Property tycoons like David Garrard (# 629k), his late friend and former donor -LSB-...] (leftfutures.org)
1) It seemed obvious to us (and to many other organizations we think know what they are doing) that one of the best ways to get former donors to give was by including in their email a reference to the amount they had donated in the past, and to mention that they had not given this year but we were counting on them to do so. (epolitics.com)
Former donors however did very clearly tend to give more than we asked for when we showed history and did not offer schwag: (epolitics.com)