate to any write-in charity of your choice. Please be advised, however, that $0.10 of each $1.00 donated to a write-in charity is withheld to cover the cost of processing write-in designations. If a write-in organization does not qualify as a nonprofit organization fulfilling all requirements, or if KECC is unable to locate them by the given address, the donation will be shared by the state-approved charities.

Refer to the KECC website for more information, or contact your human resource administrator for information about making a donation. For additional opportunities to give back to your community, click here.

LEGAL REFERENCES: 101 KAR 6:020