Fundraising Donors need to be
thanked!
It as always nice
to be thanked for something you have done, whether it is
something small or big, and donors are no exception. If
they make the effort to support your worthy cause, then
they need to be acknowledged and thanked for this. Here
are some suggestions kindly provided by Alan
Sharpe.
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51 Ways to
Say Thank-you in a Fundraising
Letter
by: Alan
Sharpe
One of the hardest
jobs in fundraising is crafting original thank-you
letters. You want to be thankful. But you also want to be
fiscally responsible. You cannot afford to write a unique
thank-you letter for each of the thousands of donations
you receive each year. Here are some ideas for keeping
your appreciation original.
1. In response to
your recent gift to MSF, I join with the people of
Afghanistan in saying shker, thank you, for your
generosity.
2. We are so grateful to you for
your recent gift thanks!
3. I opened todays mail and found
your generous donation. Thanks!
4. Thank you for your
donation.
5. I had to simply praise the
Lord this morning when I received your gift in the mail. Bless
you!
6. Thank you for supporting our
Move The Mountain appeal with your gift of $50.
7. Thank you for renewing your
support. Here's how we are using your gift already . .
.
8. Your gift of $100 arrived
today and will soon be hard at work, helping us provide fresh
drinking water to the people of Nanbitu. Thanks.
9. Thank you for your continued,
faithful support of our hospital.
10. I have to admit I am
overjoyed by your recent generosity. Thank you for your
donation of . . .
11. What a delight it was for all
of us here at The Wethered Street Mission to learn that you
have included us in your Will. May the Lord reward you richly
for remembering the poor and destitute with your
bequest!
12. Two wonderful things happened
this week. We won the Nobel Peace Prize. And we received your
gift of $2,000. Thanks! I know the recognition that we treasure
the most. Its your . . .
13. Thank you for
your generous grant of $20,000 for our Brighten Up
Campaign.
14. I greatly appreciate your
kindness to our ministry.
15. Someone has said that the
Inuit of Canadas North have over 100 words for snow. I wish
there were that many for thank you, because I'd use every one
of them in this letter.
16. We received your cheque
today. What a blessing!
17. I put the phone down just now
after talking with you, and simply had to put in writing how
excited we all are to be receiving your grant for $100,000
toward our Living Hope Campaign.
18. Simply put, if it wasn't for
faithful supporters like you, we wouldn't exist. So thank you
for supplying the funds that we need to make a difference in
the lives of teenagers who struggle with eating disorders right
here in our own city.
19. For your generosity, I thank
you.
20. Your gift of August 16, 2005
- 2009 raised our spirits. Thanks to your generosity, we are
now able to . . .
21. Your tax-free donation
reminds me of how much we depend on your generosity and moral
support to accomplish our mission.
22. Thank you for your gift. I
did the math, and your kind gesture will help us lay 550 brick
in our new school project in Bolivia. So I thank you today. The
children will thank you in January!
23. Thank you for your bequest.
It touched our hearts to know that . . .
24. Two things thrill me about
your recent gift to Thorburn College. One is your generosity.
And the other is your continued faith in our
mandate.
25. Your gift, which arrived this
morning, will help us plant 200 trees along the Pacific Coast.
Thank you so much!
26. I was looking through our
files the other day and realized that you have been supporting
our group for 20 years come the end of this month. So this is a
personal letter from me, and from the people we serve, thanking
you for your faithfulness.
27. I suppose the word is
gratified. We are gratified that you believe in our work enough
to give us a grant. Thank you for your trust in us.
28. This is just a quick note,
but it comes from my heart as I head out the door for my flight
to India. Thank you for your recent gift. Your generosity will
make an immediate difference in the lives of mothers in
Calcutta. I am going to make sure of that, and to keep you up
to date on . . .
29. Use where needed most. Those
four words on your recent cheque have changed the life of one
youngster forever. His name is Ahmed. And he is no longer
blind, thanks to you.
30. The Bible says that the Lord
loves a cheerful giver. And so do we! Thanks for your kind
donation to our annual Beat The Streets Campaign.
31. Billy K. is serving life in
San Quintin and cant thank you for your gift to our ministry.
But I can, because I met with Billy yesterday. Your gift
touched his heart. Here is what he said by way of
thanks.
32. For your gift, for your
prayers and for your steadfast commitment to the work of the
Lord in Nepal, I thank you.
33. I shared Thanksgiving Dinner
with 100 wonderful street people last night, thanks to your
generosity. See the enclosed photographs.
34. Martin Luther said that if
you want to change the world you should pick up your pen. I see
from this mornings mail that you picked up your pen last
Friday. Your gift has changed the world of one single mother
here in Brisbane, who I will call Sally.
35. I showed your recent gift to
the Head of Obstetrics, and you should have seen her reaction!
She almost fainted in the lobby, she shrieked so
loud!
36. Samantha loves her mom. She
loves her bike. And she loves the person who saved her life.
You. Because of your gift of December 18, 2005 - 2009, we were
able to buy Samantha a new . . .
37. You are a treasure to us all.
Thanks again for standing with us.
38. Thanks to your kindness and
generosity, one hundred blankets are being loaded on a plane as
I write, headed for the New Hope Orphanage in Johannesburg.
They have warmed many hearts around here already, because of
you.
39. Thanks again for your gift.
You are an example to us of a true servant spirit, esteeming
others more than yourself, and putting Kingdom priorities ahead
of your own.
40. I must dash. Let me conclude
with a final heartfelt THANK YOU for remembering our friends
who live with disabilities.
41. Next time you are driving
down Princess Street, please take a look at the new wheelchair
entrance to our food bank, and our guests who are using it,
thanks to your generosity and commitment to our
work.
42. You'll see that everyone here
at the office has signed this thank-you letter. That's because
we are so amazed by your faithful support over the
years.
43. We are humbled by your recent
expression of support for our work. Thank you.
44. I have a tune running through
my mind as I am writing this thank-you letter to you. I learned
it at camp. You probably did, too. Your gift brought it to
mind, your generous gift.
45. When we started our Run For
Their Lives campaign last year, some people said we would never
meet our goal. But they did not figure you into their thinking,
or your generosity. Because, thanks to your gifts this year, we
have not only met our goal. We've surpassed it.
Thanks!
46. Someone once said that
whatever we possess becomes of double value when we share it
with others. Looking around me at the difference your financial
support has made to our organization, I know that to be true.
So I'm writing you this brief note to express my thanks, our
thanks, for you and for your donations in recent
months.
47. Have you ever wondered if
your gift to our ministry would arrive at a crucial time, and
save the day, as it were? Well, I know that your gift of $100
did this week. Let me explain how.
48. Your gift of $5 put a smile
on a boy's face yesterday. I was there to witness it myself.
Here's what happened.
49. A friend of mine used to say
that we should hem our blessings with gratitude lest they
unravel. So this letter is my way of putting a hem around the
generous gift you sent us last week. I don't want to ever
forget it.
50. The nice thing about writing
thank-you letters is that we are blessed twice. Once when we
receive your gift, and again when we remember it in writing. I
hope you are doubly blessed in the giving. You will be, when I
describe the difference your gift is making in our . .
.
51. Thank you for your
gift.
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