Case Study: Wilmington University achieves doubled donations with OneCause mobile bidding

Paper to Mobile, How Wilmington University Doubled Donations

Wilmington University, a private university serving over 18,000 students, relied on paper bid sheets and Excel for its special-event fundraising, which caused long checkout lines, time-consuming reconciliation, limited donor engagement, and a lack of post-event data. Seeking to modernize and grow proceeds, the university turned to OneCause and adopted OneCause’s mobile bidding solution.

OneCause replaced paper processes with phone-based bidding, streamlined checkout and reconciliation, enabled remote and early bidding via text, and provided training and support that made adoption easy. As a result, OneCause helped Wilmington University increase Green & White Scholarship Ball silent auction proceeds by 150.2%, Golf Classic silent auction proceeds by 280.8%, and Golf Classic raffle proceeds by 15.4%, while reducing manual work and boosting donor engagement.

Wilmington University

Brandi Purcell

Manager of Special Events