A gala lives or dies on the seating chart. Who sits with the board chair, which table the title sponsor gets, where the auctioneer can see the room — table assignments are part of the fundraising strategy, not an afterthought. Reserved seating built for tables makes that manageable instead of a spreadsheet nightmare.

Sell whole tables, or seats at a table

Lay out your room as a seating chart with tables — rounds of eight or ten, plus any head or sponsor tables. Then sell however your event works: an entire table as a unit to a sponsor or host-committee member, or individual seats at a table for guests buying on their own. Buyers see the actual room and pick where they sit, which quietly raises revenue because the best tables sell first.

Seat sponsors and major donors on purpose

The tables closest to the stage are leverage. Place holds on your premium tables so they never sell publicly, then assign each sponsor and their guests to a table so the group sits together. Because the seat and table carry onto the ticket and QR check-in, your host team knows exactly who belongs where on the night — no printed chart taped behind the registration desk.

Run it alongside the rest of the event

A fundraiser is more than a dinner. Because reserved seating is part of Addmi event ticketing, it runs in the same dashboard as sponsor and exhibitor invoicing, email marketing to your donor list, and on-site point-of-sale for the bar or auction. Nonprofits and associations can see how the pieces fit in event software built for associations, and weigh the all-in cost on our pricing page.

Keep your donor data

The whole value of a nonprofit event is the relationships it builds, so confirm you keep them. With Addmi you own 100% of your attendee and donor data, collect custom fields at checkout, and the checkout only ever shows your organization — never competing events.

What it costs

Organizers pay the same flat 3% per ticket, capped at $39, with no monthly fee and no seating-map surcharge, and free events stay free. Attendees pay a small $0.40 per-seat reserved-seating service fee at checkout, itemized on the order. See the pricing page for the full breakdown, and the complete reserved seating guide for how table seating fits the bigger picture.