2026 Giving Season Summit Recap

Return Soldiers Speak joined us at the Summit. Explore key takeaways from multiple sessions to enhance your organization's year-end fundraising and donor engagement strategies.

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What your team caught at Summit

Here are the top sessions you or your team attended

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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The DAF Opportunity: Winning Donor-Advised Fund Gifts at Year-End

DAFs are one of the biggest underused channels in philanthropy — and year-end is when to unlock them.

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Just for you

A few sessions we think your team would enjoy

How Blended Gifts Can Become Your Very Largest Donations

Pairing a current gift with a planned one can turn a modest ask into a donor's single largest gift.

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The Types of Gifts That Matter Most in 2026

Tax law changes and shifting donor preferences mean the gifts driving growth this year aren't the ones you'd expect.

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Raise transformational gifts with FreeWill

Here's where FreeWill can help next

Based on the sessions Returning Soldiers Speak attended, we've pulled together a few ways to keep the momentum going.

"FreeWill partners get a dedicated strategist, tested campaign content, and tools that make giving simple, whether that's a will, stock, or a QCD."

"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."

"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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