Raise101

CFRE exam prep

The exam tests whether you can do the job. So learn the job.

Most people prepare for the CFRE by memorizing terms. The exam is not a vocabulary test. It puts you in situations a working fundraiser faces and asks what you would do. Raise 101 teaches you the work itself, then hands you a full-length practice exam that behaves like the real one.

What the exam asks, and where you learn it

Six kinds of questions, six modules. When the practice exam shows you a weak spot, there is always one specific module to go back to.

The exam asksYou learn it in
Can you find and research the people most likely to give?Donor and Prospect Research
Can you build the case and actually ask for the gift?Securing the Gift
Can you keep donors giving year after year?Relationship Building
Can you put boards and volunteers to real use?Volunteer Involvement
Can you plan, budget, and measure a program?Leadership and Management
Do you know the ethical lines and what they require?Ethics and Accountability

A practice exam that behaves like the real one

50 questions, 75 minutes, and the same balance of topics you will face on exam day. Take it early to find your gaps, study, and take it again. Unlimited retakes.

Every answer explained

Finish and you see more than a score. Every question shows the right answer, why it is right, and why the tempting wrong answers are wrong. Your results are broken down by topic so you know where to study next.

Worth it even if you never sit the exam

The course is fundraising training first. If you decide the credential is not for you, you still walk away knowing how to find donors, ask well, and keep them, with a certificate to show for it.

See the questions for yourself.

Six free questions, one from each domain, no account, every answer explained. Then read the first module of the course free and see how much of the job you already know.

Raise101 is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CFRE International.