Case Studies

​AKA Success Stories

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If you are looking to hire a charity auctioneer for a nonprofit event, it's important to consider specific instances…

In the spring of 2018, HUNT Auctioneers conducted a study. 37 out of 40 of our non profit clients from that season exceeded their paddle raise goals. That equals an astonishing 92.5% success rate! We did this through a partnership that  focused on mission based, donor centric fundraising appeals. Storytelling was front and foremost in the program run of show, and fundraising occurred sooner rather than later in the program. Consequentially, the only 3 organizations that failed to reached their paddle raise goals, neglected our advice to pre-secure lead gifts at the highest giving levels. Our conclusion has remained true over the years; multiple seed gifts predicate success. 

From 2021 to 2023, HUNT Auctioneers participated in research with Urban Promise (UP), a client who supports education and youth development in Camden, New Jersey. Over the course of 3 years, we consulted with UP on a fundraising strategy for 6 events. Their development team worked to pre-secure donors at the highest levels of giving for their fund a need (paddle raise). Event after event, UP increasingly secured more multiple seed gifts (MSG's), which had a profound effect on fundraising totals. In fact, our client raised 3X the pre-secured amount at EVERY event. It's clear that people respond to other people during giving moments, and MSG's can have a 3X multiplier effect!

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The top 5 events from the fall of 2025, revealed that HUNT Auctioneers raised our client an average of 76x (times) the amount of our fee. This translates into an unbelievable return on investment (ROI) for our clients For example, on October 16, 2025, we fundraised for a youth services organization in New York City. Their paddle raise goal was $325,000, and we raised $700,000. That is a net increase of $375,000 over goal. Our client's return on investment for that record breaking night was 9,233%. to the client for our services was 74X the that we were paid.

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On November 13, 2025….

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