We've developed an entirely new PGDC website from the ground up and it’s now live. Read about what’s new on the PGDC!

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We are pleased to announce that PGDC members now have free access to the National Committee on Planned Giving's Online Library of articles from the Journal of Gift Planning and proceedings from past NCPG Conferences.

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The Planned Giving Design Center endeavors to bring you the very best in original content and articles from leading publications on topics of interest to charitable gift planners. We are very pleased to announce that Trusts & Estates, the journal of wealth management, has graciously agreed to share selected articles from this highly acclaimed journal for publication on the PGDC.  MORE »

Under the heading of no good deed going unpunished, a tax professor's blog has Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney walking the plank for taking advantage of Katrina Relief Act provisions that allowed them to deduct gifts to non-Katrina related charities in 2005 that exceeded 50% of their AGI.  MORE »

The PGDC provides federal tax and information return forms and instructions in PDF format organized by year for donors, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and charitable organizations. Forms for 2005 are now available.  MORE »

In a September 13 release, the day of a Senate Finance Committee panel hearing on charitable giving, the Alliance for Charitable Reform supported the CARE Act, S. 6, providing increased incentives for charitable donations, but cautioned against charitable reforms that in reality are "merely additional bureaucratic regulations."  MORE »

One of the advantages of PGDC membership is the ability to share your thoughts, wisdom, and reactions by posting comments following news stories and articles, and by participating in discussion forums. If you have read member comments or discussions, you will notice the member's name accompanies his or her posting. When you click on a member's name, a box appears that contains the personal profile information that member has elected to make public. When the new PGDC was launched, in order to protect everyone's privacy, every member's personal profile information was set to the default setting of name only. However, you can elect to also display your email address, occupation information, other contact information, and even your personal biography in your public profile. This presents you with a great opportunity to let other members know more about you, and lets you contact and network with other PGDC members who have made their profiles public.  MORE »

For those familiar with Steve Leimberg, you know he produces some of the very best thinking in the fields of estate, financial, employee benefits, retirement and charitable gift planning. As you will see, the team of authors and commentators he has assembled are among the very brightest minds in practice today. Steve has agreed to share with our readers, from time to time, some of the more important commentaries from Leimberg Information Services pertaining to charitable planning and taxation.  MORE »

Welcome to the new Planned Giving Design Center! Two years in development, the PGDC is all new: the look, content organization, speed, navigation, searching and exploring have all been improved dramatically. We now invite you to take a brief tour of the new features of the new PGDC.  MORE »