10 Ways to Raise More with Less Effort on the OneCause Fundraising Platform

As we continue to expand the value of the OneCause Fundraising Platform, our commitment remains clear: to provide nonprofits with a modern, flexible, and innovative fundraising solution. This dedication has empowered thousands of nonprofits to drive deeper donor engagement, achieve sustainable fundraising growth, and leverage a more powerful fundraising solution to fuel their mission.

Meaningful Donor Engagement
At OneCause, we believe that intentional donor engagement is the foundation of lasting relationships and fundraising success. The OneCause Fundraising Platform enables seamless giving, personalized experiences, and interactive campaigns—helping nonprofits cultivate deeper connections with donors who give more, stay longer, and champion your mission.

Sustainable Fundraising Revenue
Engaged donors lead to sustainable fundraising revenue—the lifeblood of nonprofit success. By fostering generosity through strategic engagement, nonprofits using OneCause are seeing revenue growth and turning their vision for greater impact into reality.

Powerful Fundraising Solutions
To drive engagement and revenue, nonprofits need fundraising technology that makes fueling their mission easier. With unmatched product innovation, software that adapts to a nonprofit’s unique needs, and award-winning customer support, the OneCause Fundraising Platform is helping nonprofits to reach more and raise more with less effort.

What does this look like in action? And what can your nonprofit expect when choosing the OneCause Fundraising Platform to elevate your event and online fundraising?

The following 10 features are transforming how nonprofits fundraise – making it easier to engage donors, drive revenue, and maximize impact. If you’re looking for a smarter, more efficient way to fundraise, now is the time to invest in the OneCause Fundraising Platform.

1. Integrated Tickets & Table Management

A seamless event experience starts with flexible ticketing and effortless table management. With the OneCause Fundraising Platform, nonprofits can simplify the nuances of this critical element in event fundraising.

Flexible & Integrated TicketingIntegrated Ticketing by OneCause

  • Easily customize ticket types, pricing, and promo codes to fit your event and revenue goals.
  • Choose to cover ticket fees or pass them along to maximize revenue.
  • Enjoy real-time analytics to track ticket sales and project attendance.
  • Offer tailored experiences for in-person and virtual audiences with fully integrated ticketing.

Effortless Table & Guest Management

  • Save hours of planning with intuitive guest search, flexible attendee grouping, and drag-and-drop seating.
  • Use the Top Tables Scoreboard and influencer tracking tools to recognize top fundraisers, drive competitive giving, and leverage high-impact donors during your event.
  • Measure success and optimize future seating strategies with detailed post-event analytics.

The OneCause Fundraising Platform gives you best-in-class ticketing and table management tools to create a smooth, engaging, and revenue-boosting event experience for your guests.

2. Sponsorships

Sponsorships are a powerful way to boost revenue and engage key supporters – and managing them shouldn’t be complicated! With our innovative sponsor functionality, nonprofits can seamlessly sell, track, and report on sponsorships, all within one easy-to-use platform.

  • Enjoy automated sponsor invoicing to ensure seamless payment processing.
  • Showcase sponsor logos at varying levels on your event site and scoreboards to maximize exposure and impressions.
  • Allow sponsors to manage their own guest lists with integrated ticketing for a smooth attendee experience.
  • Track performance and prove ROI with real-time analytics and a dedicated sponsorship dashboard.

With an all-in-one sponsorship solution and data-driven insights, nonprofits can make strategic decisions, strengthen sponsor relationships, and forge win-win partnerships that are built to fuel fundraising success.

3. Check-in & Checkout

First and last impressions matter, and with the platform’s streamlined check-in and checkout, your guests start and end the night engaged — not stuck in line.

Registration and Checkout by OneCause

Smarter Check-In

Before check-in, sponsors and ticket owners can assign tickets and capture guest details well in advance. Additionally, an innovative Check-in Readiness feature helps you anticipate how many staff members you’ll need, so there are no surprises at the door.

At registration, volunteers simply scan, tap, and check guests in — individually or as groups. It means you can forgo the extra hardware, use fewer staff to work registration, and even enjoy a smoother way to distribute paddles, all with the goal of getting attendees into your event and engaged in fundraising faster.

