CFRE questions with correct answers

Philanthropy CORRECT ANSWER voluntary action for the common good... - Robert L. Payton, as quoted in Greenfield's Fundraising Fundamentals Number of nonprofits registered with IRS CORRECT ANSWER US: 1.4 mil; 63% registered as 501c3... 161K in Canada Donors give for the following reasons CORRECT ANSWER moral obligation to help... personal satisfaction of helping others... to remove guilt for not giving... to maintain/improve social status... peer pressure... compassion/empathy... personal identification... self-interest... religious influence... need to be needed... substitution for active participation... support for mission and purpose... personal relationship... appreciation for mission... evidence of one's success... to express anger, or love, or hope... to end fear... out of the cause's appeal... to be remembered... to gain recognition... to join group, sense of belonging ... to preserve the species... to gain immorality... for psychic self-satisfaction... desire to provide public goods... to fulfill condition for employment... in response to leadership from peers... to be agent for public good... satisfaction from seeing others satisfied... tax benefits giving nearly always implies CORRECT ANSWER some sort of connection to the org giving may provide CORRECT ANSWER some type of return in what the org will do for them or someone close to them effective fundraisers seek to discover... CORRECT ANSWER what is important to any potential donor, and tap that need to encourage and support giving. This requires being able to look at the org's mission and programs through the eyes of the donor rather that from the perspective of those who run the org.