Writing a donation letter for school can be daunting, but with these free templates, you can send the right message in no time. 1. Enter your school's letterhead and the current date.Welcome to the Finance Portal. Current Projects and Schools can find information needed to deposit and spend donations at the Ed Fund. All funds raised will be used to directly support our academic and athletic programs, our faculty, and much needed facility upgrades and expansion. In this post, I'm breaking down how to write a donation letter. Donors should follow these three steps to put a matching gift in motion: 1. Donor submits donation to be matched to the Oakland Public Education Fund. 2. This guide distills lessons learned during a pilot food donation program in the Oakland Unified School District. (OUSD) implemented between 2013-2014.