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Marketing Services

We can help you reach and engage with prospective donors through a sophisticated blend of traditional and online marketing initiatives. We work with you to customize the ideal marketing approach for your audience, drawing for a range of available platforms.

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Improve your planned giving program

Consulting

Our experts will help you build upon your program's strengths, identify and address weaknesses, minimize financial risks and maximize benefits. Wheather your program is small or large, basic or sophisticated, we can help you enhance your efforts.

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Get more gifts

Gift Illustrations

We can provide you with tools and expertise you need to effectively present the benefits of a planned gift to your prospective donors, to create gift annuity agreements and gift calculations, and to help your donor understand what type of planned gift makes most of sense for them.

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Steward donors and be in compliance

Gift Administration

Ensure efficient and effective gift administration by outsourcing the work to PG Calc. By combining our decades of planned giving expertise with state-of-the-art tools like GiftWrap, we can fulfill all of your stewardship and compliance needs.

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What's New

Insight

Aug 18, 2025

September IRS Discount Rate: 4.8%

In this month's eRate newsletter:

Featured Article: Insights From the Giving USA Numbers and Peering Beyond
Webinar Recording Available: What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Could Mean for Gift Planning
How AI Can Help Planned Giving – But Be Careful
Charites Can Offer ACGA Rates to New York Donors Through at Least January 2026
QCD Gifts Made In-Kind: There’s No Magic

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Insights From the Giving USA Numbers and Peering Beyond

Charitable giving totaled $592.5 billion last year according to research conducted by the Lilly School of Philanthropy and published in Giving USA, The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2024. Nearly three quarters of all giving was from individuals, including $392.5 billion in current giving and $45.8 in bequests, while giving from foundations was $109.8 billion and corporate giving totaled $44.4 billion. Beyond the broad totals, the Giving USA report points to some interesting trends . . .

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FREE PG Calc Webinar

Aug 28, 2025

Planned Giving Marketing: What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Next (FREE)

Are you wondering what strategies truly drive success in planned giving marketing? In early 2025, PG Calc surveyed our clients and colleagues in the planned giving industry about marketing strategies they are currently using: what’s effective, and what’s falling flat. In this session, Andrew Palmer unveiled the survey results, explored best practices, and shed light on what the data tells us about the future of planned giving marketing.

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PG Calc Blog Post

Aug 11, 2025

Flip CRUTs and Deferred Gift Annuities – Know the Difference

Clients sometimes ask how their donor can establish a deferred charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT). The donor would like to transfer the funds now, receive the charitable deduction now, but delay receiving payments until a later date. But that cannot be done. A deferred charitable gift annuity allows for exactly what we described – completing the funding now, receiving the charitable deduction now, but receiving the payments at a later time. But how does the Flip-CRUT compare to a CGA, and how is it different?

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Free Guide

August 2025

12 Subject Line Tips to Unlock Email Open Rates

When it comes to email marketing, your subject line does the heavy lifting. Before your reader sees your carefully crafted message, compelling call to action, or beautiful design – they see just one thing: the subject line. Subject lines are the gateway to your message. This guide presents 12 proven strategies for writing more effective subject lines, tailored to the unique tone and content of planned giving communications.

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Software Training

Sep 10-11, 2025

PGM Anywhere and Charitable Remainder Trusts (ONLINE)

This class will provide an in depth demonstration of our web-based PGM Anywhere software in the context of learning about and modeling charitable remainder trusts (CRTs). We will use case study examples to illustrate various types of CRTs while discovering the robust calculation and detailed documentation features of this gift planning software. This class will be taught remotely (4 hours over 2 days).

Software Training

Sep 23-24, 2025

GiftWrap Introductory (ONLINE)

This 2-day (6 hours) ONLINE class introduces students to basic gift administration practices and how to use the features in GiftWrap to meet your organization's obligations to donors and beneficiaries. You will learn the best practices for data entry to help meet the needs of your development, business and finance offices.

Software Training

Oct 8, 2025

GiftWrap Advanced (ONLINE)

This 2-day (4 hours) ONLINE class covers GiftWrap’s more advanced reporting capabilities including Projected Remainder Amounts, Gift Annuity Reserves, and FASB Liabilities. In addition, the class covers the CashTrac function, which allows the market value of each individual gift annuity in an investment pool to be tracked, and discusses how GiftWrap reports use this information to help you understand the health of your program.

FREE Webinar Recording

July 22, 2025

Webinar Recording – What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Could Mean for Gift Planning

On July 22, PG Calc President Gary Pforzheimer and Senior Advisor Craig Wruck presented a free webinar explaining the provisions of the new tax law that might affect charitable giving. In addition to presenting the details of these changes, they provided context for understanding how these changes are likely to influence donor behavior. We hope it leaves you better-prepared to answer your donors’ questions about the new tax law and better-equipped to promote planned gifts effectively.

Free Recording and Handouts