Stress-Free Checkout

When it’s time to check out, guests enjoy a line-free experience with self-selected pick-up times. The platform also automatically provides packing lists to keep volunteers organized at item pick-up. And the ability to split payments makes checkout easy for everyone involved! No waiting in long lines — just a seamless way to close out the evening.

With an optimized check-in and checkout process, you’re not just running your event, you’re curating an elevated experience from start to finish — one that keeps supporters coming back to support your cause.

4. Donations & Fundraising Appeals

Your appeal is arguably the most critical moment of your event. So, we’ve taken 17 years of experience in building fundraising software to ensure your appeal (ask, fund-a-need, etc.) is everything it should be on the OneCause Fundraising Platform – an engaging, inspiring, and memorable giving experience for guests and supporters.

OneCause Fundraising Appeals

Donation Flexibility

  • Flexible donation commitments, whether from individuals or companies, provide an easy way to track and recognize major gifts.
  • Multiple donation moments with configurable giving levels help maximize generosity before, during, and after the event.
  • A seamless giving experience ensures every supporter can contribute, whether your event is in-person, hybrid, or virtual.

Gamification in Fundraising

  • Impact levels and targeted achievements rally donors around shared fundraising goals.
  • Gamified giving features like Donate to Vote inspire friendly competition and drive donations.
  • Animated, highly configurable Scoreboards recognize top donors, showcase progress, and fuel excitement with real-time updates.

With these and many other giving capabilities in the platform, every event — no matter the format — becomes an opportunity to inspire, connect, and raise more for your mission.

5. Silent & Live Auctions

Nonprofits are raising more with every year they’re on the OneCause Fundraising Platform, and our completely reimagined auction experience is helping them do it faster, more efficiently, and with greater impact.Best-in-Class Mobile Bidding by OneCause

Streamlined Planning

  • Procure auction items: Enjoy an easier way for admins and volunteers to procure, track, and process auction items.
  • Craft your auction: Drag and drop multiple photos and combine items from various donors to build the perfect package.
  • Leverage the power of AI: Save up to 8 hours of auction preparation and generate compelling item descriptions with OneCause AI™.

Maximum Revenue

  • Print display sheets: Make it easy to drive more bids by printing display sheets with QR codes for guests.
  • Personalize the auction experience: Turn on Recommended Lots and Suggested Sort features to showcase items your guests are most likely to bid on and buy.
  • Drive last-minute engagement: Last Chance Auctions help you quickly create “Buy Now” opportunities for items with no bids.

These and other auction innovations have helped nonprofits boost their proceeds up to 25% simply by using the platform.

6. Raffles & Fixed Price Items

Raffles and fixed-price item sales are powerful tools that drive revenue and engagement. The OneCause Fundraising Platform makes it easy for nonprofits to set up, manage, and promote these offerings.

Engaging Raffles

  • Multiple raffles: Host concurrent raffles with customized start and stop times to build excitement throughout your event.
  • Randomized winner selection: Ensure fairness and transparency in the raffle process.
  • Built-in compliance: Configure to follow local and regional raffle laws.

Fixed-Price Items

  • Boost fundraising: Sell event add-ons, merchandise, or tickets to sign-up parties to increase revenue.
  • Automatic customization: Tailor purchases based on ticket type (in-person vs. virtual).
  • Transparency: Display buyer lists for sign-up parties or limited-quantity items for clear communication.

Additionally, you’ll raise more by showcasing raffles and fixed-price item sales within your silent auction for maximum exposure. The platform also uses automatic bulk pricing in “suggestive selling,” encouraging supporters to give more.

Of course, your volunteers are equipped to sell these items throughout the event. All this and more helps you drive incremental revenue while keeping supporters engaged.

7. AI-Driven Fundraising

Nonprofits are always looking for ways to work smarter, not harder – and rightly so. With AI-powered fundraising tools built directly into the platform, you can streamline event planning, boost engagement, and maximize revenue without adding more to your plate.

