For nonprofits and charities

Holiday ecards for nonprofits

Your supporters hear from you most at year-end. A holiday card with your organization's name on it thanks them first, and it can end with a link to give. These holiday ecards for nonprofits are short animated cards with your logo, colors and words, sent by email to donors, volunteers, board members and partners, and you see the finished card before you pay.

Make this yours Watch the card

No account until you pay. Your director approves it by link. One price for your whole list.

Since 2003

Public service customers whose cards we built

"...our supporters and partners look forward to seeing each year."

Stanford University Haas Center for Public Service

"...we get lots of positive feedback from recipients."

Stanford University Haas Center for Public Service

"...we never expected such a positive response in the form of calls and e-mails from our recipients."

Mayor's Office of Special Events

Made for a nonprofit

A holiday card that looks like your organization

Type your organization's website address and the card takes your brand colors and finds your logo. Or drop in a logo file and the colors are read from it. Then every line of text is yours: the greeting, the message, and whether it comes from your executive director, your board or everyone on the team.

The result is a nonprofit holiday ecard that plays like a short film, with your logo, your colors, your words and music, full screen on a phone. It plays on its own web page, and the email that carries it to your donors is designed for you, with an animated or still graphic of the card. The demo on this page was set up for a community foundation in green and deep blue; press Make this yours and the studio opens the same design in those colors, ready for your own logo and words.

Your organization's brand

Type your organization's website and the card takes your colors and finds your logo.

Approved before it goes out

A watermarked approval link your director or board chair watches on a phone, with no account and nothing to download.

Thanks first

Every word is yours: Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings or your own, signed from your director, your board or the whole team.

Your donor list stays yours

Send it yourself from Mailchimp, Constant Contact or Outlook, and the list never leaves your system.

Ends with your giving page

Your website, your giving page or a volunteer sign-up, shown as links when the card finishes.

See who watched

The card's page shows how many people actually watched it, and sets no cookies on your supporters.

Three steps

How it works

1

Brand it

Pick a design and type your organization's website. Your logo and colors come in.

2

Approve it

Change the words, add your giving page, watch the finished card play, and send your director the approval link.

3

Send it

Pick your list size and buy. We send it, or you send it from your own email platform.

The catalog

Holiday ecard designs for your organization

The demo above is one of 51 holiday designs, and every one of them takes your organization's logo, colors and words. Press Change Colors to see a design in your colors, Preview to watch it, or Customize to open it in the studio.

Winter Forest: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Forest

Illustrated Ecard

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Cheerful Times: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Cheerful Times

Photo & Text Ecard

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Boxes of Joy: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Boxes of Joy

Illustrated Ecard

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Winter Dreams: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Dreams

Photo & Text Ecard

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After Hours: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

After Hours

Photo & Text Ecard

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Snowy Street Lights: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Snowy Street Lights

Illustrated Ecard

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Winter Stars: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Stars

Photo & Text Ecard

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Sunny Morning: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Sunny Morning

Photo & Text Ecard

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Holiday Shine: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Holiday Shine

Illustrated Ecard

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Sparkling Mosaics: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Sparkling Mosaics

Photo & Text Ecard

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Royal Holiday: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Royal Holiday

Photo & Text Ecard

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Smooth Jazz: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Smooth Jazz

Illustrated Ecard

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What to write in a holiday message to donors

A good holiday message to donors thanks them for what their support made possible this year, wishes them a good season, and says who it is from. Keep the card itself a thank-you. If you want supporters to have somewhere to go next, put your giving page in the card's ending links rather than in the message. Start from one of these and change any word.

To donors

"Thank you for standing with us this year. Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season."

"Happy holidays, and thank you for a year of generosity."

To volunteers

"Season's greetings from everyone at [organization name]. We could not do it without you."

"Thank you for every hour you gave this year. Wishing you a warm holiday and a bright new year."

To your board and partners

"Thank you for your leadership and your partnership this year. Season's greetings, and here's to the year ahead."

To your own staff

"To everyone at [organization name]: thank you for showing up for our mission all year. Rest well over the holidays."

Need more ideas for donor appreciation? Fifty more messages are in our holiday card messages for business.

Ecard or printed card for your supporters?

Many charities still mail printed nonprofit holiday cards to their major donors. Digital holiday cards reach every donor, volunteer and partner on the list, at one price, and end with a link to your giving page.

At a glance
Printed card
Holiday ecard
Best for
Major donors and a short list
Every donor, volunteer, board member and partner
Reaches
The mailing address on file
Every inbox, wherever your supporters are in December
Cost
Printing, postage and envelopes for each card
One price for the whole list
Approval
Proofs on paper
A link your director or board chair watches on a phone
Next step
A reply card or a web address to type
Links to your website or giving page when the card finishes
Afterwards
No way to know who saw it
See how many people watched
Two smiling volunteers holding donated blankets and a box

Who should get your organization's holiday card

  • Donors: individual and monthly givers, lapsed donors you would like to hear from again, foundations and corporate sponsors.
  • Volunteers, from the regulars to the people who came for one event.
  • Board members and partner organizations, and your own staff.

