SAMPLE LEGACY SOCIETY CHARTER MEMBER LETTER

(To be imprinted on NPO’s letterhead)

(DATE)

Mr./Mrs. (INSERT NAME)

(ADDRESS)

(CITY/STATE/ZIP)

Dear (INSERT NAME):

Thank you for your ongoing support of (INSERT ORGANIZATION NAME). Your generous promise of a planned gift helps ensure the long-term sustainability of our mission to (INSERT SHORT MISSION).

Your forward-thinking generosity makes you a founding member of our new legacy society, (INSERT SOCIETY NAME IF THERE IS ONE). Throughout the year we will honor you and the other members of the legacy society through (CUSTOMIZE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION):

(EXAMPLE BENEFIT #1: Recognition on our website)

(EXAMPLE BENEFIT #2: Tributes in publications such as X, Y & Z)

(EXAMPLE BENEFIT #3: Invitation to an annual (INSERT SOCIETY NAME) luncheon)

Thank you again for your support of our mission now and in the future. Your generosity and philanthropic legacy will long be remembered.

Warm regards,

(NAME)

(EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)