Top Ten Planned Giving Myths
1. Planned giving is not appropriate for a new organization.
2. Planned giving applies only to older people.
3. We need money now. Can't possibly think about planned giving
4. I need more technical training before I can even begin to raise the topic of a major planned gift.
5. People who make outright gifts are not planned giving donors.
6. Planned giving hurts annual giving.
7. Only wealthy people are planned giving prospects.
8. We can't launch a successful program without an experienced planned giving
    officer on our staff.
9. Our organization could never manage to pay a lifetime of checks.
10. I will suffer eternal mortification if a prospect or donor asks me a tax question I can't answer.