Everything You Need in Planned Giving

Since 1985, PG Calc has helped charities and non-profits of all types and sizes achieve planned giving success. PG Calc offers a full suite of planned giving products and services for organizations seeking to start or expand a program, benefit from effective planned giving marketing, or successfully administer planned giving programs.

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What We Do

FIND MORE PROSPECTIVE DONORS

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.

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.

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.

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.

What's New

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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 served by an angry robot. Let’s consider a question: What on earth is a Net Income Charitable Remainder Unitrust (NICRUT) – or its fraternal twin a NIMCRUT for that matter – and how does it differ from a Standard CRUT or a CRAT?

PG Calc eRate newsletter Aug2025
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
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.

Featured Article
July 15, 2026

Has the “Great Wealth Transfer” Finally Begun? Reading the Tea Leaves in the 2026 Giving USA Report

The headlines following release of the Giving USA 2026 Annual Report on Philanthropy have been decidedly upbeat for a change. But before we launch a parade celebrating, it is worth pausing to look past the headlines. The real value of the Giving USA Report lies in its capacity to illuminate long-term trends, expose underlying structural shifts, and point toward data-informed insights for smart fundraising.

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.

Special Report

Is Your Planned Giving Website Ready for the AI Era?

AI is changing how donors search, learn, and make decisions. Download our special report, The AI-Ready Planned Giving Website, and learn why your planned giving website is now more important than ever. This report explains how nonprofits can turn anonymous digital interest into real legacy gift conversations by using clear content, donor-friendly design, search-ready pages, interactive tools, and low-pressure lead capture.

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.

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.

Free Scorecard

Use Our Free Scorecard to Rate the AI-Readiness of Your Planned Giving Website

Donors are researching legacy gifts online before they ever contact your organization. Is your website ready to answer? Download the AI-Ready Planned Giving Website Scorecard and see how your current site measures up. This simple self-assessment will help you evaluate your planned giving website across key areas, including content, search visibility, lead capture, donor experience, accessibility, and campaign integration.

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Whether you are an existing client who wants more help, or you need to start a new program, optimize your existing program, or improve your marketing outreach, we can help.

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