About the Foundation
The NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. (NCSEF) works with alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to secure support that is vital for the continued improvement of the College of Engineering. Gifts support scholarships, fellowships, professorships, academic programs, faculty research, and other initiatives that are not typically supported through state appropriations.
Foundation Year in Review
Alumni, friends and corporate partners make long-term investments in the College of Engineering.
The NC State Engineering Foundation raised more than $12 million in private gifts and new commitments in fiscal year 2011 to support educational experiences and groundbreaking research being conducted by students and faculty in the College of Engineering. The charts below illustrate the sources and uses of that private support.
Our priority remains raising gifts to build the College’s endowment. Those gifts are the most important and enduring investments donors can make in the College, and have a profound impact on our ability to attract and retain people — the students and faculty who define the College. The principal of an endowment gift is invested while its annual income is used to support the donor’s purpose. Gift agreements are tailored to achieve the kind of impact a donor desires. As the principal grows over time, so too does the capacity for students and faculty to pursue their dreams.
As engineers, those dreams involve solving big challenges, so the generosity of donors and every new endowment that is established plays a unique role in inspiring education and research that will advance society. This past year, the Foundation established nine new endowed scholarships, two new endowed graduate fellowships, two new programmatic endowments and three endowed professorships. On behalf of the students, faculty and staff, the Foundation expresses its sincere thanks to all who continue to give so generously. 
