Per Don Y:
It only stands to reason: someone who *has* made a donation is
probably more likely to make ANOTHER donation than someone who
you'd have to contact "cold".

That was me years ago when I started giving to Amnesty International....
then the mailings from other fund raisers skyrocketed and then they set
the telephone solicitors on me.

I tried a few other reputable charities - telling them beforehand that I
did not want to be on their mailing list or any other list.

For awhile, it would hold, then the telephone solicitors would start in.

Now nobody gets a nickel and each got a letter telling them why they
would not be hearing from us again. ****ing in the ocean, I know...
--
Pete Cresswell