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Bonterra OneCause

Score8.9 out of 10

212 Reviews and Ratings

What is Bonterra OneCause?

OneCause supports fundraising with online and event fundraising solutions that help nonprofits reach more and raise more. Since 2008, OneCause states they have helped 14,000 cause-driven organizations to raise over $8B through more than 90,000 fundraising events and campaigns.

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Screenshot of peer-to-peer fundraising, in OneCause.
Screenshot of the event management platform.
Screenshot of a donor solution, to maximize fundraising potential.
Screenshot of the OneCause mobile app.

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Screenshot of peer-to-peer fundraising, in OneCause.

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use OneCause solely for our Online Auction event and Gala event attached. This has helped us instrumentally in our fundraising efforts, tracking down payments (the software legit does it for you). We used to use HandBid for this and thank God I got the urge to shop around and found OneCause! It is so user friendly, I was able to upload everything by myself with zero issues - the AI features are extremely helpful and useful, without sounding like I used AI for every single auction description. Now that I have 1 year of OneCause under my belt - my online auction and Gala event will only get easier with the years. Learning how to use the platform to the best of its abilities is a little intimidating at first but it is worth it to take their OneCause University course! Saved me a lot of time down the road on pulling Analytic reports for where we were at with ticket sales, donations, auction bids etc. OneCause has a feature that you can choose to donate in lieu of attending the Gala event or participating in the Online Auction - this feature covers the entire software costs and we had no idea this feature was even active! What a bonus. There isn't enough time in my day to preach the amazing benefits OneCause has the ability to do. Thank you OneCause for making my job so much more efficient. If you are thinking about getting OneCause just do it! Now I want to use it for more events we host at our Non-Profit!

Pros

  • Pulls Analytic reports
  • Reminds users to pay automatically
  • User friendly for all ages

Cons

  • Nothing at all!

Return on Investment

  • As I stated earlier in my review, the donation feature that is automatically implemented when purchasing tickets ended up paying for the entire year's subscription! Amazing feature to add for our Non-profit donor base
  • Having all of the Supporters info saved within the system since we have the same supporters usually year after year! So nice to have

Usability

Other Software Used

Campminder, DonorSnap

OneCause Fundraising Platform exceeds expectations

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Valley Outreach used the OneCause Fundraising Platform for our annual gala in 2024. We used the ticketing function to sell tickets which sold out 2 weeks before the event. We also used the fixed price function as well as live auction

Pros

  • Support is fantastic -- either by online chat or phone
  • Customer success managers are always available to help
  • The guest interface looks modern and professional

Cons

  • Some functions are found in different areas of the platform and hard to remember where to find what you need but once you navigate often it is easier to find what you need
  • Reports are different than with other OneCause platforms which takes some getting used to

Return on Investment

  • Our tickets sold out 2 weeks prior to the event which was a bonus!
  • By thinking outside the box we were able to combine 2 fundraising platforms to achieve a function for our event

Usability

Other Software Used

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT

Fundraising made easy.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The We Share A Common Thread Foundation uses the OneCause fundraising platform for the silent auction portion of our annual fundraiser. It makes the process so much more efficient by collecting the credit card information and billing the winners immediately at the close of the auction. It allows us to check out our winners with ease. It also allows us to gain extra supporters who are unable to attend the event but still want to bid on our items and help support our cause. We also use it to promote our specialty raffle for a few days before the event, again, allowing those unable to attend to still purchase a ticket for a chance to win.

Pros

  • Ease of uploading silent auction items.
  • Keeping track of donors and ticket sales.
  • Providing QR codes for each item allows the signage to direct people directly to the item they want to bid on.

Cons

  • I would love to make it easier to log comp tickets. We give 2 comp tickets to a few of our nonprofit partners. Many only send in 1 name as the contact. So, it is hard to register the unknown ticket in the system.

Return on Investment

  • It is definitely a time saver, allowing the marketing department to jump in and help online during crunch time.

Usability

Extremely happy with OneCause.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a very small nonprofit organization with a team of one at our headquarters. Our biggest need this year was planning and executing our in-person fundraiser. At the same time, I needed to look into new software to provide more services and features. After conducting research, I found OneCause, and I could not be happier! I knew immediately from the demo that this product would work well for our organization. It is extremely intuitive and easy to use, yet if you have questions, there is always someone available to help. Every member of the team has been excellent to work with! Our fundraiser was extremely successful, and guests really enjoyed using the bidding platform. Since then, I have recommended OneCause to colleagues in the field, and I hope to expand our use of the software's additional features and eventually migrate all of our fundraising activities to OneCause. I can't stress enough what a difference OneCause has made for us!

Pros

  • Silent auction item procurement- took a lot of work off my plate by making it automated!
  • Silent auction bidding- so simple for our guests!
  • Fundraising event promotion- the QR codes and links are easy to share.

Cons

  • I can't think of anything I would recommend OneCause change; however, I'd love to see a volunteer management component added to the software if it isn't already there.
  • I'd like to enable aggregate donation reporting on our donation page. I'm new to this, so it may be that I just need training.

Return on Investment

  • Increased offline donations since we established our bidding page.

Usability

Other Software Used

FrontStream Panorama

OneCause at Gala event

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use OneCause for our Silent and Live Auctions during our Annual Gala. This year was our first using the system and although we had some minor issues the day of the event, the system itself is very user-friendly and does the job right. We like the fact that our attendees can process their auctions and do everything from one place. It saves us the paperwork from before.

Pros

  • Landing Page
  • Check out flexibility
  • Uploading information

Cons

  • Uploading in bulk and adding bidding numbers and seating arrangement in the bulk upload
  • better support staff at the event
  • easier trainings

Return on Investment

  • Increased time by manually adding each attendee (over 500) a table number. It would be easier to do it in Bulk like in event farm.
  • We raised more funds so that was great and we look forward to better utilizing the system next time.
  • More Ipads or an electronic system for us to better do registration and add people to their seats.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Attend by Event Farm, MemberClicks and Accrisoft Freedom

Other Software Used

MemberClicks, Atlas, Attend by Event Farm, Weebly