Donation certificate templates and badges
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Badge · Landscape · Portrait
A donation certificate template helps a nonprofit, a school or hospital foundation, a church or a community trust thank the people who give. It goes to individual donors, families, alumni and local businesses after a gift, at the close of a campaign or at a donor evening, and is usually signed by the executive director and the board chair.
A good donor certificate names the person, says what the gift supports (the annual fund, a scholarship, a building project), mentions any giving society they joined, and carries a date and a record ID. Leave out the amount unless the donor asks for it; the thanks matter more than the figure.
The designs here come as certificates in A4 and US Letter and as badges, so you can print one for the frame and send the same award by email for the donor to share.
Wording
What to write on a donation certificate
Use these lines as they are, or as a start for your own. Every template comes with wording you can change in the studio.
Wording for a donor certificate of appreciation
- “In grateful recognition of your generous gift to our annual fund.”
- “With thanks for your support of our scholarship program and the students it serves.”
- “Your generosity helps us keep our doors open to everyone in our community.”
Certificate for donation in your honor
- “A gift has been made in your honor by Sarah and Daniel Price, in support of our children's reading program.”
- “In memory of Margaret Hale, a gift to the hospital garden fund has been given by her family.”
- “This donation was made in your name to celebrate your retirement and your years of service.”
Wording for capital campaigns and giving societies
- “In appreciation of your leadership gift to the Building Our Future campaign.”
- “Welcome to the Benefactors Circle, with thanks for your continued support.”
- “Your name is now part of the place we are building together.”
Short lines for the badge or the email
- “Thank you for giving.”
- “Proud supporter of our community programs.”
Why send it with Hyperstack
More than a PDF
Customize the template free. When it is ready, send it to everyone at once.
One design, every name
Upload a spreadsheet and Hyperstack makes a certificate of appreciation for each person on it, in one go.
Sent by email
Each recipient gets their own email and link. You see who opened it, downloaded it and shared it.
Anyone can verify it
The QR code opens a page that proves the certificate is real. Recipients add it to LinkedIn in one click.
FAQ
Questions, answered
No. A certificate is a thank-you and a record of the gift; a tax receipt is a separate document with the legal details your country requires, such as the amount and the charity's registration number. Send the receipt for the donor's records and the certificate as the personal thanks.
Usually not. Many donors prefer to keep the amount private, and the certificate is often framed or shared. Name what the gift supports and any giving level or society instead, and keep the amount on the receipt.
Name the honoree as the recipient, then say who gave the gift and what it supports, for example "A gift has been made in your honor by the Price family in support of our reading program." For a memorial gift, send the certificate to the family and name the person remembered.
Often both. The executive director or president signs for the staff who use the gift, and the board chair signs for the trustees. For a school or hospital foundation, the foundation director or the head of the development office can sign in place of one of them.
Within a few days of the gift, while the donor still remembers giving. For campaigns and giving days, many organisations send all certificates when the campaign closes, together with a short note on what the total made possible.
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