The gift
Unrestricted funds — sponsorship and auction gifts made directly to your organization, plus all proceeds from the evening beyond its production costs. Nobody takes a cut; nobody makes a dime.
For our nonprofit partners
We build the night.
The night funds you.
Unshattered is a one-night, 120-seat, black-tie evening in Knoxville that exists to do exactly one thing: put what it raises into the hands of local nonprofits. Nobody — host or producer — makes a dime.
Nobody profits from this night No cost to participate October 16, 2026
How the model works Nobody profits.
Nobody profits.
You receive it all.
Sponsorship gifts and auction paddles never pass through our hands — they are unrestricted gifts made directly to your organization, tax-deductible for the giver.
Ticket revenue produces the evening itself — the venue, the dinner, the music — and every dollar beyond those costs goes directly to the beneficiary organizations. No one draws a salary, a fee, or a profit from this night.
It costs your organization nothing to be part of this. There is no sponsorship fee, no table to buy, no tickets to sell.
Sponsors give to you directly The night raises more All proceeds follow
What beneficiaries receive
Three things.
The moment
Your work, told properly, at the center of the evening — to a room that is actually listening. Not a slideshow. A moment built into the night itself.
The room
A hundred of Knoxville’s builders, givers, and connectors meeting your mission at its best. The relationships in that room outlast the check.
What we ask of you
Also three.
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A conversation
Time with us before the evening so we can understand the work well enough to tell it truthfully.
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Your story
Help getting the details right — the people, the numbers, the thing your organization does that nobody else in this city does.
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Your presence
A seat at the table on October 16. You’re a guest, not staff — no selling tickets, no working the room, no logistics.
That’s the whole list.
The partners
To be announced.
Conversations with Knoxville organizations are underway now. The beneficiary partners will be revealed as the evening approaches — and sponsors hear first.
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Are you a
Knoxville nonprofit?
We’re looking for organizations doing work this city should hear about — told well, funded properly, in one unrepeatable evening. If that’s you, we’d like to talk.
hello@unshatterednight.com