Keepers of the Burnt Island Light Summit recap
Keepers of the Burnt Island Light joined the Summit. Discover insights from the sessions on major giving potential and year-end giving strategies to inform your organization's approach.
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.
The State of Year-End Giving in 2026
Donor behavior is shifting fast this year — the strategies that worked last year-end need updating now.
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.
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 Keepers of the Burnt Island Light 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.
What's worked for others
From nonprofits tackling goals like yours
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