Overview The Baby2Baby Gala is a black-tie benefit in November at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, where a celebrity mother receives the Giving Tree Award and the room raised a record $18 million in 2025. Serena Williams took the award that year from Alicia Keys, and Demi Moore was named the 2026 honoree. Baby2Baby gives diapers, clothing and basic essentials to children living in poverty, working through shelters, foster care, hospitals and school districts, and it had distributed more than half a billion items by 2025. On site The evening runs in a set order: cocktails, dinner from stations built by Los Angeles restaurants, remarks, the award, a performance and an auction, then an after party with a DJ. In 2025 the stations came from Kazunori, Funke, Kato, Mr. Chow and Pizzeria Bianco, the bar poured Avaline wine and cocktails made with Casamigos, Johnnie Walker and Ketel One, and Jon and Vinny's and PopUp Bagels fed the after party. The top tables get a private waiter and cocktail server. Audience Baby2Baby describes the room as celebrities, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and the gala sells out year after year. Guests give from their seats: in 2025 Tyler Perry, Paris Hilton and Allyson Felix each gave $250,000 at the 2025 gala. Talent and Influencers Ludacris performed in 2025 and DJ Nice played the after party, with Kerry Washington, Ciara, Demi Lovato, Olivia Munn and Jessica Alba among the presenters. Charlize Theron was honored in 2024, with Nelly and Kelly Rowland performing. In 2023 Channing Tatum presented the award to Salma Hayek Pinault and Snoop Dogg performed. Vanessa Bryant was the honoree at the 10-year gala. Track record The totals have climbed: more than $12 million in 2023, $17.1 million in 2024 and $18 million in 2025. The 2025 gala was the 14th. After the Los Angeles fires in early 2025, Baby2Baby took in more than $60 million in new donated goods from corporate partners for affected families, and in 2025 it unveiled plans for a 47,000-square-foot headquarters and warehouse in Santa Monica. Brand presence Paul Mitchell presented the gala in 2023 and 2025. Sponsors above the table level get a branded integration inside the venue, their name on the step and repeat and the sponsor reel, a thank-you from a celebrity presenter on stage, product in the gift bag and an ad in the Tribute Journal. The after party sells as its own sponsorship, and the top packages add a collaboration with Baby2Baby away from the gala.