Nonprofit Brochures

They print full color on 4 paper stocks, fold or lie flat, and can carry a tear-off reply slip, so the same piece tells your story and collects the pledge. Want to see how nonprofit brochures sit next to the rest of the range? Browse every style on brochures printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

A donor table at one event needs about 50, $57.11. A food bank mailing its year-end appeal to every past donor orders thousands, and at 25,000 each brochure costs under 5 cents. Tap any of the 25 tiers below for the total and the saving at each step.

What Are Nonprofit Brochures

Nonprofit brochures are printed full color in 6 sizes, from a compact 5.5" x 8.5" up to a large 11" x 25.5", on any of 4 paper stocks, flat or with a half fold. Charities, foundations, churches, schools, and community groups print them to explain a mission, lay out programs and services, promote an event, recruit volunteers, or summarize an annual report. A brochure in the hand gives the ask more time than a post in a feed. If you want the general version rather than a mission specific one, the Standard Brochures cover that, and every nonprofit brochure carries the same print quality tuned for a cause.

Nonprofit brochure examples and ideas

What should a nonprofit brochure include?

A nonprofit brochure works in six blocks, read in order: a mission line a stranger understands in one breath, one named beneficiary story, a where the money goes split, the specific ask with dollar amounts, a QR code to your donation page, and a legal footer carrying the EIN and contact details.

Six layouts below, one for each size this product prints. Every one of them ships flat or with the half fold, and any of them can carry the tear-off perforation.

• Donor appeal, 5.5" x 8.5": half folded to four panels. The cover carries one photograph and the ask in a single line, the inside spread carries the story, the back panel carries the reply details. It works because the reader meets a person before they meet a number.
• Annual impact report, 8.5" x 11": half folded, with the cover panel held for the one headline result of the year. Inside, the money split sits opposite the programs it paid for, so a donor checks one against the other without turning the sheet over.
• Program overview, 9" x 12": the largest panel a rack still holds. One program per panel, each with a single number, so a new supporter sees the whole organization at a glance.
• Volunteer recruitment, 8.5" x 14": the long panel leaves room for a shift table, which is the thing volunteers scan for before they decide anything else.
• Event invitation, 11" x 17": printed full color both sides, folded down for the envelope, opening to a sheet a host can pin up in the week before the event.
• Capital campaign, 11" x 25.5": the widest sheet here, laid out as a timeline across the open spread with the tear-off pledge slip at one end.

What Size Should a Nonprofit Brochure Be

Pick the size by how much you need to say. A 5.5" x 8.5" is the pocket handout you leave on a table or drop in a welcome bag. An 8.5" x 11" gives a program or an annual summary room, and the 8.5" x 14" legal size adds a column when you have more to tell. A 9" x 12" reads like a mailer, and the largest sizes run up to 11" x 25.5" for a fold-out with panels for a timeline or a giving menu. All 6 sizes, both finishes, and the full stock list are grouped below the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it. For more fold styles, the Folded Brochures go further, and a heavier donor appeal can lean on the Direct Mail Brochures.

Stock, perforation and layout shape a nonprofit brochure.

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What to include in a nonprofit brochure

• The mission line: one sentence, no sector jargon, on the cover panel.
• One proof point with a real number: meals served, nights housed, acres cleared, dated so it stays honest next year.
• A beneficiary story: one person, named with permission or anonymized, in three or four sentences.
• The ask, with suggested amounts: two or three levels, each with what that amount actually buys.
• The tear-off donation slip: name, amount, payment method, and the perforation that separates it from the rest of the sheet.
• Tax identification and contact block: EIN, mailing address, phone and donation URL, small but still legible.

Pick a stock that matches your message

The 100# Gloss Text keeps photos of your work and the people you serve bright, which suits an appeal or an event piece. The 100# Silk/Matte Text keeps a soft, readable surface for pages with more copy, so an annual report stays easy on the eyes. The 70# Uncoated Text is a lighter, writable, matte sheet that reads honest and grassroots, and the 14pt Gloss Cover is a sturdier card-weight option for a brochure that has to survive a mailing. Finish plain or add a High Gloss UV Coating for shine.

