Banquets & Award Dinners for Community Foundations & United Ways

Your annual dinner or campaign kickoff brings together business leaders and community supporters. You need auction items that match the room and don't compete with the local donations your grantees rely on. That's exactly the kind of event where travel and experience packages fit.

For a community foundation or United Way, the auction items that move are often the ones that feel like a special outing, not another local dinner. Sporting events like the US Open, regional weekend trips, and adventure-based experiences match the energy of a ballroom full of business and community leaders. International destinations such as Italy draw strong bids at annual celebrations and campaign kickoffs. Golf event auctions do well with packages that extend the day's theme, like a trip to a renowned course or a major tournament. Because your audience spans the whole community, variety matters. A mix of close-to-home and bucket-list experiences keeps bidding active across every table.

A community foundation or United Way sits in a unique spot. You raise funds to support multiple nonprofits, so you cannot ask the same restaurants, retailers, and service providers that your grantees approach for their own events. Consignment travel packages solve that directly. They fill your auction with items that no local business donated, so you never undercut the organizations you fund. Your professional staff and corporate campaign culture also mean you need a process that is clean, predictable, and easy to hand off after the event.

There is no upfront cost. You browse over 140 experiences, reserve what fits your crowd, and you only pay for an experience if it sells, keep 100% over the cost, and can sell experiences multiple times if the bidding gets hot. You are not too late: items can be added the same day as your event. How many items depends on audience size. A golf event might use three to five packages; a large annual dinner could run ten or more.

Start by browsing the catalog of more than 140 experiences. Reserve the ones that fit your event at no cost, and you get a one-page display sheet with photos and details for each. At your banquet or golf dinner, the packages go into your live or online auction. After the event, you send the winning bidder information to Giveback XP, and the travel team takes over. Donors have up to two years to book non-event travel; event-based trips like the US Open are for that year's dates.

After your event, your auction results include travel packages that raised new money without straining local relationships. Winners look forward to their trips, and your staff hands off the booking details. Your next campaign kickoff or annual celebration starts with a proven auction format that fits your community role.

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