CFRE | Knowledge Check Q&A Series: Fully Answered
& Instructor-Reviewed 2025/2026
The three most important components of a gift agreement are - correct
answer the donor's name, organization's name and amount of the gift.
Donors expect to receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition is
part of what - correct answer according to the donor bill of rights
5 positive impacts of professionalization+ - correct answer better
resources
More strategic approaches
Enhanced accountability
More effective fund raising
Enhanced and developed philanthropy
5 negative impacts of professionalization- - correct answer potential to
diminish the volunteer experience
Disengage volunteers if not managed
Fundraisers to focus more on their career development than on the needs
of the organization and/or donors
Continue to heighten the tensions surrounding compensation levels in the
nonprofit sector
Fund raising is not sales!
A smartr objective is - correct answer specific, measurable, achievable,
results-oriented, time-determined, realiztic
,Claim vs earn - correct answer an organization may claim the right to
raise money by asking for the tax-deductible gift.
To earn the privilege,
Its management's responsiveness to needs.
The worthiness of its programs.
The stewardship of its governing board.
Governance is an exercise in authority and control.
Trustees, directors or regents: - correct answer are the primary stewards
of the spirit of philanthropy
Hold the nonprofit organization in trust to ensure that it will continue to
function according to the dictates of its mission
The owners of the nonprofit
Hold the responsibility to define and interpret the mission
Ensure that the organization will remain faithful to its mission
Properly deploy resources and the accompanying actions
Secure resources
Serve as advocates, ambassadors and askers
Fund raising cannot function apart from... - correct answer the
organization
Its mission, goals, objectives and programs
A willingness to be held accountable for all its actions
Incumbent upon the organization is to return a value to the donor in the
form other than material value... - correct answer social recognition
Satisfaction of supporting a worthy cause
, A feeling of importance
A feeling of making a difference in resolving a problem
A sense of belonging
A sense of ownership in a program dedicated to serving the public good
Value in a gift - correct answer misunderstanding of the value of a gift is
often made and the true meaning of the exchange relationship is violated
by offering a return of substantive value.
This alters the exchange, reduces the meaning of philanthropy, and
diminishes the gift in this commitment to the mission.
The transaction is one of a material exchange, a self-centered quid pro quo
with none of the spirit of philanthropy in the exchange.
Ethical fund raising - correct answer ethical fund raising is the push, the
enabler, the activator of gift making.
It must also be the conscience to the process.
Fund raising is at its best when it strives to match the needs of the nonprofit
organization with the contributor's need and desire to give.
A professional fundraiser - correct answer the main responsibilities of the
professional fundraising executive is to:
Manage the process
Serve as a catalyst
Serve as a coach for all involved in fund raising
Engage - correct answer a nonprofit organization is able to engage
volunteers and raise philanthropic dollars based on organizational
strengths that reflect its understanding of the external environment.
& Instructor-Reviewed 2025/2026
The three most important components of a gift agreement are - correct
answer the donor's name, organization's name and amount of the gift.
Donors expect to receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition is
part of what - correct answer according to the donor bill of rights
5 positive impacts of professionalization+ - correct answer better
resources
More strategic approaches
Enhanced accountability
More effective fund raising
Enhanced and developed philanthropy
5 negative impacts of professionalization- - correct answer potential to
diminish the volunteer experience
Disengage volunteers if not managed
Fundraisers to focus more on their career development than on the needs
of the organization and/or donors
Continue to heighten the tensions surrounding compensation levels in the
nonprofit sector
Fund raising is not sales!
A smartr objective is - correct answer specific, measurable, achievable,
results-oriented, time-determined, realiztic
,Claim vs earn - correct answer an organization may claim the right to
raise money by asking for the tax-deductible gift.
To earn the privilege,
Its management's responsiveness to needs.
The worthiness of its programs.
The stewardship of its governing board.
Governance is an exercise in authority and control.
Trustees, directors or regents: - correct answer are the primary stewards
of the spirit of philanthropy
Hold the nonprofit organization in trust to ensure that it will continue to
function according to the dictates of its mission
The owners of the nonprofit
Hold the responsibility to define and interpret the mission
Ensure that the organization will remain faithful to its mission
Properly deploy resources and the accompanying actions
Secure resources
Serve as advocates, ambassadors and askers
Fund raising cannot function apart from... - correct answer the
organization
Its mission, goals, objectives and programs
A willingness to be held accountable for all its actions
Incumbent upon the organization is to return a value to the donor in the
form other than material value... - correct answer social recognition
Satisfaction of supporting a worthy cause
, A feeling of importance
A feeling of making a difference in resolving a problem
A sense of belonging
A sense of ownership in a program dedicated to serving the public good
Value in a gift - correct answer misunderstanding of the value of a gift is
often made and the true meaning of the exchange relationship is violated
by offering a return of substantive value.
This alters the exchange, reduces the meaning of philanthropy, and
diminishes the gift in this commitment to the mission.
The transaction is one of a material exchange, a self-centered quid pro quo
with none of the spirit of philanthropy in the exchange.
Ethical fund raising - correct answer ethical fund raising is the push, the
enabler, the activator of gift making.
It must also be the conscience to the process.
Fund raising is at its best when it strives to match the needs of the nonprofit
organization with the contributor's need and desire to give.
A professional fundraiser - correct answer the main responsibilities of the
professional fundraising executive is to:
Manage the process
Serve as a catalyst
Serve as a coach for all involved in fund raising
Engage - correct answer a nonprofit organization is able to engage
volunteers and raise philanthropic dollars based on organizational
strengths that reflect its understanding of the external environment.
