2026 Giving Season Summit Recap

Chicago Botanic Garden joined us at the Summit. Discover insights from the sessions attended and learn how your organization can enhance year-end giving strategies.

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What your team caught at Summit

Here are the top sessions you or your team attended

4 Steps to Reverse the Small-Dollar Donor Decline

Retention beats acquisition — re-engaging donors before they drift away is the real fix for the small-dollar decline.

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How to Unlock Wealth-Based Giving at Year-End

Most donor wealth sits outside checking accounts — that's the untapped opportunity nonprofits miss by asking for cash only.

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Just for you

A few sessions we think your team would enjoy

World-Class Stewardship for December Donors

The donor relationship starts, not ends, when the year-end gift clears.

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How to Turn December Donors Into Year-Round Supporters Through Monthly Giving

December is the moment to convert one-time year-end gifts into a recurring, year-round donor base.

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Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Chicago Botanic Garden attended, we've pulled together a few ways to keep the momentum going.

FreeWill's Auto-Stewardship acknowledges and engages your bequest donors at scale with timely, customized emails sent on your behalf, no extra work for your team.

Donors trust a simple, professional way to give — whether that's a will, a stock gift, or a QCD — and FreeWill makes that easy to offer.

A FreeWill Featureship puts your nonprofit in front of thousands of people making a will each month — a direct way to reach donors you haven't met yet.

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