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• Bi-Monthly Program - September 16, 2025

  • When
    09/16/2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    The Chicago Community Trust, 33 S. State St, Chicago, IL or Virtual
  • Registered
    16 registrants

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  Program Schedule
  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
  Deeds and Misdeeds: Navigating Gifts of Real Estate
  Speaker: Marcus A. Knotts, J.D., Senior Vice President, Development, Purdue for Life Foundation
  
  11:15 AM - 12:15 PM - Lunch Break (complimentary lunch will be provided to in-person attendees)
  
  12:15 PM – 1:30 PM 
  Help Me Help You: Effective Collaboration Between Attorneys and Planned Giving Officers
  Panelists: 
  Kirk Hoopengarner, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
  Neil Kawashima, Partner, McDermott Will & Shulte LLP
  Moderated by Camille Licklider, Senior Executive Director, Gift Planning, Northwestern University

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  Deeds and Misdeeds: Navigating Gifts of Real Estate
  Want to turn dirt into dollars? Real estate is often a donor’s most valuable (and underutilized) asset, but accepting property isn’t always as simple as cashing a check. This session will explore how to make the case for real estate gifts, the building blocks of a successful program, and the common landmines to avoid. Spoiler: it’s less about location, location, location, and more about preparation, preparation, preparation.

  Marcus A. Knotts, J.D., Senior Vice President, Development, Purdue for Life Foundation
  As Senior Vice President, Development at the Purdue for Life Foundation, Marcus 
  oversees the Office of Planned Giving, a role that requires equal parts circus management, group therapy, and legal interpretation. He also serves the Foundation’s senior leadership team where his chief contributions include raising inconvenient questions and reminding everyone that “technically, we can’t do that.” On his second tour of duty with Purdue, Marcus has guided Planned Giving for nearly fifteen years and is still searching for the moment when it all starts to make sense.

  Help Me Help You: Effective Collaboration Between Attorneys and Planned Giving Officers
  Kirk Hoopingarner and Neil Kawashima will discuss ways estate planning attorneys can assist in the planned giving process.  This will include real life examples of ways Neil and Kirk have aided their clients in making meaningful charitable donations, including legacy gifts, and ways planned giving officers have greatly assisted in this process.  Neil and Kirk will include thoughts on stewardship provisions and related monitoring and enforcement of donations, management of endowments, and the dynamics of family philanthropy, including private foundation succession governance and the growing world of donor advised funds.
  
  
  

  Early Bird Registration Fees -- Ends August 27
  $55 Member
  $85 Non-member 
  $200 Season Pass (Members Only)

  Registration Fees -- Starting August 27
  $65 Member
  $95 Non-member 

  
  

   

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• CCPG Nuts & Bolts - October 7, 2025

  • When
    10/07/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Teams Virtual Meeting

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  Trust, Transparency, and Technology: Navigating the Planned Giving Journey with Boomers
  Speaker: Nathan Stelter, Stelter Company
  
  
  

  
  

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• Bi-Monthly Program - November 18, 2025

  • When
    11/18/2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    The Chicago Community Trust, 33 S. State St, Chicago, IL or Virtual

  CCPG members receive discounted rates on programs. Not a CCPG member? Join or renew today!
  

  Program Schedule
  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
  Blended Asks, Bigger Impact: Unlocking the Power of Integrated Fundraising
  Speaker: Mary Peterson, Founder, Databasey and the Hey Fundraiser Podcast, Strategic Partner, Alford Group

  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM - Lunch break (Complimentary lunch will be provided to in-person attendees)

  12:15 PM – 1:30 PM 
  Early-Stage Planned Giving: Growing a Sustainable Program
  Speaker: Mary Peterson, Founder, Databasey and the Hey Fundraiser Podcast, Strategic Partner, Alford Group + Co-Presenter 

  
  

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• Bi-Monthly Program - January 13, 2026

  • When
    01/13/2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    The Chicago Community Trust, 33 S. State St, Chicago, IL or Virtual

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  More information coming soon! 

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• CCPG Nuts & Bolts - February 10, 2026

  • When
    02/10/2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Teams Virtual Meeting

  CCPG members receive discounted rates on programs. Not a CCPG member? Join or renew today!
  
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• Bi-Monthly Program: Roundtables - March 10, 2026

  • When
    03/10/2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Chicago Community Trust, 33 S. State Street, Chicago, IL
  • Spaces left
    60

  CCPG's Roundtable Discussions!

  (in-person only)

  Program Schedule
  10:00 AM – 10:05 AM  Brief Welcome
  10:05 AM – 10:30 AM  1st Round
  10:35 AM – 11:00 AM  2nd Round
  11:05 AM – 11:30 AM  3rd Round
  11:35 AM – 12:00 PM  4th Round
  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM    Lunch and CCPG Annual Meeting*

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

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