When an organization such as a non-profit walks into a hotel and asks for a free donated night for a charity auction, hotels can now direct them to their website to fill out an electronic online item request form. This drives organizations to the hotel’s website where they click on an item request link to easily complete their type of request. The system immediately sends the organization an email acknowledging the request and informs them of when the hotel will be back in touch. All requests that were previously handled on the phone, on paper or by mail, are now directed in one centralized electronic location. “AIRS offers the perfect solution to what has been a thorn in the side of hotel administration for decades now,” says luxury hotelier Robin Brown.

AIRS notifies participating hotels of requests as they come in and then allows them to send automated approval letter or letter of decline in a timely fashion. For those requests which are denied, not all is lost for the requesting organization as within the response letter is an offer from BiddingForGood to find donated items for them. The organization will then have an opportunity to run an online auction with BiddingForGood, using supplied donated items, including many luxury brands, in efforts to raise funds for their organization.

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Where can you find 2 VIP tickets to 2010 NY Fashion Week, a Paul McCartney autographed Beatles Rock band guitar, and lunch with the Mayor of Providence all while supporting a good cause? The place is BiddingForGood, an online auction platform solely for organizations engaged in fundraising for nonprofit causes. BiddingForGood has been offering consumers unique experiences on their shopping portal for years and have raised over $70 Million doing just that.

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cMarket/BiddingForGood, the leading online auction platform solely for organizations engaged in fundraising for nonprofit causes announced its online auction platform brought in $350,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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cMarket/BiddingForGood, the leading online auction platform connecting charity auctions, marketers, and affluent consumers announced today that it has passed $70 Million in gross merchandise sales supporting non-profits across the US. Even more impressively, $22.4 Million (32%) of this number was raised just over the past 12 months. In addition, the number of charities running online auctions increased by 23% over last year showing the continued migration of silent auctions online during the economic downturn.

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cMarket/BiddingForGood, the leading online auction platform solely for organizations engaged in fundraising for nonprofit causes, will soon launch their new national online auction in conjunction with the 44th Annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. The auction, powered by cMarket, features an array of celebrity packed items and more, with all proceeds benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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It was only a month ago that we crossed the threshold of $60m raised. Now a month later we’re days short of $65m raised.  To be precise right now we are at $64,788,359…….
I’m guessing we cross $65m on may 8th.  Cha ching!

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We just crossed a threshold on a metric that I hold dear- the amount of money we have helped worthy causes raise. As of a few days ago we have helped raise over $60 million.
And www.biddingforgood.com had over 400,000 unique visits in March.
Feels pretty good. Not a bad way to make a living.

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I just saw the new Harris poll suggesting that folks are giving less to fewer causes. Sorta sounds right as in soft economic times folks pull in. And it reminds me why auctions are so important in today’s environment where the demand for services is going up while fundraising dollars are going down.
Fundraising auctions are [...]

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In my role as CEO i get a steady stream of information from folks and clients. Here is what we are seeing:
-Committees are having a harder time getting the bigger items. Avg. number of auction items is running steady but catalog value is down a bit
-More folks are killing the gala and running the auction [...]

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There are a number of new tax laws in recent years when it comes to charitable contribution deductions.

For cash donations, the big news in 2007 – straight from the IRS’ mouth – is that deductions will no longer be allowed without receipts. In case of audit, the IRS uses three methods to substantiate charitable deductions:

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