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Membership

Prospective Members

Current Members


There are two options of membership in PPP-LA:
I.	Member of the PPP-LA council only - $65.00
II.	Member of both the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (PPP) and the PPP-LA council - $185.00

Member Benefits

Dues and Membership Particulars

The membership year is a twelve-month period, starting the month in which your dues are received. The annual dues are as follows:

▪	$65.00 Membership in PPP-LA only
▪	$185.00 Membership in both PPP-LA and NCPG

Memberships are for individuals and are not transferable; we do not offer corporate memberships. The membership cycle is on a 12-month basis and members are assigned an anniversary date; therefore, regardless of which month you join, you will receive benefits for a full 12 months.

PPP-LA serves both the nonprofit and allied professional, whether new to the field or with many years of experience. Professional groups represented at the PPP-LA include:

Nonprofit Members
▪	Planned Giving Officers and Directors
▪	Development Officers and Directors
▪	Trustees, Staff & Volunteers
Allied Professionals:
▪	Trust Officers
▪	Financial Planners
▪	Accountants
▪	Insurance Consultants
▪	Attorneys
▪	Investment & Banking Professionals

I.	Member of the PPP-LA Council only
▪	Discounted registration to the general membership meetings and the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference
▪	Regular opportunities for professional education through presentations from industry leaders about timely planned giving issues at the general membership meetings and the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference
▪	Frequent opportunities for networking with other gift planners and allied professionals at the general membership meetings and the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference
▪	The PPP-LA Bulletin (five issues per year)
▪	The PPP-LA Membership Directory Request Directory
▪	The PPP-LA Job Postings
▪	The PPP-LA Mentor Program for new gift planning professionals
▪	Scholarship opportunities for the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference and the National Conference on Philanthropic Planning
▪	Continuing education credits offered through the general membership meetings and the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference
▪	Participation with the Leave A Legacy program

II.	*Member of both the PPP and* PPP-LA Council:**
All of the above benefits apply in addition to the following benefits as a member of PPP
▪	Discounted registration to the National Conference on Planned Giving
▪	The Journal of Gift Planning (quarterly publication)
▪	Gift Planner Update (monthly newsletter)
▪	PPP Membership Directory (annual publication & online)
▪	Access to a web-based job posting service

The Model Standards of Practice for the Charitable Gift Planner is a voluntary code of professional conduct for gift planners and donor advisors. PPP provides an Ethics Committee to address the concerns of individual members and to work with the councils to clarify and ratify the Model Standards. All councils affiliated with PPP must ratify the Model Standards.