Nonprofit interview questions:
Problem 1. What are your primary needs for fundraising?
Problem 2. Do you have emergency funding or a pool of moneys for people to access in an emergency?
Problem 3. How much of your fundraising is conducted online?
Problem 4. What methods of online fundraising do you use?
Problem 5. Has the implementation of online fundraising platforms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe affected your fundraising ability?
Problem 6. Do you have unmet needs for the food bank that you are struggling to meet?
Problem 7. What pattern have you seen with regard to donations, since the recession?
Problem 8. Who uses your services?
Problem 9. How often do they access your services?
Problem 10. Do you find a need to connect people to additional services to ensure their needs are met?
Problem 11. How do you connect them, and to what services?
Problem 12. In what ways do you currently conduct your fundraising?
Problem 13. What has been the most effective method of fundraising?
Problem 14. Where are your primary fundraising efforts most successful? (I.e. locally, online, through organizations, etc.)
Problem 15. How stable is the organizational cash flow?
Problem 16. How do you ensure the organization continues to operate in the black?
Problem 17. What is your role in fundraising?
Problem 18. How do you feel about your fundraising efforts? Are they successful?
Problem 19. Are there backup plans to ensure the organization can continue to operate in the event that donations continue to decline?
Problem 20. If you had advice to give to a new nonprofit organization, regarding fundraising, what would it be?