Donor follow-up · for small nonprofits
Thanked before the week gets away.
A gift comes in. The right thank-you is waiting in your Drafts — on time, in your voice. Every time.
Talk to Sophia30 minutes · No pitch · She ran a nonprofit too.
Watch one gift, handled
The work their gift made possible — remembered, and shown.
A demonstration — it runs on the tools you already use. Nothing sends without a person.
Why it matters
A gift thanked within 48 hours is far likelier to come again. The thank-you is where keeping a donor begins — and it's the easiest thing to let slip.
Common questions
How fast should a thank-you go out?
Within 48 hours is what donors notice. The problem is never intent — it's that the week fills up. Drafting the note the moment a gift arrives keeps you in that window without adding a task.
Do I need a CRM or new software?
No. If your donation platform emails you when a gift comes in — and nearly all do — a small helper in your own Google or Microsoft account drafts the note for you. No CRM, no new login, no monthly bill.
Isn't an automated thank-you impersonal?
It doesn't have to be. Nothing sends by itself. The note lands in Drafts; a person reads it, adjusts, and sends. It removes the blank page and the delay — not the human.
Which platforms does it work with?
Any that email you when someone gives — PayPal, Givebutter, DonorBox, Stripe, Zeffy, Classy, and most others. Unusual wording just needs one small, quick adjustment.
Tell Sophia what's slipping.
30 minutes. No pitch — a conversation with someone who lived this exact problem.
Talk to SophiaSetup from $1,000 · Care from $300/mo · No contracts.
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