  • Event readiness: Use AI to automatically create an overview and real-time updates of critical tasks, helping you to ensure every detail is covered.
  • Description generators: Automatically craft compelling, marketing-ready descriptions, saving up to eight hours of auction planning time.
  • Recommended items: Offer personalized auction package suggestions based on bidding behavior to drive engagement and up to 25% more revenue raised in your auction alone.
  • AI Guide: Enjoy access to a 24/7 virtual assistant that offers real-time support with product how-tos, best practices, and fundraising strategies.

It’s worth noting that all this comes without coding or programming. Just smart, intuitive tools built in the platform to help you stress less and raise more.

8. Golf Event Management

Historically, nonprofits have had to manage golf events with a variety of docs, forms, and spreadsheets – or tried to make their event management software work for a format it wasn’t built for. Some even unnecessarily invest in stand-alone golf fundraising software.

Now, with golf event management included in the OneCause Fundraising Platform, you can manage all your golf event details – from planning to fundraising – all in one place, with no extra cost.

Whether hosting a standalone tournament or pairing golf with a gala, with the platform, you can:

  • Sell sponsorships with foursome tickets included
  • Auto-create teams based on ticket type and owner
  • Manage everything from scrambles to shotgun starts
  • Support single or multiple course events
  • Assign courses, starting holes, and cart numbers to guests
  • Sell Mulligans and other fixed-price items
  • Message players with key info before and during the event
  • Track player scoring and display standings on a leaderboard

Enjoy all this alongside all the fundraising features nonprofits know and love in the platform.

9. Online Fundraising

Today’s donors want an easy and quick giving process that allows them to support your cause anywhere, anytime. The OneCause Fundraising Platform offers extensive user-friendly Online Fundraising tools to capture your donors’ attention with engaging, creative online campaigns – all while making the set-up process a breeze.Screenshot of online fundraising page made with OneCause Online Fundraising

Embeddable Donation Forms

  • Create custom impact levels: Include pre-set donation amounts and highlight what a donation amount can do for your organization to encourage supporters to give more.
  • Provide multiple payment options: Offer your supporters secure payment options with Digital Wallet that includes Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, and PayPal.
  • Raise more: Enable the cover costs and recurring donation features to encourage donors to give more and give often.

Online Giving Sites

  • Personalize your online presence: Let your mission shine with unlimited online giving sites that feature impactful visuals and captive messaging.
  • Double your proceeds: Display a matching gift banner at the top of your giving site for ultimate visibility.
  • Recognize donors: Highlight your donors’ generosity with a donor recognition built directly within the giving site.

Personal Fundraising Pages

  • Empower loyal supporters: Allow your ambassadors to fundraise on your behalf, maximizing your reach and revenue.
  • Gamify fundraising: Unite your supporters to work toward the same fundraising goal with a fundraising thermometer and a top fundraiser leaderboard.
  • Track progress: Enjoy real-time analytics to keep your organization up-to-date on how you’re advancing toward your goals.

With OneCause you can go beyond event fundraising with online fundraising capabilities that ignite giving and showcase your mission – all at no additional cost to your organization. It’s all included in the platform!

10. Text2Give®

Generate support in times of need and year-round with hassle-free text donations. Simply create a unique keyword for your campaign, promote it within your marketing materials, direct supporters to make a one-time or recurring donation, then thank them for their generosity!A OneCause Text2Give® donation page

Drive fundraising revenue and engagement with these interactive features.

  • Present guests with 100% mobile-first experience
  • Allow guests to enter custom giving amount
  • Drive retention with recurring giving
  • Display fundraising progress with interactive Scoreboard
  • Support any sized audience & donation appeals

Explore how intuitive our Text2Give® solution is – give it a try!

  1. Text GIVE to 44834 to demo*
  2. Click on the link
  3. Use the following sample credit card number to make your donation: 4539 3946 7369 4021 exp: 01/27

* Message & data rates may apply

Make the Switch to the OneCause Fundraising Platform

Whether you’re looking to make an upgrade from your current solution or are navigating investing in fundraising software for the first time – we have the resources you need to make the most informed decision for your team.

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