On the road to fund raising success

Calder Sinclair, an attorney with 30 years of hands-on planned giving and major gifts experience, can help you raise more planned gifts from your donors, prospective donors, and friends!

We offer personalized brochures and newsletters for your charitable institution or organization to send to your top donors and prospects. We will imprint the publications with your logo/seal, name, address, telephone number, website, and any other contact information.

Make sure you plan for a strong 2008 year-end giving season by mailing our personalized year-end giving brochures to your current and prospective donors. These attractive, concise and easy-to-read publications will motivate your donors to give by providing information on the most popular types of outright and planned gifts, with specific ideas for year-end giving. Each title can be personalized with your logo and contact information. They are versatile enough to use as either stand-alone mailings or piggybacked with your regular mailings.To view pdf versions, just click on the links below. Or, call our Publications Department at (770) 988-8111 and we'll be glad to send you free samples.

Publication A (Plants cover) Publication B (Clocks cover) Publication C (Calendar cover) Ready to order? Click here to download our Year-End Publications Order Form.

Customizable and personalizable, our series of Planned Giving Brochures includes 11 different topics. They are concise, easy-to-read, and customizable with your logo and additional contact information. Click on one of the following links for more information on each title.
Preparing Your Will What a Will Can Accomplish How To Personalize Your Will Reviewing Your Financial Plan Financial and Estate Planning for Women Planned Giving Opportunities Five Planned Giving Options Gifts of Stock Gifts of Life Insurance Charitable Remainder Trusts Charitable Gift Annuities Estate Planning Beyond Your Will Ready to order? Click here to download a copy of our Planned Giving Brochures Order Form.

Click here for samples of some of our past clients' custom newsletters (in pdf format).

While our line of planned giving brochures and newsletters are widely popular, we can also produce any publication to your specific needs, should your strategy require a more personalized approach.

We can manage all aspects of your print publications, including copywriting, layout and design, and printing and shipping to your specifications. We specialize in producing custom brochures that meet your individual needs, from annual giving to planned giving, from color brochures to campaign case statements. Also, our expertise in fund raising assures that your publications will not only be attractive, but will also feature the most informative, clear and up-to-date development-related content available.

If you are interested in discussing the possibility of customized publications as part of your fundraising plan, please call our Publications Department at 770-988-8111.

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A planned giving program is one of the most effective methods for obtaining the long-term charitable dollar. Sinclair, Townes & Company can provide you with experienced planned giving counsel to assist you in developing and executing a comprehensive, systematic, and sustained approach to planned giving. We can assist you in the technical, marketing, and administrative areas. Specifically, we can provide:

• Analysis of your current planned giving efforts, if any.
• Drafting of a comprehensive planned giving program plan, with particular emphasis on how to market the program to different constituencies.
• Assistance in the drafting and preparation of brochures, newsletters, and other written materials on planned giving.
• Assistance in the conducting of possible planned giving seminars and training sessions for board members, staff, volunteers, and prospects.
• Review of planned giving suspects and prospects with staff and volunteers to help develop a particular cultivation plan for each top prospect.
• Technical assistance to help close gifts, including meetings with prospective donors and their advisors, if appropriate.

For more information about Sinclair, Townes & Company's Planned Giving consulting services, visit our consulting web site at www.sinclairtownes.com, or call 770-988-8111 to speak with a consultant.

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Sinclair, Townes & Company Planned Giving Seminars are designed to give you the competitive edge you need to succeed in your fund raising efforts! Want to learn more about planned giving, capital and endowment campaigns, fund raising trends, and how to secure transformational gifts? Then get out of the office and attend one or more of our fund raising seminars, conferences, and workshops! They're designed for professional fund raisers as well as nonprofit Board members and other volunteers.

2008 Planned Giving Seminars and Fund Raising Seminars

Please visit www.sinclairtownes.com for further information and current availability. Seminars include: Planned Giving 101, Fund Raising 101, Annual Fund University, and Capital Campaigns & Major Gifts 101.