Fundraising Case Study: GSGA Foundation and Travel Pledge Success Story

The Georgia State Golf Association’s (GSGA) Foundation recently held an online auction to raise money for its scholarship programs. The GSGA solicited member clubs to donate rounds of golf and a few unique travel experiences provided by their auction platform host TravelPledge were also included.

This fundraising effort has raised over $100K in the last two years. The GSGA promoted the auction through various member communications and social media ads. In addition, their auction partner (TravelPledge) has a large group of past bidders that are alerted when auctions like this go live. This access to past bidders resulted in even more bidding this year compared to 2021.

The GSGA also offered runner-up matching bids for a handful of items that allowed a donated round or experience to be doubled at the end. Click HERE if you would like to view the GSGA Foundation Auction site.

To learn more about this program, reach out to the GSGA’s Director of Development Tripp Pendergast at tpendergast@gsga.org.