Your summit recap

Friends of the Texas Historical Commission summit recap

Friends of the Texas Historical Commission joined us at the Summit. Explore insights from the sessions attended and discover strategies to enhance your year-end fundraising efforts.

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What your team caught at Summit

Here are the top sessions you or your team attended

Finding Untapped Major Giving Potential Within Your Existing Donor Base

Your existing donor base already has stock, DAF, and crypto capacity — the potential is there, you just haven't asked yet.

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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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Just for you

A few sessions we think your team would enjoy

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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Must-Use Practices for Conversations With Major Donors at End-of-Year

Year-end is a relationship moment, not just a solicitation moment — the strongest asks come from confident, trust-first conversations.

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Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Friends of the Texas Historical Commission 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.

The average stock gift through FreeWill runs about $10,400, against roughly $100 for an average cash gift. Same donors, a very different number when they give a different way.

FreeWill partners get a dedicated strategist and a tested year-end campaign structure, so your team isn't building the plan from scratch.

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What's worked for others

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