Patrick Schmitt and fellow FreeWill co-CEO Jenny Xia founded at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in 2016. FreeWill’s charitable giving platform makes it easier for nonprofit fundraising teams to unlock transformational gifts, and to date has generated over $6.6 billion in new gift commitments for thousands of nonprofit organizations. Patrick hosts FreeWill’s popular webinar series, educating thousands of nonprofit fundraising professionals each month about planned and non-cash giving strategies. Before FreeWill, Patrick was the Head of Innovation at Change.org, where he helped grow the organization to 100 million users in four years. Prior to that, he ran email marketing for President Obama and served as Campaign Director for MoveOn.org.
Capital campaigns drive incredible impact for nonprofit organizations, funding important new investments that grow their capacity to pursue their missions and serve more constituents. These campaigns also create many opportunities to deepen relationships and drive impact beyond soliciting one-time campaign gifts and pledges. For example, many organizations use their capital campaign to help kickstart or […]
