Your silent auction, stocked by local businesses.
Each one asked the way it likes to be asked.
How it works.
River asks local businesses for auction items through their own donation forms or a short email, tracks every pledge as replies arrive, and makes the bid sheets and a catalog page.
Choose the items to ask for
Experiences, restaurants, local teams or family outings. River starts from your committee’s list.
River asks every business
Teams and museums with early deadlines first, each through its own form, with your tax-exempt letter.
Pledges become bid sheets
Each pledge lands in the tracker, then on a printable bid sheet with an opening bid and set increments.
What you get.
- An Auction items Sheet tracking every ask, deadline, pledge and pickup
- Donation forms filled and request emails sent, all on your go-ahead
- Printable bid sheets and a catalog page that credits every donor
Start in three steps.
Get River
Download the app for your computer.
Sign up as a nonprofit leader
When River asks your role, choose Nonprofit leader.
- Playbooks
Nonprofit leader
Start a playbook and River works through it with you in the chat.
StartFind grants you qualify forRiver finds funders already giving to work like yours, puts deadlines on your calendar and drafts the first letters.StartThank this month’s donorsRiver writes a personal thank-you for every gift this month, plus letters and a board call list, sent on your OK.StartCollect silent auction donationsRiver asks local businesses for auction items through their own forms, tracks pledges and makes the bid sheets.Start “Collect silent auction donations”
Press + in your Dock, open Playbooks, and press Start. River prefills your event and guest count, then suggests what to ask for.
A few things to know.
How does it ask each business?
The way each one prefers: its own online donation form, filled with your details and tax-exempt letter, or a short email. Mail-only or in-person asks go on your list as a task.
Will it put a value on donated items?
No. Thank-you letters describe each item without a dollar value, since donors value their own gifts. Requests never overstate your attendance or reach.
What does it cost?
It uses your plan’s AI credit, like everything else in River. Requests go out from your own email and through each business’s own form.
View pricingMore for nonprofit leaders.
All nonprofit leader playbooks
Try it on your own work.
Download River, choose Nonprofit leader, and press Start on “Collect silent auction donations”.