Writing a donation letter for school can be daunting, but with these free templates, you can send the right message in no time. Welcome to the Finance Portal.Current Projects and Schools can find information needed to deposit and spend donations at the Ed Fund. 1. Enter your school's letterhead and the current date. If you would like to contribute to our event this year, please contact me at 248.373. This guide distills lessons learned during a pilot food donation program in the Oakland Unified School District. (OUSD) implemented between 2013-2014. 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. To get you started, here's a donation request letter template using the framework covered above, plus an example letter.