Building a Budget for Your Fundraising Event

Event, Peer-to-Peer & Auction Fundraising | 2025 |

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Gain valuable guidance and direction for building a powerful fundraising plan of action for your event. Rather than setting goals arbitrarily, Dan will walk you through how to strategically build the revenue streams necessary to reach your fundraising target. While this session focuses on gala-style events, the principles shared will be applicable to any type of fundraising event.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how many fundraising elements your should have for your event.
  • Discover what a realistic breakdown of revenues looks like for each fundraising element.
  • Gain insight into how to effectively address gaps in revenue streams and correct them.
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Speakers

Dan Campbell is professional fundraising auctioneer based in St Charles, IL. Dan is one of approximately 300 Benefit Auction Specialists, a certification that identifies those auctioneers who specialize in all aspects of fundraising. Dan has served hundreds of non-profits, and helped raise over $250 million over his career for various causes and schools.

Raising Paddles is one of the largest fundraising teams in the United States, helping 300 non-profits raise more than $120 million annually. Raising Paddles primarily serves the Midwest, but also supports key clients around the country. Raising Paddles provides educational workshops throughout the year in various cities providing subject matter expertise on fundraising events. In addition, Raising Paddles is a consulting firm that provides year-round consulting to clients on board training, capital campaigns, event planning, and donor development strategies.

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