---
title: "Monthly gift welcome email template"
description: "A thank-you for a new monthly donor that shows what regular gifts pay for. Send it when someone sets up a regular gift."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/monthly-gift-welcome"
---

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# Monthly gift welcome email template

A thank-you for a new monthly donor that shows what regular gifts pay for.

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- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Your monthly gift to Hollowbrook Food Bank is set up
- **Preview text**
  £15.00 a month, starting 2 November 2026. Here is the work regular gifts pay for.

![Preview of the Monthly gift welcome template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/monthly-gift-welcome-desktop.webp?v=e2156d80b3dc)

monthly-gift-welcome.txt

```
{{amount}} a month, starting {{firstPaymentDate}}. Here is the work regular gifts pay for.

{{charityName}}

Thank you for giving every month

Your monthly gift is set up. Because it arrives every month, we can plan our work around it, and that makes it go further.

Monthly gift

{{amount}}

First payment

{{firstPaymentDate}}

Here is some of the work regular gifts like yours pay for.

{{impactTitle1}}

{{impactText1}}

{{impactTitle2}}

{{impactText2}}

Manage your gift [{{manageUrl}}]

You can change or stop your gift from that page whenever you like.

With thanks from everyone at {{charityName}}

You are receiving this because you set up a monthly gift to {{charityName}}.
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

Send it when someone sets up a regular gift. It confirms the amount and the first payment, describes two pieces of work that regular giving funds, and links to the page where the gift can be changed or stopped. You write the two examples once, and every send shares them.

9 values to fill

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{charityName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{amount}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{firstPaymentDate}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{manageUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{unsubscribeUrl}}` | Link | Optional | None |
| `{{impactTitle1}}` | Text | Optional | Food parcels every week |
| `{{impactText1}}` | Text | Optional | Packed by volunteers and delivered to families across the area. |
| `{{impactTitle2}}` | Text | Optional | Advice that keeps people afloat |
| `{{impactText2}}` | Text | Optional | Free, confidential help with debt and housing. |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

```
import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Monthly gift welcome',  slug: 'monthly-gift-welcome',  starter: 'monthly-gift-welcome',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('monthly-gift-welcome', {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    charityName: 'Hollowbrook Food Bank',    amount: '£15.00',    firstPaymentDate: '2 November 2026',    manageUrl: 'https://example.com/giving/monthly',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

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## Pick a design, change anything, and send it from your code.

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