Keep donation receipts while reducing appeals

How to separate receipts from promotions

1. Gather recent mail from the charity and sort it into two piles: gift acknowledgments and tax receipts in one, appeals and newsletters in the other.
2. Contact the charity's donor services team by phone or email. Ask it to keep sending tax acknowledgment letters and to remove you from appeal and solicitation mailings.
3. To use Junk Mail Magic, photograph one ordinary appeal piece, never a receipt, with the sender and your full mailing label visible. An authorized user should review the details and submit it.
4. Send a short written note as well, and keep a copy. If appeals continue, you will have a dated record of what you asked for.

Why receipts and appeals may travel separately

Charities often handle gift acknowledgments in one office and fundraising campaigns in another, so removing yourself from one list may not change the other. When you call or write, use the phrases "appeal mailings" and "solicitation mail" so the request is not read as a request to stop all contact. Ask the representative to confirm that acknowledgment letters will continue. For questions about your request, see Junk Mail Magic support, and see the pricing page for terms.

Confirm your preferences are on file

Give the charity a reasonable time to update its records, then watch what arrives. If appeals keep coming or a receipt fails to show up, call donor services, cite your earlier request by date, and give your gift date and amount if you need a replacement receipt.

Instructions for the next step

• Charity mail and donor preferences
• Compare postal opt-out routes