2026 Giving Season Summit Recap

Jefferson Community Foundation joined us at the Summit. Discover valuable takeaways from the sessions attended and how your organization can leverage these strategies for year-end giving.

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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

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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The Ideal Year-End Playbook for Organizations of Different Sizes

There's no single blueprint for year-end success, but proven approaches scale to fit your team's size and resources.

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Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Jefferson Community Foundation attended, we've pulled together a few ways to keep the momentum going.

Jefferson Community Foundation received a $2,500,000 bequest through FreeWill's public website this past year — a clear sign donors are ready to give this way to your cause.

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.

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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