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A successful auction is underway when people are empowered to contribute their resources and energies. The people of Kip Toner Benefit Auctions see to this. They inspire by providing your organization tools, coaching, insight, rallying - all done with genuine empathy. Your event will be seen through every step of the way to ensure its success.
Helping non profit organizations reach their fun & financial event goals and thus strengthen the bond between their organization and their people has been Kip Toner's commitment since founding KTBA in 1991. Over the years, we have worked with thousands of groups, whose experiences we can bring to you.
Kip Toner Benefit Auctions is a full-service benefit auction firm, providing benefit auction planning and auctioneering services to non-profit organizations nationwide. We have operated our business in a full-time capacity since 1991.
Why KTBA?
Our specialty is planning and conducting successful, rewarding benefit auctions – big and small – west coast to east coast. We empower people to make a difference for your organization and its mission. We are known for our passion - benefit auctions. When you retain KTBA, you are doing business with people who truly care about you and your organization.
We are very proud of our record of benefit auction leadership and innovation – of being one of the first firms in the nation exclusively dedicated to helping non-profit organizations to conduct benefit auctions. This is not a side business for us, as with many other auctioneers and firms, to be handled after hours or in addition to another line of work. This is our full-time occupation and purpose. It has been for several years – since 1991 when KTBA was formed. All we do, all day, every day, is figure out how to do benefit auctions better than before. We invite you to use our extensive knowledge, experience, techniques, skill and abilities to enhance your benefit auction.
Full service benefits
In-office auction consultants on hand
Flexible & creative fee structures
Depth of knowledge
30+ years experience exclusively handling benefit auctions
Experience working with thousands of charities, small & large
History of KTBA
2007 – Kip Toner elected President National Auctioneers Foundation NAF
2006 – Celebrating 15 years in business specializing in serving benefit auctions with benefit auction incomes ranging from a few thousand dollars to well over $1,000,000.
2006 – Kip Toner selected by the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute to be one of three principal authors of the academic course auctioneers will take to become a Benefit Auctioneer Specialist, a certification to be offered by the NAA Education Institute.
2005 – Kip Toner elected Vice President National Auctioneers Foundation NAF
2004 – Kip Toner co-presents a two and one half day benefit auction seminar for the National Auctioneers Association Winter Seminar in Reno, Nevada. Over 150 auctioneers attend.
2001 – KTBA ten years in business – has helped raise over $100,000,000 for non profits throughout the United States
1998 – KTBA reaches 150 Benefit Auctions conducted annually
1996 – KTBA expanded nationally conducting benefit auctions from Washington DC to Hawaii.
1993 – KTBA conducted over 100 benefit auctions annually adding more auctioneers to the firm.
1991 – Established KTBA conducted 65 benefit auctions in the Great Seattle Area
1990 – Kip Toner is asked by the National Auctioneers Association to be the featured speaker on Benefit Auctions at the NAA Conference and Show. Kip has been a benefit auction presenter nearly every year since 1990 at the annual NAA C & S.
1985 – One of the first in the nation to apply commercial auction principles to fundraising auctions – wrote and presented about the success of applying commercial auction principles to fundraising auctions
1972 - Kip Toner began learning and studying the principles of commercial auctions while working with the James G. Murphy Co. | 
