# FreeWill

> FreeWill is a public benefit corporation offering free online estate documents to individuals and paid fundraising software and strategy to nonprofits. It connects wills and other planning tools with optional charitable gifts, and has expanded into non-cash donations, AI-assisted grant applications and estate planning for financial advisers.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jenny Xia Spradling (Co-Founder and Co-CEO), Patrick Schmitt (Co-Founder and Co-CEO)
- **Products:** Last Will and Testament, Revocable Living Trust, Advance Healthcare Directive, Financial Power of Attorney, Beneficiary Designations
- **Notable:** Company reports 1.5 million-plus wills created., Company reports $14.2 billion-plus committed to nonprofits, rather than cash already received., Company reports 2,400-plus nonprofit partners.

## Products & services

- **Last Will and Testament** — Free guided estate-document creation with optional charitable bequests and instructions for completing the document.
- **Revocable Living Trust** — Free trust-document tool; California launch in August 2020. The current nonprofit site advertises all-state availability. Signing and asset transfers remain necessary.
- **Advance Healthcare Directive** — Self-help documents for recording care preferences and appointing a healthcare decision-maker.
- **Financial Power of Attorney** — Self-help documents appointing someone to handle financial matters under the document’s terms.
- **Beneficiary Designations** — Tools supporting planning for non-probate assets and charitable beneficiary gifts.
- **Planned Giving Suite** — Nonprofit estate-giving tools with donor reporting, outreach support and strategy.
- **Smart Giving Suite** — Nonprofit tools for donor-advised funds, securities, qualified charitable distributions and cryptocurrency gifts.
- **Featureships** — Paid nonprofit visibility within the public will-making experience, nationally or regionally.
- **Planned Giving Microsites and Services** — Branded educational sites, campaign materials, training and fundraising strategy.
- **Grant Assistant** — Acquired AI platform for funding discovery and grant-proposal drafting and refinement; serves nonprofits and international development organizations.
- **Estately** — Financial-adviser estate-planning platform offering self-directed and attorney-led drafting workflows.

## Achievements

- Company reports 1.5 million-plus wills created.
- Company reports $14.2 billion-plus committed to nonprofits, rather than cash already received.
- Company reports 2,400-plus nonprofit partners.
- Bain’s portfolio page recorded 714,000 estate plans and 1,100-plus nonprofit partners at December 31, 2022.
- Acquired Grant Assistant and launched Estately in October 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — FreeWill and Charity Navigator advertised a free virtual Giving Season Summit for September 10; the event date has passed, but attendance or outcomes were not independently verified.
- **2026-10** — FreeWill advertises an October 6 stock-giving webinar; this is upcoming as of the October 3 research date.
- **2024-10** — Announced Grant Assistant acquisition on October 22 and Estately launch on October 29.

## Links

- Website: https://www.freewill.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freewill/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/freewill_hq
- GitHub: https://github.com/freewillpbc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeWillHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03