Mentor Program

A mentor is a wise and trusted counselor or teacher

LACGP is proud to offer the Mentor Program as a resource to our members. Through the program, an experienced planned giving professional is paired with someone new to the field or someone looking for guidance in a specific area. The scope and duration of the mentoring relationship is determined by the mentor and the protégé.

When you are a protégé your mentor can:

• Answer your challenging questions
• Direct you to the resources you need
• Guide you to develop your program and strategies
• Inform you about important laws and legislation 
• Broaden your impact on the success of individuals and organizations
• Become an engaged and respected participant of your professional Community
• Help someone out the way that you may have been helped in the past

Criteria to participate in the LACGP Mentor Program are as follows:

• All participants are current members of the LACGP

• All participants must adhere to the Model Standards of Practice for the Charitable Gift Planner published by NACGP

Mentor Program Guidelines

For a successful experience the Mentor and Protégé are instructed to follow the program guidelines below:

• Mentor initiates a welcome phone call
• The Mentor and Protégé should meet monthly
• Establish goals and objectives during the first meeting
• Mentor and Protégé can establish guidelines for their communication - i.e., frequency of calls or meetings, where meetings take place, etc.
• Mid-year review - Mentor and protégé check in and say if goals are being met, how the experience is going, and if they would like to continue for another 6 months
• End-of-year exit interview - Mentor and Protégé report if goals were met and desire to continue into the next year
• Both Mentor and Protégé participate in regular surveys about the Mentorship Program
• Either party can request a reassignment through the program if they think that is necessary

Protégés are asked to serve as a volunteer for LACGP. Opportunities include assisting with the Western Regional Planned Giving Conference or PG-101 and serving on the LACGP membership committee or another ad-hoc task force as assigned by the board.

If you are interested in participating in the Mentor program, either as a Mentor or a Protégé, please click here to complete the online application.

For additional information about the LACGP Mentor Program, please contact the LACGP office at [email protected].