Membership Information

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 NCPG fall conference with more than 1,500 attendees
  • The regular Gift Planning Update from NCPG
  • A listing in the NCPG National Directory and a complimentary copy
  • Discounts on research publications and other NCPG services
  • Subscription to The Journal of Gift Planning, the field's premier publication
• GCPGC and NCPG 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)
• NCPG only membership ($160 yearly)
• Membership to both ($190 yearly)

Membership (including annual renewal billing) for both local and/or national is handled through NCPG. For further membership information, please contact the local GCPGC office at 513-554-3071.