Case Study: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi achieves more than double event proceeds with OneCause mobile bidding

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi - Customer Case Study

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi needed to grow proceeds from its annual Evening of Wishes gala to fund wishes for children with life‑threatening conditions, and new development director Ellery Jones had never run a silent auction. She turned to OneCause for fundraising technology and event support — using tools like the OneCause event checklist, Giving Center event website and mobile bidding — to quickly get up to speed and manage the fundraiser.

OneCause supplied an event checklist, year‑round Giving Center sales, mobile bidding and onsite event management so items could be sold and bid on before and during the gala, which included more than 100 packages and five live items. As a result, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi has more than doubled event proceeds (from about $100,000 to over $200,000), raised funds to grant roughly 40 wishes, and is now targeting $300,000 for next year — gains driven by OneCause’s solution.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi

Ellery Jones

Development Director