What Does It Really Mean to Be a Gala Honoree? I believe in galas, although I understand perfectly well why many fundraisers have complicated feelings about them. They are expensive, consume an extraordinary amount of staff time and have a peculiar ability to turn otherwise rational people into experts on flowers, table linens and whether twelve people can comfortably sit at a table designed for ten. Still, I believe they can be extraordinarily valuable. A good gala does much

A nonprofit’s future depends less on one flashy campaign than on whether donors stay, deepen, and trust the organization enough to give again.