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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

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Why Is the CRT Charitable Deduction So Much Smaller Than the Projected Remainder?

PG Calc’s PGM Anywhere offers the ability to run projections for charitable remainder trusts that provide an estimate of the long-term outcome of the gift arrangement. While the long-range estimates can be helpful for a donor, the process sometimes results in a number of questions. One of the most consequential questions we hear regarding the trust projections is why the charitable deduction is so much smaller than the projected remainder amount. Let’s take a look at what is behind the numbers.

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PG Calc Blog Post

Aug 6, 2026

BDQ #12 – What Is a Net Income CRUT (and Why Do We Need So Many Letters)?

If you’ve spent more than five minutes around planned giving, you’ve probably noticed our love affair with acronyms. CRATs, CRUTs, NIMCRUTs, NICRUTs, Flip CRUTs – it sounds less like charitable giving and more like a bowl of alphabet soup. Let’s consider a question: What on earth is a Net Income Charitable Remainder Unitrust (NICRUT) and how does it differ from a Standard CRUT or a CRAT?

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PG Calc FREE Webinar

Aug 27, 2026

PG Calc Free Webinar: QCDs Q&A

Every week PG Calc’s Client Service Advisors field questions about qualified charitable deduction (QCD) gifts. In this interactive session, the Client Service Advisors will present what every gift office should know about outright and life income QCD gifts. They will then answer questions from the live audience about QCDs. Come meet the Client Service team and get your QCD questions answered, from QCD gift dates to state registration requirements.

Insight

July 15, 2026

August IRS Discount Rate: 5.2%

In this month's eRate newsletter:

Featured Article: Has the “Great Wealth Transfer” Finally Begun? Reading the Tea Leaves in the 2026 Giving USA Report
From the Blog: The Gift That Almost Didn’t Happen
Also From the Blog: New Jersey Accepts Actuarial Verification of Washington State Reserve Reports
Personal Connection Matters
Three Questions From Our FASB Training

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Case Study

August 2026

Consulting Case Study #3: Was Its Gift Policy Costing This Charity Millions in Support?

In this case study, see how a university’s gift acceptance policy was slowing down or impeding gifts from donors, particularly those of complex assets. See how a comprehensive gift acceptance policy review helped them streamline their gift acceptance, avoid risks, and help their fundraisers spend more time talking to donors instead of debating liability risks.

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PG Calc Blog Post

July 14, 2026

The Gift That Almost Didn’t Happen

A longtime donor is ready to make the largest gift of her relationship with your institution. The asset is a stake in a closely held business she’s preparing to sell. She’s motivated, the timing is right, and she’s asking for help. What happens next depends on whether your institution has the infrastructure to say yes. Complex assets represent a growing share of donor wealth. Most institutions aren’t set up to accept them, and the cost is largely invisible.

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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.

Software Training

Sep 22 & 29, 2026

GiftWrap Introductory (ONLINE 4 hours over 2 days)

This class introduces students to fundamental 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.

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Software Training

Oct 14, 2026

Gift Planning with PGM Anywhere - Advanced (IN PERSON) - New Orleans, LA

Join us for this in-person training ahead of the CGP National Conference in New Orleans.
When: Wednesday, October 14, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM ET
Where: New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA
This full-day seminar explores gift planning beyond the basics. We will review advanced gift planning techniques including retained life estates, charitable lead trusts, and estate planning models using PGM Anywhere.