Our organization is doing an audit of our Membership levels and it led to a question about if we should consider Gala contributions (tickets, donations, etc) as counting toward Membership levels. I'm hoping to do a little research on how other organizations handle Gala contributions in terms of Memberships and thought I'd start with the Tessitura community! Does your organization count Gala contributions toward Membership? Why or why not?
I appreciate any feedback you can share! Thank you!
We also keep this separate. We treat the gala as a separate event/brand from our annual fund. Depending on the donation there could be benefits tied to that gift, but those benefits are specific to their gala donation and do not automatically get them the same benefits as a corporate member or sponsor at a similar level.
Thank your for your thoughts!