Business Holiday Cards · Nonprofits & Faith Organizations
Nonprofits and faith organizations place our largest average orders — and they're the group most often left off a card company's list. Here's what we've learned printing for them.
Good-tier pricing, with envelopes and imprinting included. Early-order discounts come off on top of these prices — 20% by November 16, 10% by December 11. These are the everyday prices — this season’s early-order discounts have closed. Better and Best designs cost more — see all three tiers and price your order.
Your donors hear from you when you need something. That's the nature of it. A card in November that says thank you and nothing else is the one piece of mail all year that isn't a solicitation — and it is remembered accordingly. Send it before the year-end appeal, not with it.
A church sending to its congregation and a foundation sending to a mixed donor list have opposite requirements. We carry a full Religious family alongside Peace on Earth, Dove and Winter Scene for organizations that need warmth without doctrine. Hanukkah too.
Every dollar on printing is a dollar not on program. At 1,000 cards you're at $1.85 a card, and the early-order discount comes off on top of that. The early-order discount takes 20% off the card price if you order by November 16, then 10% by December 11.This season’s early-order discounts have closed — the prices you see are the everyday prices. Order in September and the difference is real money.
When to send
Year-end giving and year-end thanking are two different mailings, and they should not arrive in the same week. Send the card first, clean, with no envelope for a check in it — then let the appeal follow. A Thanksgiving card does this better than a December one, because nobody else is sending one and the message is already gratitude. Order early and the money goes to program instead of to rush. The early-order discount takes 20% off the card price if you order by November 16, then 10% by December 11.This season’s early-order discounts have closed — the prices you see are the everyday prices.
In their words
Best Holiday Cards has exceptional offers before Christmas for needed business Christmas Cards. Usually order two separate cards for our company in quantities of 850 and 100 and always receive quickly with no errors. Utilizing the discount(s) offered makes for a real bargain.
Religious and secular side by side — pick the lane your list is on, or split the order and send both. Prices shown are per card with envelopes at 100 — they come down at every quantity break.
Three designs, picked by a person
Tell us who you’re sending to and roughly how many. We’ve been publishing cards since 2003 — we’ll come back with three that actually fit, and you take it from there. No obligation, and we don’t hand your address to anybody.
What to write inside
Your donors are hearing from every organization they gave to, all in the same three weeks. The ones that land say thank you and stop.
“Because of you, this year meant something. Thank you.”
Short, warm, no ask. The one to send when the card is genuinely a thank-you and nothing else.
“Your generosity did real work this year. We are grateful for it, and for you.”
Slightly fuller. Good for a mixed list of donors, volunteers and board.
“Thank you for standing with us. Wishing you and yours a peaceful holiday season.”
Secular and safe across a mixed faith list.
“With gratitude for your partnership this year, and our best wishes for the next.”
For foundations, corporate partners and institutional funders.
Up to four lines on the card and four on the envelope, in a coordinated ink color and any of about a hundred font styles. Imprinting is free, always — it is not a seasonal promotion.
Getting it right
Not a line, not a QR code, not a “consider a year-end gift.” The moment there is an ask, it stops being a thank-you and your donor knows it.
“Because of you” beats “because of our mission.” The donor is the subject of the sentence.
Board, staff, volunteers, major donors and small donors do not all want the same card. Two designs across one list is normal and costs less than you would think.
The categories nonprofits order from most. Prices are per card with envelopes at 1,000.
Tell us who you're sending to and roughly how many. We've been doing this since 2003 — we'll point you at the three or four designs that actually fit, and you can take it from there.
