Question 1

What is the purpose of a nonprofit Development Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  To design a nonprofits's office space 
B)  To plot out what work is needed to raise the required money in a year and to give staff and volunteers direction for their activities 
C)  To decide how much money each program needs in order to run 
D)  There is no purpose 
A)  To design a nonprofits's office space 
B)  To plot out what work is needed to raise the required money in a year and to give staff and volunteers direction for their activities 
C)  To decide how much money each program needs in order to run 
D)  There is no purpose B

Question 2

Choose who could be part of the Development Plan creation process.

Accepted Answer

A)  Development Staff 
B)  Executive Director / CEO 
C)  Board Chair 
D)  Development Committee and all jf the above 
A)  Development Staff 
B)  Executive Director / CEO 
C)  Board Chair 
D)  Development Committee and all jf the above D

Question 3

Why might you want to get Board approval of your Development Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Board has a responsibility for fundraising 
B)  People who are involved in creating something are more likely to be invested in seeing it succeed 
C)  To help educate the Board about all the pieces go into fundraising 
D)  So the Board is better informed about the allocation of Development staff resources and all of above 
A)  The Board has a responsibility for fundraising 
B)  People who are involved in creating something are more likely to be invested in seeing it succeed 
C)  To help educate the Board about all the pieces go into fundraising 
D)  So the Board is better informed about the allocation of Development staff resources and all of above D

Question 4

Select a byproduct(s) of creating and implementing a Development Plan.

Accepted Answer

A)  You get your way 
B)  Efficiency and effectiveness 
C)  Narrow-mindedness 
D)  There is no correct answer 
A)  You get your way 
B)  Efficiency and effectiveness 
C)  Narrow-mindedness 
D)  There is no correct answer

Question 5

Which would be examples of the sections or categories of a Development Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Special Events, Major Gifts, Direct Mail 
B)  Strategy, Planning and Tactics 
C)  CEO, Director of Development 
D)  There is no correct answer 
A)  Special Events, Major Gifts, Direct Mail 
B)  Strategy, Planning and Tactics 
C)  CEO, Director of Development 
D)  There is no correct answer

Question 6

The Development Plan should:

Accepted Answer

A)  Be a working document that is used as a measurement throughout the year 
B)  Should be written and looked at once a year and that is enough to get the idea 
C)  1 and 2 
D)  There is no correct answer 
A)  Be a working document that is used as a measurement throughout the year 
B)  Should be written and looked at once a year and that is enough to get the idea 
C)  1 and 2 
D)  There is no correct answer

Question 7

A Development Plan can help you raise more money

Accepted Answer

A)  true 
B)  false 
C)  True and False 
D)  There is no correct answer 
A)  true 
B)  false 
C)  True and False 
D)  There is no correct answer

Question 8

Every nonprofit's Development Plan will look the same.

Accepted Answer