EXPAND AWARENESS.
MAXIMIZE FUNDRAISING.
Robin Hoods —
inspiring donors to
give their best.
The Bidding Group provides expert fundraising and charity event consulting, an engaging auctioneer, and proven results. Christopher J. Hanke and the goodwill bandits at The Bidding Group closely collaborate with your team to customize a plan that is exactly what you need.
That means more than just providing an auctioneer. We develop winning strategies to increase your financial returns — keeping your guests entertained and engaged, helping you raise more money year after year.
Services.
Everything you need to run a world-class fundraising event — under one roof, led by one team.
Christopher J. Hanke is an actor, writer, host, and auctioneer whose career spans Broadway, television, and the nonprofit world. His years commanding stages — from Broadway houses to TV sets — gave him an instinct for reading a room that no classroom can teach. Today, he channels that energy into something equally meaningful: helping organizations raise the funds they need to do extraordinary work.
In my thirteen years at the Plaza Hotel, he was the best auctioneer that has ever come through our doors. He was entertaining, electrifying and always makes the Plaza events a home run.
You are the only person that should do all auctions.
The Bidding Group absolutely blew our expectations out of the park. They helped us build an incredible gala and made our event more successful than we ever could on our own. We raised over $150,000 in one evening.
Christopher J. Hanke shines bright in the spotlight with his incredible energy, exceptional stage presence, and charismatic delivery. He delivered an experience that far exceeded our expectations.
Christopher has an uncanny ability to bring an audience to life. No other auctioneer has the Broadway, TV and Film experience that gives him the ability to effortlessly work a room.
Your energy is truly unmatched, and your ability to keep the room laughing while driving up those bids is exactly why we reach such ambitious fundraising goals year after year. We simply couldn't do it without you.
We carefully select our partnerships to ensure the best possible outcome for every organization we work with.
You Can
Trust.
Our team has 20+ years in fundraising and has worked with organizations across multiple fields — in education, health and medicine, arts, and social services — raising over $100,000,000 to date.
When you combine years on stage with deep nonprofit experience, you create a team that sees fundraising differently — one that understands the pressure of meeting an entire year's goal in a single night.
Christopher J. Hanke is an actor, writer, host, and auctioneer whose career spans Broadway, television, and the nonprofit world. His years commanding stages — from Broadway houses to TV sets — gave him an instinct for reading a room that no classroom can teach. Today, he channels that energy into something equally meaningful: helping organizations raise the funds they need to do extraordinary work.
Services.
Everything you need to run a world-class fundraising event — under one roof, led by one team.