Membership Information
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Membership Benefits
- GCPGC offers a network of helpful colleagues and contacts for exchanging ideas, services, and friendly professional support.
- Diverse programs provide frequent, economical opportunities for professional education and personal development for members, ranging from beginners to persons with many years of experience:
- Conversation and Coffee meetings featuring local and regional gift planning professionals providing timely and timeless information.
- Workshops at the primer, intermediate, and advanced levels to help members develop gift planning and donor relationship building skills.
- Continuing education credit for advanced seminars.
- Reduced rates for programs
- Up-to-date council news and recent developments in planned giving as well as early notice about events through the GCPGC website and e-mail newsletters
- GCPGC raises public awareness locally through the Leave A Legacy initiative
- GCPGC members have the option to join the National Council on Planned Giving and receive benefits and services such as:
- A top-notch annual PPP fall conference with more than 1,500 attendees
- The regular Gift Planning Update from PPP
- A listing in the PPP National Directory and a complimentary copy
- Discounts on research publications and other PPP services
- Subscription to The Journal of Gift Planning, the field's premier publication
- GCPGC and PPP provide an organized voice for raising consciousness about planned giving among nonprofit professionals, donors, professional advisors, and legislative bodies
- For those interested, GCPGC offers a Mentoring Program designed to pair someone relatively new to planned giving with a seasoned professional for the purposes of accelerating learning and refining skills
- This professional association presents a forum for encouraging ethical gift planning through education and adherence to The Model Standards of Practice for Charitable Gift Planners.
Membership Options
- GCPGC only membership ($70 yearly)
- PPP only membership ($190 yearly)
- Membership to both ($220 yearly)
Membership (including annual renewal billing) for both local and/or national is handled through PPP. For further membership information, please contact the local GCPGC office at 513-554-3071.

