Black Tie Dinner is the nation's largest LGBTQ+ fundraising dinner, a black-tie gala that has become a fixture of Dallas society over more than four decades. Held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, the evening pairs a formal seated dinner with live and silent auctions, marquee entertainment, and a program built around the dinner's guiding vision, "A Ballroom for Everyone." Since its founding in 1982, the organization has distributed more than $32 million to LGBTQ+ causes, funding up to 20 North Texas beneficiary organizations each cycle alongside its standing national partner, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. More than 5,000 guests turn out across the weekend's events, with 2,500+ filling the ballroom for the flagship Dinner itself — an affluent, civically engaged crowd that shows up ready to give. The stage has carried real star power over the years, with past program contributors including Billy Porter, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Bomer, Debra Messing, Niecy Nash, and Todrick Hall, plus a companion UnTux: Drag for a Cause event that draws its own dedicated following. For a brand, that combination of scale, wealth, and cultural credibility is rare to find in a single room. Sponsors show up through table hospitality, stage recognition, and branded moments woven into the auctions and entertainment — everything from underwriting the dinner journal or a signature performance to a dedicated activation at UnTux. It's a setting built for values-aligned visibility: brands walk away with premium face time in front of Dallas's LGBTQ+ community and its allies, not just a logo in a program.