{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Nonprofit fundraising event planner",
 "summary": "Plan a fundraising event budget from your net goal. Get income scenarios, an auction tracker, a run of show and a staffing plan.",
 "headline": "Nonprofit fundraising event planner",
 "subhead": "Share your event goal, expected attendance, costs, and planned income sources. It works back from the money left after expenses. You get a full budget, cautious and stretch scenarios, auction tracker, event-day schedule, and staffing plan.",
 "job": {
  "id": "organise-work",
  "name": "Run meetings, notes and plans"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  },
  {
   "type": "spreadsheet",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Spreadsheet",
   "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Net fundraising goal, attendance assumptions, cost estimates, income sources, timing, and available staff."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "An event budget, income scenarios, auction tracker, event-day schedule, and staffing plan."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You are planning a gala, auction or benefit dinner and know how much you need to raise.",
  "You need a ticket price and a mix of ticket, sponsor and auction income that covers your costs.",
  "You need a minute-by-minute plan and a staff and volunteer plan for event day."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need sponsor tiers or a pitch deck: use the Nonprofit sponsor package planner, then add the sponsor income to this budget.",
  "You are planning a walk, run or ride with team fundraising: use the Nonprofit team fundraising planner.",
  "You need thank-you letters or tax receipt wording: use the Nonprofit donor thank-you and renewal planner, and check the final wording with a qualified adviser."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your net fundraising goal for the event",
   "Your expected attendance and ticket price ideas",
   "Your cost quotes for venue, food and sound (optional)",
   "Your sponsor and auction item leads (optional)",
   "Last year's event results (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Event budget and net-revenue projection",
    "contains": "Every expense line with a contingency, every income line, and the money left after costs."
   },
   {
    "name": "Revenue-mix scenario model",
    "contains": "Cautious, target and stretch income for tickets, sponsors, and auction or fund-a-need."
   },
   {
    "name": "Auction procurement tracker",
    "contains": "Target items, who asks for each, status, secured value and fair market value."
   },
   {
    "name": "Run of show",
    "contains": "A minute-by-minute event-day plan with a named owner for each part of the program."
   },
   {
    "name": "Volunteer and staffing plan",
    "contains": "Who covers check-in, auction runners, checkout and payments, and donor hosting."
   },
   {
    "name": "Post-event report",
    "contains": "Actual against budget, net revenue, cost to raise a dollar, and lessons for next year."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Before you sell a ticket or take a bid, check with your state or local regulator and your counsel whether raffles, auctions or fund-a-need pledges need a permit. The rules differ by place.",
  "Add your net goal, expected attendance, cost estimates, income sources, date and available staff.",
  "Read the budget and the cautious and stretch income scenarios first. Then use the auction tracker, the run of show and the staffing plan.",
  "After the event, enter your actual numbers and ask for the post-event report."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Nonprofit sponsor package planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-sponsor-package-planner",
   "why": "Sell it"
  },
  {
   "name": "Nonprofit donor thank-you and renewal planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-donor-thank-you-and-renewal-planner",
   "why": "Nonprofit donor thank-you and renewal planner"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Nonprofit Skills",
  "repo": "sector-skills/nonprofit-skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/sector-skills/nonprofit-skills/tree/7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8/nonprofit-skills-library/skills/fundraising-development/nonprofit-fundraising-events",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "nonprofit-fundraising-events",
  "commit": "7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "nonprofit-fundraising-events skill",
   "by": "Nonprofit Skills",
   "url": "https://github.com/sector-skills/nonprofit-skills/tree/7d8a2ca9d471fc975d0e9ccd02fcdd66520fd1c8/nonprofit-skills-library/skills/fundraising-development/nonprofit-fundraising-events",
   "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added notes marked \"Added by AI Blocks\" so it works in this library. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps."
  },
  {
   "title": "Original author",
   "by": "Brendon Connelly",
   "url": "https://brendonconnelly.com",
   "used": "Wrote the skill; Nonprofit Skills shared it in their collection."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/nonprofit-fundraising-event-planner",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}