For nonprofits & fundraising teams
Handwritten thank you notes that keep donors coming back
New donors who get a prompt, personal thank-you give about 39% more to your next campaign, and the lift lasts over a year.
Fewer than half give again.
Why it works
Donors respond to effort
The research is blunt about one thing: a generic, mass-sent thank-you does almost nothing. What moves donors is a personal, leadership-signed note, specific to them, with no ask attached. Scribe sends that exact touch across your whole mid-level file, not just the handful you can reach by hand.
back for every $1 spent mailing your active donors, the highest-return direct-response channel most nonprofits run.
given in the next campaign by donors who received a prompt, personal thank-you, with the lift still holding a year later.
93% of donors would give again, and 64% would give more, with better communication. Donors name a personal thank-you as the message they value most.
Where it works
The moments worth a handwritten note
Stewardship isn’t one send. It’s a handful of high-impact moments across the donor lifecycle, each one a reason to give again.
Gift acknowledgments
A consistent thank-you program, especially for your major donors, sent while gratitude still lands.
New donor welcome
A handwritten welcome within 7–10 days of a first gift, when the first-to-second gift is won or lost.
Major donor outreach
Board- or executive-signed notes for your top donors, produced at scale but written in real ink.
Event invitations
Handwritten invites for galas, VIP receptions, and cultivation events that stand apart from the email blast.
Lapsed donor reactivation
Quarterly touches to supporters inactive 6–18 months, reaching them where another email won’t.
Peer-to-peer appreciation
Thank the top fundraisers and volunteers who carry your campaigns, in a way that keeps them coming back.
How it works
Your message, consistently delivered
Set it up once. From there, stewardship goes out on its own, personalized to each donor.
Connect your CRM or upload a list
A spreadsheet upload or an automated trigger straight from your donor database.
Choose a design and message
Match your brand and your voice, folded card and envelope included.
Personalize at scale
Name, gift amount, campaign, event details, whatever makes each note specific.
We produce and mail
Real handwriting and a real stamp, shipped through USPS. You do nothing.
Why Scribe
What makes Scribe different
Not a printed piece dressed up to look personal. Real handwriting, produced from your data.
Real handwriting that makes donors feel valued
Real ink, real pen, real paper, not a font. A donor can’t tell it from an actual handwritten note, so it lands with the personal weight of one.
Mail that actually gets opened and read
Handwritten envelopes get opened. Your message gets seen, which is the whole battle in donor communication.
It looks local, even when you mail nationally
No out-of-state postmark. A donor across the country gets a letter that feels like it came from down the street, not a mail house three states away.
Development teams used to hand-write major-donor notes one at a time. Now you get the same effect, automated, all from your Scribe account.
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