A card holds one message, so many organizations make two holiday ecards for donors and volunteers: one that thanks donors for their gifts and ends with a link to give, one that thanks volunteers and staff for their time. Copy the first card, change the words and the links, and both live in the same account.

A thank-you in the busiest month for giving

December is when your supporters hear from every cause they have ever given to. A card that opens with thanks, in your organization's own colors, stands apart from the appeals around it. Choose the greeting that fits your community: Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings or best wishes for the new year are the usual choices for a broad list, and every word is yours to type.

Thanked your supporters in November? Many organizations send a Thanksgiving thank-you first and a holiday card in December; see our Thanksgiving ecards for nonprofits.

Colleagues laughing together, one holding folders

Approved by your director or board before you pay

A year-end card to donors usually needs a yes from the executive director, the development director or the board chair. Press Send for approval and pass on the link. It shows the real, finished card with a watermark, has nothing to download, and needs no account, so anyone who signs off can watch it on a phone, wherever they are.

When the card is approved, answer one question at checkout and the clean card is made in about one to two minutes. Nothing is bought until you say yes, so the card can wait for the next board meeting if it has to.

Three smiling volunteers in aprons standing together

Your donor list stays in your hands

There are two ways to send, at the same price.

  • Send it yourself. We design the email; you send it from Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Outlook or another provider. Your donor list never leaves your own system.
  • We send it. Import your list and every address is checked before the send. Unsubscribes are handled for you, permanently, and you get a report afterward.

Either way, the email is designed and tested to render as widely as possible, and the card's own page sets no cookies on your supporters and is kept out of search engines. How each way works · Privacy.

A notebook with a handwritten list beside envelopes and star ornaments

When to send a nonprofit holiday card

Giving Tuesday is December 1, 2026, and the rest of the month is year-end giving season. Many organizations send their holiday card in the first half of December, after the Giving Tuesday push and before supporters leave for the holidays. Others send it in the last days of the year as a final thank-you. Send midweek, when it lands in an inbox rather than a busy weekend. If we send it, you can schedule it ahead of time.

End the card with a link to give

When the card finishes, it shows a row of links you choose: your website, your giving page, a volunteer sign-up, an annual report or your social accounts. The card thanks; the link is there for a supporter who wants to do more before the year closes. The gift itself is made on your own giving page, as always.

How many people will this card reach?

People you send to Price (USD)
0 to 500 people $99
501 to 1,000 people $249
1,001 to 2,500 people $399
2,501 to 5,000 people $599
5,001 to 10,000 people $899
10,001 to 20,000 people $1,499
20,001 to 30,000 people $2,099
30,001 to 40,000 people $2,699
40,001 to 50,000 people $3,299
50,000+ people Get a quote

Prices in US dollars. One purchase per card. There is no subscription and nothing to renew.

Start your card, pay when it's finished

Included at every size

  • Your card, finished and watermark-free
  • Its own web page, live for 60 days
  • The video, to download
  • An email designed to carry it
  • Sending by us, or a ready-made email for your own provider
  • Delivery reports when we send it

Questions nonprofits ask

Yes, when it looks like your organization and says thank you. The card carries your logo, your colors and your words, plays on its own page, and arrives in an email designed to carry it. Many organizations mail printed cards to a short list of major donors and send the ecard to everyone else.
Two or three sentences: thanks for what their support made possible this year, a wish for the season, and who it is from. Sample lines for donors, volunteers, your board and your staff are on this page.
Yes. Add your giving page to the card's ending links, the row of links shown when the card finishes.
Most organizations keep the words a thank-you and let the ending link do the rest: supporters who want to give are one click from your giving page, and everyone else simply gets a warm card.
Yes. Send the preview link; no account needed.
Most send in the first half of December, after Giving Tuesday on December 1 and before supporters leave for the holidays. A send in the last days of December works as a final thank-you of the year.
Yes, if you like: one thanks supporters in November, the other closes the year; see our Thanksgiving ecards for nonprofits for that one.
Donors, volunteers, board members, partner organizations and your staff. Many organizations make a second card so volunteers and staff are thanked for their time.
If you send it yourself, yes: we design the email and you send it from your own provider, so the list never leaves your system. If we send it, you import the list and every address is checked before the send.
Your choice: we send it to your list, or you send it from your own email platform with a ready-made email.
Yes. When the card finishes, it shows a row of links you choose: your website, other pages of yours, and your social accounts.
60 days from the later of your purchase and your last send, and another send extends it.

All questions

Your organization's holiday card, approved before you pay

Start from the demo in its colors, or pick any holiday design.

Make this yours Start your organization's card

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