With the way some mailers are piling on the freemiums and premiums, you’d think donors have gone all greedy on us.

By Kimberly Seville

And the Smithsonian Institution sent me three note cards with a letter about the National Museum of the American Indian. Not surprisingly, the cards have beautiful, very colorful photographs of “fancy dancers.” Like Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the Smithsonian also makes no mention of the cards in its letter. Instead, it offers a magazine subscription for a gift of $25, and the magazine plus a newsletter for a gift of $35 or more. Interestingly, a buckslip one-ups it yet again with the promise of a free calendar when I join with a gift of $35 or more.