2026 Giving Season Summit Recap

Pontchartrain Conservancy joined us at the Summit. Discover valuable takeaways from the sessions attended and how your organization can enhance its fundraising strategies.

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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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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.

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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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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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Raise transformational gifts with FreeWill

Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Pontchartrain Conservancy 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.

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.

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.

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