Twelve Months Out: How a Benefit Gala Actually Gets Planned
The evening runs three hours; the calendar behind it runs a full year, from venue contract to floral load-in to the last auction paddle.
Galas
Galas follows the benefit circuit from committee lists to auction results: who hosts, who is honored, what a seat costs, and how much of the night's total reaches the charity printed on the invitation. Written for readers who attend these evenings or scrutinize the money behind them.
Coverage of the gala season: hosts, honorees, committees, ticket and table prices, and honest accounting of how much of an evening reaches the cause.
Gala Chair or Gala Host: Who Actually Runs the Night?
The names on the invitation look interchangeable; the job descriptions are anything but — one is a fundraising title, the other a working production credit.