Fundraising Strategy & Insights
Expert guidance on benefit auctioneering, silent auctions, paddle raises, and nonprofit event strategy — from the team at Capital Benefit Auctions.
A well run silent auction is one of the most reliable revenue streams in nonprofit event fundraising. This guide covers procurement timeline, opening bids, bid increments, and FMV recovery by category.
Between cocktail hour and the main program is a window most organizations underuse. This guide covers raffles, wine pulls, the $1 to $100 squares board, heads or tails, and more, with revenue estimates and legal notes.
A minute-by-minute run of show blueprint for nonprofit galas — sequencing, buffer time, and transition scripting that protects your paddle raise. Most committees reuse last year's program without asking whether it still serves this year's ask.
A field guide for nonprofit and independent school event teams nationwide. How to plan procurement backward from your revenue target, build a network deliberately, package for story, and treat item donors as donors.
Ticket pricing determines who is in the room, how full it is, and whether your donor base is growing or aging in place. A guide to early bird, VIP, sponsorship-linked, and young philanthropist pricing.
How to structure corporate, foundation, and individual sponsorships — and convert sponsors into paddle raise seed gifts and matching challenges that drive fund-a-need revenue.
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