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