I make a quilt for the nonprofit that is the steward of our local dog beach. The quilt is always dog themed. In the case of the dog beach fundraiser , Halloween Howl, my quilts are usually the first thing that sells in the silent auction and always brings the highest price. I think it is because the community is so dog friendly I had one negative experience. My sister and I made a quilt as a fundraiser for a faith based non-profit. The quilt was a full size. It was put in the silent auction and sold for a very low price. We discovered that our quilt had be put in a back corner of the room and somewhat concealed from the bidders. An employee of the non-profit who was the person in charge of the silent auction was the high bidder and paid a whopping $60 for it. The people at our table commented that they didn't know that it was in the auction. I have now limited my donations to just the dog beach fundraiser because I love dogs the best. I made a quilt as a fundraiser for work since we "adopted" several families for the holidays. We made this a raffle rather than a silent auction and the quilt made a lot of money to buy groceries for the families. The person who was the winner gave it to another employee who loved the quilt and hoped to win it. It waw so worth it to make this quilt because of the amount of money that went to buy food for others and the kindness show by the winner of the raffle.