Year-end giving reminder
[Organization]: Make your [Year] gift count! Donations made by Dec 31 are tax-deductible this year. Give now: [Link]. Thank you for your support!
11+ Nonprofit SMS templates
Donation appeals, matching gifts, volunteer shifts and fundraising updates for nonprofits. Preview any template on a phone, then copy it ready to send.
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Annual gala invitation
You're invited! The [Organization] annual gala is on [Date] at [Location]. Tickets: [Link]. Every seat helps us [Impact].
Lapsed donor re-engagement
Hi [First Name], we've missed you at [Organization]. Your past gifts helped us [Impact]. Rejoin monthly giving: [Link]
Supporter priorities survey
[Organization]: Which causes matter most to you? Tell us in three taps: [Link]. We'll focus where you care.
New supporter welcome
Welcome to the [Organization] family, [First Name]! You'll get occasional updates on the impact you make.
Donation confirmation
Thank you, [First Name]! Your donation of [Amount] to [Organization] was received. You're helping us [Impact]. Receipt: [Link]
Volunteer shift reminder
Thank you for volunteering! Reminder: [Activity] on [Date] at [Time], [Location]. Wear comfortable shoes. Questions? [Phone], [Organization]
Fundraising milestone update
WE DID IT! Thanks to supporters like you, [Organization] has raised [Amount] for [Cause]. Thank you!
Matching gift campaign
DOUBLE your impact! Every donation to [Organization] is matched until [Date]. Give [Amount], deliver [Amount]: [Link]
Volunteer recruitment
[Organization] needs helping hands for [Event/Activity] on [Date]! Can you spare [Number] hours? Sign up: [Link] or reply YES.
Donation appeal
[Organization]: [Impact Statement]. Your gift of just [Amount] can [Impact]. Donate in 30 seconds: [Link]. Thank you!
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Why business texting works
Industry benchmarks plus findings from our 2025 surveys of 3,600 US and UK consumers related to business text messaging.
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of text messages get opened, compared with roughly 20% of emails.
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average response time for messages sent according to best-practices for sending.
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response rate for text messages, against about 6% for email
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of consumers read texts from businesses. Only 8% ignore them, in the US and the UK alike.
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Details
- Characters
- SMS parts
- Encoding
- Price per SMS
- Fits in one part: billed as a single SMS
- GSM-7 encoding: full 160 characters per part
- Opt-out found: required for marketing texts
- Sender identified: recipients reply and convert more when they know who’s texting
- Link included: one clear call to action
- Sentence case: no shouting
- Clear purpose: the message asks for one clear next step
- No spam triggers: clean of common filter phrases
Compliance
Which texts need opt-in?
Which texts need opt-in?
A two-minute consent guide
Every template above carries one of five consent labels. Here is what each one means before you press send.
Promotional texts need opt-in almost everywhere: prior express written consent in the US (TCPA), opt-in under GDPR/PECR in the UK & EU (soft opt-in only for your own similar products), express or implied consent under CASL in Canada, and consent under Australia’s Spam Act.
Identify your business, include an opt-out like “Reply STOP”, and respect quiet hours. Collect consent with unchecked checkboxes, and keep a record of when, how, and where each person opted in.
Order confirmations, delivery updates, verification codes and other messages the recipient triggered. No written marketing opt-in is required: in the US, the customer sharing their number for this purpose counts as prior express consent, and in the UK & EU service messages fall outside PECR marketing rules.
Keep them promo-free, identify yourself, and honor STOP.
Appointment, payment and renewal reminders to people who gave you their number for that purpose, the same prior-express-consent standard as transactional messages in the US. They are not marketing, and adding a discount or upsell line changes that.
Consent for these can be collected in writing or verbally; marketing always requires written consent.
Genuine emergency and safety messages such as closures, hazards, and urgent recalls are broadly exempt from consent rules. Never mix offers into them.
Work-related texts to your own team. Collect employee consent, honor opt-outs, and check local workplace rules.
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Copy and customize
Click Copy on any template and replace the [bracketed placeholders] with your details. In Textmagic they map straight to dynamic fields, so an entire contact list is personalized automatically.
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Watch the counter
One SMS part is 160 GSM characters; longer messages split into 153-character parts and bill per part. A single emoji or curly quote drops the limit to 70. Every template shows its live count and cost.
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Check the consent label
Green means the customer triggered the message, so no marketing opt-in is needed. Amber means marketing rules apply: opt-in list, business name, opt-out, quiet hours. When in doubt, the consent guide above covers all five levels.
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