The nation’s largest LGBTQ fundraising dinner moves online, generates a lot of cash for D-FW nonprofits
Black Tie Dinner hands out $875,000 to 16 local organizations.
This year s Black Tie dinner looked a lot different, but the audience was a lot broader.(Sheryl Lanzel)
Tuxedos and gowns hung in their closets and the ballroom of the Sheraton Dallas Hotel sat empty on Oct. 18, but that didn’t stop Black Tie Dinner from keeping the festive spirit of the annual LGBTQ fundraiser alive. In fact, the organization’s first Black Tie LIVE give-a-thon television special reached an audience 10 times larger than its annual seated dinner. Broadcast on WFAA-TV and digital platforms, the variety show-style event reached more than 30,000 people in eight countries, 47 U.S. states and nearly 100 cities in Texas alone.
Black Tie distributes $875K
From Staff Reports
In a year when pandemic-related restrictions have caused nonprofits to either take their fundraising events online, scale them back drastically or even cancel them completely, the Dallas/Fort Worth Black Tie Dinner the nation’s largest LGBTQ fundraising dinner this week distributed $875,000 to its 17 beneficiaries.
Black Tie Dinner officials handed the funds out Thursday night, Dec. 17, during the Digital Wrap Party, which was underwritten by BBVA & Lexus.
Most of the distribution amount was generated through the Black Tie Dinner’s first-ever “Black Tie LIVE” give-a-thon television special, which reached an audience of more than 30,000 in nearly 100 Texas cities, 47 U.S. states and eight different countries via television and digital platforms.