The 2026 Fundraising
Benchmarks Report

What does successful fundraising actually look like?

Planning a fundraiser often means making educated guesses.

How many auction items should you have? What's the right ticket price? How much should you expect from your paddle raise? Which auction items actually perform best?

To help answer those questions, we've analyzed data from 10,000+ real fundraising events hosted by schools and nonprofits using SchoolAuction.net and Tofino Auctions.

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What's inside?

The report includes data-backed benchmarks and insights such as:

• The optimal number of silent and live auction items
• Average ticket prices by organization type
• The auction items and fundraising games that raise the most money
• Typical paddle raise and raffle results
• Guest participation benchmarks
• When ticket sales usually accelerate
• Differences between schools, churches, nonprofits, and other organizations
• And much more

Every benchmark reflects comparable real fundraising events in our database as of June 2026. Results show what similar organizations have experienced—not guarantees of future performance.

Why we created this report

Fundraising advice is everywhere, but much of it is based on individual experiences or anecdotal recommendations.

We wanted to provide something different: benchmarks drawn from thousands of real fundraising events, helping organizations compare their plans against similar events and make more informed decisions.

Whether you're planning your first fundraiser or your fifteenth, this report gives you practical benchmarks grounded in real-world results.