We’re always talking about how the most effective fundraising is about the donor, not about the organization doing the fundraising.
Here’s a wonderful, real-world example. It comes from 101Fundraising, via Future Fundraising Now (our favorite fundraising blog).
Three test emails were sent out and here are the results:
Put really simply: donors are less interested in what you are doing, and more interested in what their gift accomplished. Apply that concept to your donor communications and you’ll start raising more money immediately.