{"id":877,"date":"2023-04-05T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2023-04-05T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:22:01","slug":"how-to-host-a-gala-dinner-fundraising-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/how-to-host-a-gala-dinner-fundraising-event\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Host a Gala Dinner Fundraising Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Gala is among the highest class fundraising events that a charity can host. Just the name resonates with a certain exclusivity and charm which attracts all sorts of donors, buyers and sponsors to take part. If you want to host a gala dinner event for your fundraiser, here are the steps to do it:<\/p>\n

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Before you set a fundraising goal, you need to set a ground-floor budget. This will give you a good estimate on just how extravagant you can go. Pick a budget and stick with it – going over may make the festivities more lively, but it will require some overhead from the night\u2019s final
\ncount. You should keep that money for the cause, and your own for the cause of celebration.<\/p>\n

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Using your budget, find a suitable venue. There are some obvious choices that anyone would want to get into. But those may be a bit outside your realistic range. Pick something that isn\u2019t just affordable but also within the spirit of the event, reachable by the main audience of attendees, and aligns with the cause you are fundraising for.<\/p>\n

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Once all the money has been allocated, you can start making it back. Gala dinners are sold by the table or by the person through ticket sales. An open gala means anyone can enter if they pay and that pay can contribute not just to recovering the cost of the event but the overall end
\ngoal of donations. People who pay to get into an event may be less willing to pay separately to donate. Try to consolidate these two funds together in a way that keeps entry affordable but still contributes toward the cause.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s time to promote your gala. Use media-friendly pictures or videos of the venue and push them out to your audience. Use your website as a primary source of information and sales. Take advantage of social media accounts or media sharing platforms to push information about the event. Go local for immediate sales and broad for remote donations. Use email lists, endorsements, call in favours – do what you can to get people interested.<\/p>\n

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Fifth<\/h2>\n

The entertainment at a gala is, primarily, the socialisation. People come to support a cause and eat a fancy dinner, but it\u2019s not a charity buffet. Reach out and invite key figures within the charity sphere, people who are routinely interested or who do their own promotional networking.
\nCelebrities all have a cause which they support. If they show up, more people will come wanting to meet them. Professionals and experts who can share words of wisdom or consolidation are also great to get on board if speeches are in order.<\/p>\n

Finally,<\/h2>\n

Once the gala has come and gone and the funds have been raised and sent to the new owners, reach out to thank all of your staff, guests and attendees. Let them know that they are the reason it was successful, and they will want to come again for the next gala you plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Gala is among the highest class fundraising events that a charity can host. Just the name resonates with a certain exclusivity and charm which attracts all sorts of donors, buyers and sponsors to take part. If you want to host a gala dinner event for your fundraiser, here are the steps to do it:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[6,11,8,20,23,21,13,22,10,16,17,18,5],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fulleventfundraising.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}