Silent Auction Profit Toolkit: Complete Bundle (Guide, Excel Calculator, Editable Templates, and Animal Rescue Edition)

Everything you need to plan, price, and run a silent auction that makes money, in one download.

The Complete Bundle includes the full Silent Auction Profit Toolkit plus editable templates and the Animal Rescue materials.

Included

1. The guide (PDF, 19 pages): Run a Silent Auction Without Losing Money

Planning timeline, procurement, pricing rules, avoiding money-losing consignment items, bundling, bid sheets, checkout, donor receipts and the IRS rules for items over $75, and post-event analysis.

2. The Silent Auction Profit Calculator (Excel)

Starting bids, increments, break-even bids, fees, and a money-losing item flag for up to 60 items. Plus event budget and ROI, a 100-donor procurement tracker, bid sheet data, and a results dashboard.

3. Editable Templates (Word .docx), bundle only

• Printable bid sheet
• Item donation form
• Procurement request letter
• Item donor thank-you and acknowledgment
• Auction buyer thank-you with the fair market value disclosure
• Checkout and winner log
• Volunteer checklist

Add your logo, change the wording, and print.

4. Animal Rescue Edition add-on (PDF), bundle only

Rescue basket themes for dog and cat lovers, a list of pet businesses to ask and what to ask them for, mission items only a rescue can offer, guidelines for using adoption stories with care, and a rescue event checklist.

5. The Animal Rescue Auction Playbook

The PAWS Auction Method (People registered, Attractive packages, Winning momentum, Smooth checkout), a promotion timeline, donation request email templates, bundle ideas, and a bid pricing cheat sheet.

Best for: rescues, and any auction chair who wants every template in an editable format.

Format: PDF, Excel .xlsx, and Word .docx. The workbook also opens in Google Sheets; the templates also open in Google Docs. Instant download.

This bundle is for general education and is not tax, legal, or accounting advice.

About the Author

Rhonda Lamoureux has spent her career on the money side of doing good. As a business owner and nonprofit leader, she has worked in operations, fundraising, and executive leadership. She managed the finances of a $20 million membership organization, whose foundation ran its fundraising.

From that seat, she watched the foundation pour time and money into golf tournaments that lost money. Volunteers worked hard, the day looked like a success, and the numbers told a different story. That stuck with her. Every fundraiser runs on people's time and on a mission that needs every dollar to count.

Silent auctions can fall into the same trap. Rhonda created this toolkit to give event teams the financial lens she wished those tournaments had, so they can plan with confidence and see what actually comes back to the cause.

Today, Rhonda is a CEO. In her off hours she works as an executive and spiritual coach, helping leaders make clear, grounded decisions. She believes good stewardship is a form of service, and she wants every nonprofit that uses this toolkit to finish its event stronger than it started.