Nonprofit Direct Mail Examples
Higher Returns and More Buzz…
Are you looking for new ways to insure that your direct mail campaigns get higher returns and more buzz? Engage our services to create a campaign that compels your constituency to take notice and donate. Below are many examples of nonprofit direct mail campaigns we’ve created.
- We brainstorm your options and create concepts to fit your needs.
- We develop budgets based on quantities, lists and known response rates.
- We develop warm and fuzzy graphics that prospective donors respond to – they can’t resist.
- We organize your lists and donor attributes into categories that make sense and which are geared to increase response.
- We work as an agency to find the best printer and lettershop to handle your job.
- We create efficient campaigns that save valuable assets.
The Circle Of Care: A Nonprofit Direct Mail Fundraiser Campaign
Letter & Brochure Package
The example shown was designed with 4 pieces – a full-color outer envelope, a personalized letter with donor gift strings, a brochure and a return envelope.
Building Homes. Building Communities. Building Hope.
Letter Package
A direct mail fundraiser with a heartfelt story about a family whose life was transformed by Habitat for Humanity. This campaign was created for existing donors and for prospective donors who were selected from a highly-targeted list of like-type donors. A reply device with varaible gift string donation amounts was included.
Helping Kids with Diabetes Thrive – A Mailer Requesting Support for Kids Who Can’t Afford Camp
Letter Package
Each summer, Camp Hertko Hollow provides children with type 1 diabetes a safe, therapeutic, and empowering camp experience where they can be active, build confidence, and meet others who truly understand their challenges.
At camp, children learn critical diabetes management skills—monitoring blood glucose, managing insulin, and learning the balance of carb counting— while enjoying the freedom to just be kids. Camp Hertko gives campers a sense of normalcy and belonging, having a positive impact on their self-esteem, mental health, and approach to managing diabetes.
Bring Hope and Healing to Haiti Through Donor Support
Letter Package
Haiti’s hospitals are overwhelmed, and countless lives depend on urgent medical care. This campaign solicited donations to provide life-saving medicines, essential medical equipment, and support for patients in desperate need.
Helping Foster Kids Feel Confident – NonProfit Direct Mail
Letter Package
Every child deserves to feel confident and cared for, but too many foster kids face the challenge of not having everyday essentials like well-fitting clothes and shoes. This annual fundraiser campaign acquires donations to give these children the chance to shop for clothing that fits their style and needs—helping them feel a sense of belonging and self-esteem.
Enriching Lives, One Letter at a Time: Our Direct Mail Campaign for Special-Needs Kids
Letter & Buckslip Campaign
Cute kids highlight this campaign we created to raise money for a special-needs school. The package included a letterhead with tear-off coupon, a full-color window envelope, a buckslip and reply envelope (not shown).
See a short video of this mailer.
See a short video of this mailer.
Elegance: Successful Fundraising Events Start With Impactful Invitations
Riverlife Party at the Pier
Planning an important event? Choose us to create an invitation that captures the attention of your donors and compels them to attend. The image shown includes the design of the card, full color outer envelope and the logo. We also manage all of the production and mailing.
Where Size Meets Sophistication: Our Large Envelope Letter Packages Make a Statement
Animal Friends’ High-Impact Mailer
Donor campaigns rely on well-told stories that demonstrate the value of the nonprofit organization. Readers become donors when a story creates an emotional attachment. In the example shown, Animal Friends tells how they rescued a starving and abused puppy, then brought her back to health and a happy new life in an adopting home.
Where Creativity Meets Compassion: A-7 Sized Donor Campaigns
A Fundraiser for Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels hired us to create a donor campaign soliciting new donors. The mail package shown includes an A-7 outer envelope, a greeting-card-styled insert with facts about the number of individuals who benefit from meals, a reply card and reply envelope.
Testing the Waters: Exploring the Success of Different Theme Ideas in Direct Mail
Create 2 Unique Mailers with Varying Text and Keep Track of Results
We created 2 unique mailers, one based on individual stories and one based on our client’s research studies. Each package was mailed to equal quantities of homogeneous lists at the same time. Results were measured to determine which theme worked best. Subsequent package design will engage the data to enhance returns the next time the package is mailed to a larger list.
Crafting Connections: The Power of Letter-Sized Solicitation Mailers
A “Day of Giving” Donor Mailing
Davis & Elkins College hired us to create this first-ever Day of Giving package. The package included a personalized #10 business envelope, personalized letter, full-color reply form and reply envelope. Our role included writing, design, printing and mailing services.
From Our Hearts to Yours: Greeting Card Donor Campaigns that Inspire
Women Thrive Worldwide
A nonprofit agency located in Washington, DC, hired us to design the mailer shown. Graphics depict an old-world look and support the copy visually. Funds acquired form donors are used to aid women in poverty by helping them become responsible for themselves.
Where Style Meets Celebration: An Event Invitation Example That Leaves an Impression
West Virginia University’s Capital Campaign Kick-off Mailer
If you have an event, make it stand out by communicating with an aggressively designed invitation. Using quality designers to make your ideas come to life sets the tone for your event. In contrast, if you accept just any design, your event will lack interest and will actually act as a hurdle to convincing your prospects to participate in your event.