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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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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

June 15, 2026

July IRS Discount Rate: 5.2%

In this month's eRate newsletter:

Featured Article: Nothing Happens Until Somebody Dies – Thoughtful Planning for Testamentary Gifts
Quick Tip: Quick Tip: Trust and Verify in GiftWrap
The State of Play: Navigating the Current Landscape of QCD Legislation and DAF Regulation
One Phrase to Rule Them All – What We Mean by “Charitable Deduction”
ACGA Releases Report on 2025 Gift Annuity Survey
Back to Basics: Fundamentals of Planned Giving

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PG Calc Blog Post

June 15, 2026

The State of Play: Navigating the Current Landscape of QCD Legislation and DAF Regulations

For planned giving officers, staying abreast of the shifting sands in Washington is an operational necessity. As we cross the midpoint of 2026, the regulatory and legislative environment surrounding Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) and donor-advised funds (DAFs) seems stuck in familiar duality: a flurry of introduced concepts coupled with a deeply gridlocked path forward.

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PG Calc Webinar Recording

May 27, 2026

Gift Annuity Regulations and Compliance Q&A

Just starting to consider registering in states to issue gift annuities, or perhaps revisiting it as a recurring topic? Puzzling over a particular CGA annual filing requirement? Get the answers to your charitable gift annuity state registration and annual filing questions by watching this free Q&A webinar recording with PG Calc Gift Annuity Compliance Director Edie Matulka and Senior Advisor Julie Goldenberg Hay.

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Nothing Happens Until Somebody Dies – Thoughtful Planning for Testamentary Gifts

We get a fair number of client inquiries regarding testamentary gifts. For bequest intentions, we typically talk about the need to discount the gifts. With testamentary life income gifts, however, there are additional questions and points of concern. The donor is contemplating the eventual establishment of a gift that will provide income to someone else after the donor’s death. That means the calculations for a testamentary CGA or testamentary CRT are predicated upon multiple layers of assumptions.

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Case Study

May 2026

Consulting Case Study #2: “Is Our Gift Annuity Program Worth the Effort?”

Read the second case study from PG Calc’s Consulting Services team that answers the question, “Is Our Gift Annuity Program Worth the Effort?” See how a program assessment of a gift annuity program can help determine: 1) The market value of each gift annuity and whether any are underwater, 2) The projected benefit of each annuity, 3) The projected cash-flow as each gift annuity terminates, and 4) How to make the program stronger.

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Marketing Pro Tip

June 2026

Use Personalization to Drive More Gift Annuities in Your Summer and Fall Mailings

A great way to help your donor understand the benefits of a gift annuity is to provide a personalized gift illustration. This way, they see the financial and tax benefits they will enjoy while they support your charity’s mission. Imagine being able to include a personalized gift illustration to every donor on your mailing list, so your mailing can provide a gift suggestion tailored to each one! That’s the power of PG Calc’s BatchCalcs.

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Software Training

Aug 5-6, 2026

Gift Planning with PGM Anywhere - In Person (Boston)

These hands-on trainings are a great opportunity to develop your planned giving knowledge and PGM Anywhere software skills to close more gifts.
Aug. 5 Introductory Session: use case studies to introduce planned giving concepts, covering immediate and deferred gift annuities, remainder trust basics, and gifts made utilizing the IRA QCD provision for CGAs.
Aug. 6 Advanced Session: Explore advanced gift plans including flip CRUTs, retained life estates, charitable lead trusts, and gift plans using funds from traditional IRAs.

Software Training

Sept. 9, 16, 23 & 30

PGM Anywhere and Charitable Remainder Trusts (ONLINE 1 hour each day)

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 over four days for one hour each day: September 9, 16, 23, and 30.

PG Calc Blog Post

BDQ #11: What Is the IRS Discount Rate, and Why Does It Change Every Single Month?

If you have ever run a calculation for a gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust, you have seen a specific number – usually somewhere between 4% and 6% – labeled as the “IRS Discount Rate,” “CMFR,” or the “Section 7520 Rate.” For many of us, this is just a mysterious number that suddenly appears to determine how much of an income tax deduction our donors get. Where does this Discount Rate come from, and why is it so restless?

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