Our impact

Impact you can count, on both sides of the table.

We measure two things every month: what the nonprofit walked away with, and what the night did for the host business.

2027 goals

Maximum impact, measured out loud.

These are the numbers we are building toward for 2027. Every event is designed to move all three goals at once: community funding, business revenue, and neighborhood connection.

$120K+: Directed to community partners
$1.2M+: Incremental revenue for host businesses
6,000+: Neighbors through the door
12: Events across New Orleans
100%: Women- or minority-owned hosts

For nonprofits

What partners take away

Unrestricted funds raised on the night, paid directly to the organization
New donors and volunteers captured at the event
A photo and video library they own and reuse
Local press and social reach they didn't have to buy

For businesses

What hosts take away

A full house on a night that is usually slow
First-time customers who live within a few miles
Professional photography of their space and product
Introductions to sponsors and corporate partners

How we count

Our methodology, in plain language.

Every number we publish comes from one of three sources: the nonprofit's own deposit records, the host business's own sales comparison, and a headcount taken at the door. Here is exactly how each one is calculated.

Funds raised

Dollars the nonprofit partner actually receives.

What we count: Donations collected at the door and online for that night, the host's pledged share of bar proceeds and featured menu items, and any sponsor match written into the event agreement.
What we leave out: Pledges that never clear, in-kind goods, volunteer hours, and anything the nonprofit raises independently of the event.
Where the data comes from: The nonprofit confirms the deposited total in writing after the night. We publish their figure, not ours.

Incremental host revenue

The lift the night created for the host business.

What we count: Event-night sales minus that business's own average for the same weekday over the prior four weeks. The difference is the incremental figure.
What we leave out: Sales the business would have made anyway, tips, private catering booked outside the event, and any month where a holiday or closure makes the baseline unreliable.
Where the data comes from: The host shares the two totals from their own point-of-sale system and signs off before we publish. We never publish a host's full sales figures.

Attendee impact

Who came, and what they carried forward.

What we count: Unique attendees counted at the door, first-time visitors to the host business, and opt-ins to the nonprofit's donor or volunteer list.
What we leave out: Staff, vendors, press, and our own team. RSVPs are not attendance, and social media reach is reported separately as reach, never as attendance.
Where the data comes from: A door count taken on the night, plus opt-in totals reported by the nonprofit and the host.

A few standing rules: we publish a number only after both the nonprofit and the host business have confirmed it, we round down rather than up, we label any figure that is an estimate as an estimate, and we correct the page publicly when a partner tells us we got something wrong. All In NOLA takes no percentage of nonprofit fundraising, so funds raised and funds delivered are the same number.

What a night looks like

One room, one evening, three things that change.

Before the totals exist, this is the shape of the impact we are building toward. Once partners confirm their numbers, real stories replace these outlines here.

For the nonprofit

A cause gets a room, not a mailing list.

Five minutes on the mic in front of a hundred people who came for the food and stayed for the mission. Board prospects, volunteers, and a check that arrives without a grant cycle attached to it.

For the host business

A slow Tuesday becomes the best night of the month.

A full room on a day the calendar usually gives away, new regulars who had never found the door, and photography the business keeps using long after the tables are cleared.

For the guest

Doing good stops being a separate errand.

You wanted dinner and a drink anyway. You leave having met three people worth knowing and having funded books, meals, or training for someone across town.

Impact stories

Numbers tell part of it. Tell us the rest.

If you attended, hosted, or partnered on a night, share what came of it. Submissions go straight to our team and help shape how we report on the calendar.

Chip in

A $5 suggested donation keeps the calendar going.

Every dollar goes toward producing the nights themselves: the room, the photography, the marketing, and the nonprofit spotlight. Give $5, or whatever feels right. Funds raised beyond the cost of putting on events are distributed to our partner nonprofits.

Other

Payments in the preview run in test mode. No card is charged.

100% of proceeds from donations made on this webpage, above basic costs, go directly to our partner nonprofits annually.

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