How many donors total have you had in the last three years?

• What are your annual fundraising totals in the past 3 years?

• What are the 10 largest gifts in past 3 years and type of donor—individual, foundation, corporation?

• How many individual donors do you have?

• How many foundations give to your organization?

• How many corporations sponsor your organization?

What is your development budget?

• Staffing and Capacity

• How many development staff members do you have?

What is the job description of each of your staff members?

• Do you have a grant writer; or the grant writing capacity in-house?

• How much time does your CEO spend on fundraising?

• Do you have development contractors?

• Do volunteers help with development?

• Does your board have a development committee?

• Is your board active in development?

Do you have a customer relationship manager (CRM)?  

• What system do you use? 

• Who enters data?

• Who uses it? 

• What reports are generated?

• How do you recognize donors?

How many events do you have?

• What type of event?

• What is the cost?

• What is the profit?

Communications

• Do you have a communications manager?

• What communications vehicles do you use?

• How often are they used?

• What are the printed materials and what is the frequency of mailings?

• What is emailed, and how often?

Do you have a website?

• Is there a Giving Button on your website?

• Is the Giving Button accessible on all of your web pages?

• Does your website list your donor names or donor logos?

• Can you add development materials or a development page to your website?

• Is your website set up to accept monthly recurring donations?