51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter for a Non-for-Profit (Includes Examples & Samples)

51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter

One of the hardest jobs in fundraising is developing its own letters of thanks. You want to be grateful. But you also want to be fiscally responsible. You can not afford it, a unique thank-you letter for each of the thousands of donations you get to write every 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 shúker, thank you, for your
generosity.

2. We are so grateful to you for your recent gift—thanks!

3. I opened today’s 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. It’s 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 Canada’s 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 were not for faithful supporters like you, we are not. Thank you for providing the resources we need to make a difference in the lives of young people who struggle with eating disorders do here in our city.
19. For your generosity, I thank you.

20. Your gift of August 16, 2005 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 the support of our team for 20 years come the end of this month. So, this is a personal letter from me and the people we serve, thank you for your faith.
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 is from my heart, I am out the door I flew to India. Thank you for your recent gift. Your generosity will be in Calcutta a direct impact on the mother's life. I would like to take advantage of this sure and let you know in time. . .
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 can’t 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, want to change the world you need if you take your pen. From my email this morning, please pick up your pen last Friday. The Gifutoburisuben, one single mother here is to call Sally the world has changed.
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, 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 would never reach our goal. But your picture on their thinking, or your generosity. Because, thanks to your donations this year have not only met our goal. We have overcome. Thanks!
46. Someone once said that everything that we have knowledge of double value when we share them with others. Looking around me on the difference your financial support has made our organization, I know to be true. I am writing you this short note to express my gratitude, our thanks to bring to you and to express their 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. Just when we receive your gift, and again when I remember writing. I hope you are doubly blessed to provide. It is when describing the difference your gift makes us. . .
51. Thank you for your gift.

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