Build in a tear-off ask

Turn on perforation and your brochure carries a tear-off slip, so one printed piece is both the story and the pledge card, the RSVP, or the coupon a donor keeps. Add a half fold and the flat sheet becomes a cover people open, with your appeal waiting inside. The slip comes back to you in the mail with the gift.

Design it without a designer

Pick a layout in our brochure design templates with a photo on the cover and room for a story inside, then add your mission line, a beneficiary photo and your logo in the online editor. One clear ask on the back panel matters more than a crowded inside.

Designing in your own software? Each blank brochure template comes at one of the 6 trim sizes with the 1/8" bleed, the safe margin and the half fold line marked, so a mission line or a pledge slip does not end up in the crease. Choose the size that matches your order below, place your art, and upload.

How Much Do Nonprofit Brochures Cost

Nonprofit brochures start at $57.11 per 50, and the per-brochure price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 25,000, so the run size sets the cost of each brochure. A 500 run is $155.97, about 31 cents each, and a 6,000 run is $399.82, close to 7 cents each. Drag the slider below to set your count and see the total and the per-brochure cost.

How much does it cost to print 500 nonprofit brochures?

A run of 500 is $155.97, against $57.11 for 50, so the cost per piece drops hard as the run grows: the 50 piece set works out at just over a dollar each, the 500 piece run at about 31 cents each. The tiers keep falling from there, down under 5 cents each by the time the run reaches 25,000, which is why appeal mailings are usually printed once for the year rather than in batches.

Can You Add a Fold or a Tear-Off Section

Yes. Turn on a half fold and your flat sheet becomes a cover and an inside spread, the classic brochure shape. Turn on perforation and you add a tear-off slip a supporter can separate and mail back, which turns a nonprofit brochure into a numbered pledge card, an event RSVP, or a coupon in one piece. Before a big run, take the Free Online Proof to check your layout on screen, or order a Next Day Hardcopy Proof to hold the real stock and color first. A fold, a tear-off and full color on both sides together give you the letter, the story and the reply card on one sheet.

How Do Nonprofit Brochures Compare to the Rest of the Range

Weighing a plain brochure, a heavier mailer or a faith focused version? The chart below lines up nonprofit brochures against their closest siblings with the starting price of each.

How Fast Can You Get Nonprofit Brochures

Nonprofit brochures print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a gala or a mailing deadline sneaks up you can move that to 2-day, next-day, or even same-day production. Each faster speed adds a set percentage to the base price. Same-day orders need to be approved by the daily cutoff to ship that day. With 99.8% of orders arriving on time and 82% shipping early, you are printing your date, not gambling on it. Compare every turnaround tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick.

See the Rest of Our Brochures

The full print product range lists the plain, folded and direct mail brochures with everything else we print, each with its starting price.

Print Your Nonprofit Brochures Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick the size, the stock, the fold and the finish, and the brochure puts your cause in a supporter's hand. Need them before an event or a mailing drop? Our same-day production keeps you covered. Print your nonprofit brochures today.

Nonprofit Brochure Design Basics

Design the brochure around the fold, not the flat sheet. With the half fold on, an 8.5" x 11" sheet becomes four panels: a cover, an inside spread and a back. Give the cover one photograph and the mission line, nothing else. Put the story and the money split on the inside spread, where the reader's eye lands when the brochure opens. Keep the ask and the reply details on the back panel, and if you turn on perforation, place the tear-off slip along one edge so the rest of the brochure still reads after the slip is gone. Keep type off the 1/8" safe margin and run any photo past the trim into the bleed. Choose the 100# Gloss Text when the photos carry the piece and the 100# Silk/Matte Text when the copy does. Then take the free online proof and read it folded on screen, because a panel that looks right flat can land on the wrong side once it is folded.