For ministries, nonprofits, and advancement teams
Helping your donors pass on
a legacy of generosity.
The easiest way for a major donor to share why they give — the joy, the faith, the relationships, the lives changed — with their children and grandchildren.
Donors are never asked about gift size.
Sample postcard for Sammie
A question for your donors
“What made you become so generous?”
Preview the questions. Nothing is recorded here.
Stories
from Gigi
For Sammie, her granddaughter.
TIME TAPESTRY
A donor’s keepsake for her granddaughter
How it works
From an invitation to a family keepsake.
Your donors already carry the story. Time Tapestry helps them tell it to the people who will inherit their example.
Invite your donors.
Tell us about your ministry, nonprofit, foundation, or advancement team. Choose how many donors to invite.
Invite a donor by name.
Send a personal invitation. A guided conversation helps them talk about why they give, in their own voice, at their own pace.
Their family receives the story.
Children and grandchildren get four short films, a story book, and postcards: the joy, faith, and lives behind a legacy of generosity.
Stories
from Gigi
For Sammie, her granddaughter.
TIME TAPESTRY
A legacy in four chapters
Roots of generosity
Who modeled a generous life.
Why I give
The faith and values that moved them.
Lives I’ve seen flourish
Ministries and people they love.
What I hope you carry
A blessing for their family.
Sample: Gigi’s collection for her granddaughter, Sammie
What your donors’ families receive
The voice they know.
The reason they give.
Films keep a donor’s laugh, the way they say a name, and the stories of people whose lives flourished because of their generosity. The story book gathers that into four chapters their children and grandchildren can hold.
Easy for the donor
They answer gentle questions out loud. No memoir to write, and no one asks what they gave.
A keepsake for their family
Four films in their voice, a printable story book, and postcards their children and grandchildren can return to.
Private by design
The donor chooses who can open the collection. Your team sees progress, not the private story.
From a donor’s story, into a family’s hands
Four reminders of a generous life.
Each postcard carries a thought from a donor’s story to their children or grandchildren. The sample is from Gigi, for Sammie.
Postcard 01: Kindness
Who first showed them generosity.
A reminder of the people who modeled a life of giving, and the kindness a donor hopes their family will carry.
Planned for weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6. Physical mailing is still being tested.
Examples
A donor’s generosity,
told to their family.
Gigi is a sample donor. She records why she gives, the ministries she loves, and what she hopes her granddaughter Sammie will carry. The collection is Gigi’s story of generosity, passed to the next generation.
Ministries, foundations, and donor advisors can offer the same conversation. An advancement team can leave it with a major donor as a family keepsake: the human side of a life of giving.
Faith questions stay optional. Donors share what is true for them, and they are never asked how much they give.
Invite your donors“Why did you fall in love with these ministries?”
“Why was it worth it to you?”
“What do you hope your grandchildren carry from this?”
Sample questions. Not a record of a real interview.
A donor’s story stays with the family they choose.
Donors invite children and grandchildren by email. Each person verifies their email before opening the collection, and access can be removed. Your organization does not receive the private recordings.
For your organization
Offer this to the donors you serve.
Invite major donors at ministries, nonprofits, foundations, and advancement teams to record the story of their generosity.
Bring it to your donors.
Invite major donors to record the story of their generosity for their children and grandchildren.
Invite your donorsNo payment details. Donors are never asked about gift size. How invitations work
A legacy of generosity, in their own voice.
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