Abstract: A fund-raising method and system relating to the planning and administration of fund-raising events such as live auctions, on-line sales, and on-line auction events. In a preferred aspect, a centralized Web site accessible by network users is provided and maintained for hosting on-line fund-raising auctions of goods or services in the name of fund-raising entities, where the goods or services are not owned or provided by the fund-raising entities, and preferably are provided or owned by the host of the fundraising event or host of the Web site. The goods or services are auctioned to users visiting the Web site, payment from a user successfully bidding on a good or service for auction is received and a portion of the payment preferably is allocated to the fund-raising entity. A rebate may be provided to the fund-raising organization proportional to a total amount of revenue generated during a fund-raising event, the rebate may be applicable to the cost of future fund-raising events.