Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving filled with joy, gratitude, and the warmth of cherished connections.

Recently I wrote about an appeal letter I received from a nonprofit. The post generated a lot of comments and multiple emails to me, plus one phone conversation and one in-person conversation. I didn’t write it to humiliate anyone. I wrote it because my feelings were hurt as a donor who felt unseen, and my expectations weren’t met as a fundraiser.

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I received my first holiday/year-end appeal on Sept. 14. This is the earliest I’ve ever received one.

Here’s what stuck out to me immediately:

The letter was addressed to SparkNonprofit LLC. Not to me, not to an actual person or the dreaded “Dear Friend.”