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The CGP Mentor Program is designed to develop relationships between experienced professionals and those early in their gift planning career seeking to learn and enhance skills that will help further their career.

Mentors and mentees will be expected to meet once a month, with a one-year commitment starting October 2023. There will also be several educational presentations throughout the year for the entire cohort of mentees. The next application will open in June 2024.


Apply to be a Mentee 

For potential mentees, this is a great opportunity for you to take your career to the next level by connecting with a mentor who can offer insights and help you navigate your professional development. Mentees are required to:

  • have 2-5 years of gift planning experience (in which gift planning is at least 25% of job responsibilities)

  • be a current member of CGP

Through the CGP Mentor Program, mentees can expect to gain:

  • Access to a support system during critical stages of career development
  • Exposure to diverse perspectives and experiences
  • A clearer understanding and enhancement of career development plans
  • An ability to benefit from a mentor relationship where mentoring may not be readily available through your employer
  • A recognition of the importance of mentors and what they provide to your development
  • Greater knowledge of career success factors
  • And so much more!

Mentees will be asked to secure a separate acknowledgment of their application from their supervisor to apply. Prior to selection, each prospective mentor will be interviewed to help the committee match them with a mentor that may be best able to provide the experience for which the mentee is seeking.

The application will open in June 2024. 

Please note: Not all who apply will be matched with a mentor based on several factors including goals and experience.

 

Apply to be a Mentor 

For potential mentors, this is an opportunity to give back, share your expertise and refine your own skills. Mentors, should:

  • have at least 10 years of planned giving experience (in which gift planning is at least 25 percent of job responsibilities)
  • be currently engaged in planned giving at least 50 percent of the time
  • be a member of CGP for at least three of the last five years

Through the CGP Mentor Program, mentors will gain:

  • Satisfaction in sharing your wisdom and experience with others
  • Enhancement of coaching leadership, and management skills
  • Exposure to a diversity of thought, styles, personalities, and culture
  • Opportunity to reflect on your own goals and practices
  • And so much more!

The application helps assess the strengths and background that prospective mentors have to offer. Two references will also be requested in the application. Prior to selection, each prospective mentor will be interviewed to better understand their mentoring skills, the background they can offer mentees, and how they could be best matched. 

The next application will open in June 2024. 

Please note: Not all who apply will be matched with a mentee based, on several factors including program needs. The application helps assess the strengths and background that prospective mentors have to offer. Mentors who are not matched with a Mentee in a given year will be considered for matches in future years.