Success Stories
Real events. Real numbers. Real packages.
Each story below is a single night of fundraising — what the nonprofit put on the auction, who ran the room, and what they walked away with.
Chicago House · Chicago, IL
Chicago House: $24,000 from a custom Euro-Pass and back-to-back Amalfi sales
Chicago House blended a paddle-drop with two live-auction Amalfi packages — turning one custom trip into a single $15K paddle moment, then doubling up on Amalfi for $24K more.
$24,000+
Sandpipers
Sandpipers: $23,870 by selling Punta Cana fourteen times
Sandpipers proved the multi-winner playbook — one Punta Cana package, fourteen winners at $3,500 each, with auctioneer Rossi Morreale running the room.
$23,000+
Cancer Support Community San Gabriel Valley · San Gabriel Valley, CA
Cancer Support Community SGV: One Napa package, eight winners
A single Notions of Napa for 2 package sold eight times in the live auction, with Rossi Morreale on the mic — a textbook multi-winner moment for a community-funded mission.
Eight winners - Notions of Napa
Superstition Community Food Bank
Superstition Community Food Bank: Golden Ticket + four travel packages
Superstition stacked a $100 Golden Ticket sale with four live-auction travel packages — Dublin, Fiesta, and Porto — for a layered fundraiser that worked at every price point.
$24,800+ (excluding raffle)
St. Martin's Episcopal School
St. Martin's Episcopal School: Nine travel packages, one auction
St. Martin's loaded the live auction with nine HGA travel packages spanning Italy, Costa Rica, Iceland, Mexico, Scotland, and Portugal — auctioneer Matt Rogers ran the night.
Nine packages sold — sale-price recap pending
Frontline Heroes Outdoors
Frontline Heroes Outdoors: Two Italian Ferrari packages, $24K in the room
At the Lone Star Supercars Fundraiser, Frontline Heroes Outdoors sold two Italian Ferrari experiences at $12K each — netting the organization $12K after costs.
$12,000 net
St. Anne Catholic School
St. Anne Catholic School Gala: Two Bourbon trips, $9K net
St. Anne's Gala sold two Kentucky Bourbon Experience packages at $7,000 each, netting the school $9,000.
$9,000 net
Berean Christian Academy
Berean Christian Academy: $250 Golden Ticket nets twice the $100 version
Berean priced their Golden Ticket at $250 instead of $100 — sold 76 tickets, netted $15K, and walked away with twice the revenue of a sold-out $100 raffle.
$15,000 net
Heartspring
Heartspring: $47,785 net from a four-package live-auction sweep
Heartspring's Rouge gala leaned into multi-winner travel — three Tuscany villas, two Amalfi packages, plus Mykonos and Palm Springs Golf — to net $47,785 from the live auction alone.
$47,785 net
Beyond Boundaries
Beyond Boundaries: $8,330 net by mixing silent, live, and grab-bag formats
Beyond Boundaries spread five HGA travel packages across silent auction, live auction, and a flexible "other" slot — netting $8,330 with zero packages held back.
$8,330 net
ICAN
ICAN: $29,620 net on three live-auction packages with Wendy Lambert on the mic
For ICAN's 10th anniversary, auctioneer Wendy Lambert turned three HGA packages into $29,620 net — including a Caribbean Passport that drew a $12,500 winning bid.
$29,620 net
The Whitfield School
The Whitfield School: $7,420 net by doubling up on Vegas Supercar and Lake Tahoe
Two HGA packages, four total winners, $7,420 net — Whitfield's Green and White Gala kept the live auction tight and let multi-winner moments do the work.
$7,420 net
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School: $4,320 net from a three-format mixed shelf
A small Catholic-school PTO gala stretched HGA packages across live auction, silent auction, and a direct-sale slot — netting $4,320 from just four winning bids.
$4,320 net
Diocese of West Texas — St. Helena's Episcopal School
St. Helena's Episcopal: $7,505 net from one $100 Golden Ticket raffle winner
A single $100 Golden Ticket raffle netted St. Helena's Episcopal School $7,505 at their 2026 Black & White Starry Night gala — no live auction needed.
$7,505 net
Incarnate Word Academy
Incarnate Word Academy: $13,810 net from Golden Ticket + Broadway live auction
Pairing the $100 Golden Ticket raffle with a single live-auction Broadway package, Incarnate Word Academy's Spring in the City gala netted $13,810.
$13,810 net
A Local Women's Shelter
How a First-Time Golden Ticket Netted $15K — and Found a New $10,000 Donor
A local women's shelter tried the HGA Golden Ticket for the first time, sold out all 100 tickets before the doors opened, and — when their auctioneer offered a second Golden Ticket after the paddle raise — uncovered a brand-new $10,000 donor. Two wins in one night: $15,000 net and a major new supporter.
$15,000