| Helpful Links Northwest Indiana Planned Giving Group The Northwest Indiana Planned Giving Group is the local "chapter" of the National Committee on Planned Giving. For more information about the Northwest Indiana Planned Giving Group, go to www.nwipgg.org National Committee on Planned Giving The National Committee on Planned Giving® is the professional association for people whose work includes developing, marketing, and administering charitable planned gifts. Those people include fund raisers for nonprofit institutions and consultants and donor advisors working in a variety of for-profit settings. For information about the National Committee on Planned Giving, go to www.ncpg.org Leave a Legacy Campaign Leave a Legacy® is a program of the National Committee on Planned Giving. It is a community-based program to help people learn about charitable giving through a will or from an estate. LEAVE A LEGACY® does NOT solicit gifts for any particular organization. Instead, the program is a cooperative effort of all types of nonprofit groups including social service and arts organizations, churches, hospitals, educational institutions and other philanthropic groups. For information on Leave a Legacy® go to www.leavealegacy.org Nonprofit Financial Reports For financial information about various nonprofit organizations, including copies of the Form 990 (federal tax filing), contact GuideStar at www.guidestar.org Better Business Bureau Alliance An organization that reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries. www.give.org Council on Foundations For more information about charitable foundations, contact the Council on Foundations at www.cof.org National Center for Family Philanthropy The National Center for Family Philanthropy is the only national resource center that focuses solely on matters of importance to families engaged in philanthropy and their effective giving. The National Center also imforms the larger public of the value of private philanthropy. www.ncfp.org |
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